projects
manufacturing stealth: aerospace and its absence in Los Angeles
stealth design and manufacturing efforts in the late Cold War serve as the vehicle for examining how complex technical projects are hidden from view
the afterlives of labor: automation and its effects
this project examines the future of human labor in the age of AI and automation through the unfolding battles over automation at the San Pedro Bay Ports
open wounds: The legacies of California’s postwar industrial revolution
this project explores the history and ecological legacy of aerospace and oil, chemical manufacturing and mining that undergirded California’s postwar expansion
voices of the diaspora
an effort to record and archive the voices of south asian immigrants through life history interviews
cantonment: nature and the city in India
military bases occupy large swatches of urban space in India. This project explores how security, cities, and nature are emerging in relation to each other in the twenty-first century