IBA Socio-Anthro Blogs

  The Stove After the Meal Location: Home Kitchen I did not clean the stove before taking this photo and it was something which felt important. The surface has oil splattered across it, a used coffee cup resting on the side, a pot  sitting on the burner with something dried at the bottom edge. Some jars are placed  nearby the stove, the tea stains on the slip, and all other things which has been used  several times today already. There is no one is in the frame. The person who cooked  has moved on to serving, or sitting, or something else entirely. This is what a meal looks like from the other side of it. The dining table looks like rest  and conversation. But in contrast the kitchen carries all the visible marks whichn made this moment possible.But what struck me while taking this photo is that by the time anyone comes back to  the kitchen, this surface will be wiped and clean. There will be no evidence that any of this happened. People think the work...