In a time marked by instability, fragmentation, and recurring crises, questions around sovereignty have become increasingly urgent. Who holds power today? Who shapes the political, economic, and technological decisions that affect people’s lives?

After Order is a collaborative research project by Alameda that examines how sovereignty is being exercised, dispersed, and reconfigured amid the erosion of stable political and economic orders. Moving beyond the idea that we are simply living through a temporary interregnum, the project considers the possibility that we have entered a period defined by recurring crises.

Bringing together researchers, activists, public intellectuals, policymakers and practitioners across five continents, After Order explores competing claims to sovereignty, the disputes they produce, and what these transformations mean for efforts to build more just political and economic futures.

Organised around five interconnected research streams, the project investigates themes including sovereignty beyond neoliberalism, digital sovereignties and big tech power, authoritarian politics of disorder, popular struggles for food, water, and energy sovereignty, and the realities faced by non-sovereign states and peoples impacted by war, finance, colonialism, and racial domination.

Through research, media, and collaboration with social organisations, After Order connects local forms of knowledge and organising with broader internationalist debates about power, democracy, and collective futures.

Directed by – Lucas Novello and Hiago de Farias

Screenplay – Hiago de Farias and Juliano Fiori

Editing – Hiago de Farias

Cinematography – Lucas Novello

Still Photography – Rodrigo Matos

Production – Vinicius Ribeiro

Location Production – Alice dos Santos

Motion Design – Charles Pereira

Design – Thais Trindade

Production – Amendoeira and Alameda Institute