Zach Hyman is a Fulbright scholar conducting research into the dynamics of grassroots innovation of agricultural machinery and its changing role across China. He blogs at Square Inch Anthropology (http://squareinchanthro.com) and tweets @SqInchAnthro.
Zach Hyman travels to Wanyuan in China's Sichuan Province to see the creativity of the drivers of agricultural vehicles as the landscape urbanises around them.
Accessing the space, power and storage facilities one needs to work as a street vendor poses a number of logistical problems. Zach Hyman visits informal workers in Yangon to learn how they solve them.