Dean Chahim
@deanchahim.bsky.social
Anthropologist of engineering, cities, and the environment, recovering engineer, and personal chef to a toddler. | Writing about flood control and subsidence in Mexico City | Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU | deanchahim.com
In the piece, I trace the tension between urbanization and drainage, as urban developments (esp. logistics infrastructures) infringe upon the drainage system the lacustrine city depends on to survive. Engineers square the circle of accumulation through increasingly elaborate circulations of waste.
August 5, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In the piece, I trace the tension between urbanization and drainage, as urban developments (esp. logistics infrastructures) infringe upon the drainage system the lacustrine city depends on to survive. Engineers square the circle of accumulation through increasingly elaborate circulations of waste.
Important notice from @aaup.bsky.social regarding possible travel ban
March 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Important notice from @aaup.bsky.social regarding possible travel ban
heartened but saddened to see the resurgent interest in Davis' Ecology of Fear - now out of stock at Verso.
January 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
heartened but saddened to see the resurgent interest in Davis' Ecology of Fear - now out of stock at Verso.
a couple choice paragraphs:
October 15, 2023 at 10:48 PM
a couple choice paragraphs:
I expected it to be bad, but this is just staggeringly dystopian. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/n...
September 28, 2023 at 6:43 PM
I expected it to be bad, but this is just staggeringly dystopian. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/n...