In 2022, Pakistan was facing one of the worst floods in its history. At the same time, I was in my seventh semester of a bachelor’s degree in anthropology at the University of Sindh, the semester in which students are required to conduct fieldwork. I chose a topic shaped directly by the unfolding catastrophe: “Schooling in the Time of Disaster: An Ethnographic Study of the 2022 Floods.” I planned a multi-sited ethnography across three districts, without any institutional funding or formal logistical support. At the time, it was unclear how such fieldwork would be possible. Through a few personal contacts of my supervisor, I was introduced to a local NGO working in flood-affected areas. They agreed to take me on as a volunteer. The next day, I moved into their office, where I stayed for several weeks. This period of fieldwork, like all that followed, was entirely self-funded. When I returned, both my supervisor and I felt that the data was insufficient.…