Background Corruption exists at all levels of our global society and is a potential threat to
food security, food safety, equity, and social justice. However, there is a knowledge gap in …

Egyptians often say that bread is life; most eat this staple multiple times a day, many relying
on the cheap bread subsidized by the government. In Staple Security, Jessica Barnes …

This paper examines bakeries and checkpoints through their relationship to the state and
connects considerations of affect with the burgeoning literature on infrastructure. Drawing on …

This article brings forward the conceptual lens of Mundane Activism to understand
alternative modes of counter-space making that accounts for Southern modes of practice. It …

ABSTRACT In Middle Eastern contexts, like Jordan, the public participation spaces referred
to as “invited spaces” for state-led participation are heavily controlled by the state and its …

The literature about temporary urbanism has been generally focused on the context of North
America and Europe. It is undeniable, though, that temporariness happens more in the …

Many analyses of the 2011 uprisings and their aftermath 2011 uprisings have been built
explicitly on social movements theory with a focus on specific episodes of social unrest …

The provision of foodstuffs has long been a feature of relations between rulers and ruled.
Today, bread subsidies are one of the most ubiquitous welfare programs in the Middle East …

This study is an inquiry into the role of automation in the operation of small-scale bakeries,
how they evolve in the face of advanced technologies that impact today's small businesses; …