Cement CementWhat social relations does cement make concrete? Wildlife WildlifeWhat separates the legal wildlife trade from the illegal? Café CaféHow can personal consumption affirm civilizational politics? Scarcity ScarcityHow has a nativist politics of population growth enabled coercive solutions to resource scarcity? Textbook TextbookWhat is the racial politics of seemingly neutral knowledge? Payday loan Payday loanWhat is it like to use high-cost short-term credit? Graffiti GraffitiWhen does street art speak truth to power? Medicine MedicineHow do property rights affect people’s health? Dieting DietingWhy is weight loss seen as an individual responsibility? Housework HouseworkWhat is globalized social reproduction? Container ContainerHow is global trade made physically possible? Solar panel Solar panelWhy is renewable energy dying of success? Abortion AbortionHow does economic planning affect reproductive rights? Humanitarianism HumanitarianismWhat does ‘doing good’ mean today? Phone PhoneWho has power in global value chains? Grime GrimeHow does music escape the market? Handicraft HandicraftHow do cultural traditions become marketable commodities? Clothing ClothingDo women really benefit from globalisation? Borrowing BorrowingWhat do the markets for debt depend on? Security SecurityHow is the financial system kept safe from breakdown? Grain GrainWhy think of grain farmers as ‘the globally governed’? Place branding Place brandingWhy are countries given marketing campaigns? HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDSWhat is it like to live with illness? Protest ProtestCan protest protect the welfare state? Travel guide Travel guideHow can holidays become colonial? Beer BeerHow can everyday acts of drinking enact global politics? Tracking TrackingWhat does workplace quantification mean for labour? Coffee CoffeeCan the rural poor trade their way out of poverty? Street harassment Street harassmentHow does harassment cause economic disempowerment? Knotweed KnotweedHow can nature gain economic value? Evictions EvictionsAre houses a place to live or a financial asset? Saving SavingHow has financialisation changed saving? Garbage GarbageHow do household things become international flows? Web search Web searchHow do technological ‘black boxes’ shape our digital experiences? Laughter LaughterWhat’s so funny about global development? Car CarCan the car explain the evolution of capitalism? Commuting CommutingWhat makes travelling to work a liminal form of labour? Sisterhood SisterhoodWhat does intersectionality mean for feminist solidarity? Wine WineWhat lies behind the product label? Care CareIs it right to put a market price on care? Meat MeatCan we eat our way to sustainability? Failure FailureWhen does economic failure become a problem? Resistance ResistanceWhat should be resisted in the global economy, and how? Benchmarks BenchmarksWho measures progress, and how? Money MoneyWhy do we treat money in different ways? Sugar SugarHow are inequalities reproduced through food? Welcome to I-PEEL Watch our introductory film on the international political economy of everyday life. Then peel back a picture to see how you connect to global capitalism. Close Don't show this screen again ×
