Dumping Ground


I address this issue by
identifying five
constituent features of
the dumping ground

The perception of people as waste
whose fate is to be discarded
The need to accommodate this 'waste'
and the logic by which these places
are regarded for this purpose

The mechanisms through which
this spatial sorting occurs
as problem populations
are moved to their
'rightful' place

The relations of power
which enforce and encourage
this mobility
and finally

The reactions of incumbent
residents in neighbourhoods
compelled to host
unwanted social groups

these themes are illustrated
by my hometown
the city of Logan..
ye-ah

where residents complain
that their city has been treated
as a dumping ground
in order to explain

its poor reputation

these themes are illustrated
by my hometown
the forgotten streets of Logan
aye.





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