Zehra Hashmi
Biographic Data
| ID | 325117 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zehra Hashmi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zehra |
| FAMILY NAME | Hashmi |
| SIGNATURE | HASHMI Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | California University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1452-3008 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Vital events, vital relations: The structure of relations in an identity database
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death. Through an ethnographic study of NADRA's Identity Registration Centre in Islamabad, it illustra…
Datafied Kinship: Individuating Identity in Pakistan
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) produces the country’s national identity card and runs one of the world’s largest biometric-based identity databases in the world. To be registered in the database, individuals are linked through their kin relations to other uniquely identified individuals—a practice that this article terms “datafied kinship.” Datafied kinship demonstrates how individuals are not atomized bodies, rea…
Making Reliable Persons: Managing Descent and Genealogical Computation in Pakistan
In 2016, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), which produces Pakistan's biometric-based national identity card, publicly announced that it would be 're-verifying' identity cards for a national security drive. NADRA relies on the documentation of descent-based relations, including genealogical charts (shajarah-yi-nasab), for its verification procedures. In so doing, NADRA asks the difficult question of who belongs where and wh…
Making Reliable Persons: Managing Descent and Genealogical Computation in Pakistan
In 2016, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), which produces Pakistan's biometric-based national identity card, publicly announced that it would be 're-verifying' identity cards for a national security drive. NADRA relies on the documentation of descent-based relations, including genealogical charts (shajarah-yi-nasab), for its verification procedures. In so doing, NADRA asks the difficult question of who belongs where and wh…
Making Reliable Persons: Managing Descent and Genealogical Computation in Pakistan
In 2016, the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), which produces Pakistan's biometric-based national identity card, publicly announced that it would be 're-verifying' identity cards for a national security drive. NADRA relies on the documentation of descent-based relations, including genealogical charts (shajarah-yi-nasab), for its verification procedures. In so doing, NADRA asks the difficult question of who belongs where and wh…
Vital events, vital relations: The structure of relations in an identity database
The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) manages Pakistan's biometric‐based national identity database, one of the largest identification systems of its kind in the world. This article examines bureaucratic practices used during identity registration to record ‘vital events’ in the lives of citizens: birth, marriage, divorce, and death. Through an ethnographic study of NADRA's Identity Registration Centre in Islamabad, it illustra…
Datafied Kinship: Individuating Identity in Pakistan
Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) produces the country’s national identity card and runs one of the world’s largest biometric-based identity databases in the world. To be registered in the database, individuals are linked through their kin relations to other uniquely identified individuals—a practice that this article terms “datafied kinship.” Datafied kinship demonstrates how individuals are not atomized bodies, rea…
Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Identification (biology) (2 works) · Identity (music) (2 works) · Kinship (2 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Biometrics (1 works) · Bureaucracy (1 works) · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations (1 works) · Colonialism (1 works)