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Middleman are popularly conceived as a person who acts as an interface between two parties, usually for a fee. The figure of the middleman, however is seen in a negative light as an exploitative element. Rather than assume the middleman to be a given entity, this course takes a detour into ethnography, fiction and film to rethink how specific social milieus shape practices, politics and networks of mediation that exceed the physical figure itself. This course will thus, cut the middleman “out” of everyday life and draw mediation into our field of vision.