The Insomniac’s Stubborn Hope
by Julia Vorhölter
“Hope springs eternal,” 60-year-old Mr. Peters told me when I asked him how he felt when he went to bed in the evenings. “I live in hope,” he added [...]
The Insomniac’s Stubborn Hope
“The prison has a library”
by Mascha Schulz
An uncountable number of innocent people have been jailed during this government’s time … Do you understand? This is the situation of the government policy. This is why those [...]
Despite the “Company”
by Rishabh Raghavan
Velu and I watched the lights of the power plant flick on about an hour before sunset. With our backs rested to the sides of his boat, we saw [...]
An Audacious Vision
by Hanna Nieber
One of the telescopes in South Africa, image included with SALT’s permission. © Southern African Large Telescope. Words are in the world and of the world (Barad [...]
Ke garne? What to do?
by Stefanie Mauksch
The photo shows the inside of a restaurant with vibrant tiled walls. Photo by Pexels, Pixabay. “We don’t want incense sticks, thank you,” the woman at the [...]
Co-Habiting in the Mode of Despite
by Lukas Ley
In late 2023, my friend and longtime resident of the Indonesian coastal city Semarang, Pak Puji, sent me a cellphone video displaying the spread of the water hyacinth on [...]
Documentary Dilemmas in Migrant Delhi
by Bani Gill
Hasnapur’s post office is a modest complex which also houses an Aadhaar (national identification number) registration center. Although the latter opens at 9 AM, applicants are advised to begin [...]
Salvaging a Sense of Possibility Despite Ecological Gloom
by Arne Harms
Nothing seems to be enough. Biodiversity is plummeting, pollution is ever on the rise, and global warming is a visceral presence. Efforts taken so far to mitigate or adapt [...]
Living in a Mode of Despite
by Rishabh Raghavan, Mascha Schulz, and Julia Vorhölter
How do people live in a world that is characterized by crisis, uncertainty, and a profound sense of not-knowing? How do people act, socially and politically, amidst conditions not [...]
