Covering Earth

Thinking in worlds; reckoning in systems.

  • Pipelines and Pathways: Prologue

    Pipelines and Pathways: Prologue

    0: The Centre Sixty kilometres north of New York City, in the sparsely populated rural town of Deerpark, there is a compound that looks something like a fortified university campus. Behind its gates lies an array of dormitories, classrooms, and libraries, all situated in manicured grounds along the margin of an artificial lake. The standout…

About the writer

Sandra Lamb holds a master’s degree in international relations, with a focus on the political dimensions of global interdependence. Her work sits at the intersection of culture and media, with particular attention to the ways in which ordinary people encounter and navigate transnational systems.

This site collects essays, fragments, and audio work concerned with borders, mobility, governance, extraction, and international capital. She is especially interested in the transboundary movement of people and ideas, and the tensions between technocratic abstraction and situated knowledge.

Sandra Lamb