1.0Department of Sociology and Anthropologyhttps://carleton.ca/socanthKiley Johnstonhttps://carleton.ca/socanth/author/kileyjohnston/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bv0BCzQmzT"><a href="https://carleton.ca/socanth/people/cynthia-kreichati/">Cynthia Kreichati</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://carleton.ca/socanth/people/cynthia-kreichati/embed/#?secret=bv0BCzQmzT" width="600" height="338" title="“Cynthia Kreichati” — Department of Sociology and Anthropology" data-secret="bv0BCzQmzT" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://carleton.ca/socanth/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://carleton.ca/socanth/wp-content/uploads/sites/111/2025/10/profile_cynthia-kreichati-rotated.jpg9601280I am a sociocultural anthropologist who studies infrastructural development, visual methods, and the political anthropology of the Middle East. My work engages the creative ways communities respond to social and environmental change, and reimagine political practice, in contexts where crisis has become a condition of life. I am currently completing my first book, a historical […]