More Precious Than Gold

Gustav Peebles is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies at The New School, where he has also served in many administrative capacities. He has published widely on the history of monetary policy and banking, as well as on jurisdictional battles over credit and debt morality and regulation. Lately, he has been researching the sudden emergence of cashlessness in Sweden, and the Swedish Central Bank’s response to it. He is a 2020-21 GIDEST Faculty Fellow.

Ben Luzzatto is an interdisciplinary artist and Professor of Interdisciplinary Sculpture at The Maryland Institute College of Art. His practice includes architecture, object design, writing, and pedagogy. He develops both physical and perceptual tools to give individuals greater agency within larger existential threats and systems, including the ability to sequester carbon, purify water, delimit media connectivity, and slow down time.