Observed arrival · 2026-08-20
Polycolonial Matches
An academic research project tracing the match industry across Sweden, India, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
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The project uses factories, workers, timber, machinery, markets, advertising, and matchbox labels to examine how Swedish industry became embedded in modern India. Its unusually focused subject opens onto larger histories of capital, labour, technology, and colonial exchange, with funding from the Swedish Research Council for 2026–2029.
An academic research project tracing the match industry across Sweden, India, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
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