Those attending the recent Doors 8 arrived in New Delhi at the same time as Condoleeza Rice. She was in town to sell F16s and nuclear power station technology. They were in town to sell the idea that design for social capital is a better investment. While Condi shows powerpoints to air force generals, Doors of Perception design teams fanned out across the city. Debra Solomon's Nomadic Banquet team checked out street food and food distribution systems. Jogi Panghaal led a group exploring the city's markets. Juha Huuskonen taught a group how to VJ. Jan Chipchase engaged in guerilla ethnography... somewhere. The idea was to experience the city as a design school in practice. Later on, Tony Salvador from Intel made a persuasive case that the massive microchip company takes the work of ethnographers and anthropologists seriously. "We're trying to understand how to connect local with global knowledge. To do that we have to think about local knowledge ecosystems, not just about devices". Salvador showed us a case study in which ex-pat Kashmiris, now working in the US, send family members a coupon for a goat. The goats looked unaware of their fate. Read more here ...