William F. Stafford, Jr.

William F. Stafford, Jr. is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Introduction: Topology as Method

Theorizing the Contemporary

Introduction: Topology as Method

Topology is a branch of mathematics that studies spaces that remain continuously invariant through distortion by theorizing invariance as a threshold of samenes... More

Enclosure

Theorizing the Contemporary

Enclosure

In June 2016, I came across images of the first of Taxi Fabric’s small number of public design installations in Delhi autorickshaws, a project undertaken in col... More

Topology as Method

Theorizing the Contemporary

Topology as Method

Topology is a branch of mathematics that studies spaces that remain continuously invariant through distortion. In doing so, it offers tools for the study of the... More

The Promise of Purity

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The Promise of Purity

In its earliest justifications, demonetization was represented as targeting the widespread presence of black money in all manner of transactions as a generic ma... More