How much distance separates a proposal from a paper? What makes a deadline easy to ignore? And why do so many writers major in procrastination?

Arts of the Working Class, a multi-lingual street journal that examines poverty and wealth, art and society, is a medium and a platform committed to creating sustainable connections between artists, academics, and institutions of all kinds with the most vulnerable members of society. They are also both a guest and a host at EASA Barcelona 2024—the biennial conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists. In anticipation of their workshop “Flipping the Coin(ed),” it was great fun to have had the opportunity to reflect on deadlines, conferences, and other disasters. Read my essay here.