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Government of Paper: The Materiality of Bureaucracy in Urban Pakistan
Matthew S. Hull
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Paperback. In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, and property owners. What are the implications of such paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? This book explores this question. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 6 line illustrations, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1FKP; JHB; JPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
In the electronic age, documents appear to have escaped their paper confinement. But we are still surrounded by flows of paper with enormous consequences. In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, property owners, villagers, imams (prayer leaders), businessmen, and builders. What are the implications of such a thorough paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? "Government of Paper" explores this question in the routine yet unpredictable realm of the Pakistani urban bureaucracy, showing how the material forms of postcolonial ... Read more
In the electronic age, documents appear to have escaped their paper confinement. But we are still surrounded by flows of paper with enormous consequences. In the planned city of Islamabad, order and disorder are produced through the ceaseless inscription and circulation of millions of paper artifacts among bureaucrats, politicians, property owners, villagers, imams (prayer leaders), businessmen, and builders. What are the implications of such a thorough paper mediation of relationships among people, things, places, and purposes? "Government of Paper" explores this question in the routine yet unpredictable realm of the Pakistani urban bureaucracy, showing how the material forms of postcolonial ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
449g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520272156
SKU
V9780520272156
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About Matthew S. Hull
Matthew S. Hull is assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan.
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