Reading paths / 03 · 28 min

What provision promises

A cooperative shop, a municipal block, a ration book and a ration card. Compare the promises of provision with the rules that decide who counts.

Is a right still a right when it depends on a queue?

Stations / 06

01

The Toad Lane cooperative shop ↗

Buying together, owning together

02

Karl-Marx-Hof and its laundry ↗

A home needs more than four walls

03

WBS 70 housing system ↗

A home, assembled

04

Libreta de abastecimiento ↗

A page of rationed everyday life

05

Ration card: a household’s entitlement ↗

A document that decides what a household can buy

06

Ration coupons and books ↗

A small paper permission

Read the accompanying essay ↗