Combining perspectives from the humanities and social sciences, the working group analyses the concrete relationships in which mistrust is negotiated and misinformation disseminated. Drawing on historical and anthropological research on fakes and frauds, and inspired by Bruno Latour’s actor-network theory, the project seeks to move beyond dichotomies of victims and perpetrators to trace the circuits, understood as networks and technologies through which mistrust and misinformation spread. By attending to such dynamics, the researchers seek to clarify how asymmetric negotiations of trust shape societies and how forms of misinformation – including rumours and conspiracy theories as well as more contemporary forms such as fake news and deepfakes – both emerge from and contribute to crises of trust in different periods.