Tag Archives: United States
The Vertiginous: Temporalities and Affects of Social Vertigo: Dissociation
Chloe Ahmann
It’s barely two inches thick, that door that holds her world together. She slams it shut behind me, sweeping away the dust that snuck in from a porch whose iron rails had been installed in better days. She asks how long I’ve been waiting on the filthy balcony, apologises, and then ushers me inside. Inside:Read more
Futile Political Gestures: Unbelonging: The Politics of Address
Chloe Ahmann
In 1976, the brand-new Maryland Science Center boasted a map of Baltimore that left out Curtis Bay—the city’s southernmost neighbourhood. A few years later, residents griped that the ‘Welcome to Baltimore’ sign was situated north of their community. Even today, locals complain that politicians get lost on their way to meetings in the area. IRead more
Creative Destruction: The End(s) of Capitalism: Ruination and Rebirth in Central Appalachia
Bradley M. Jones
The director of a local economic development authority leads me on a tour near the coalfields of central Appalachia on a recent winter weekend. ‘This place is unique in this country’, he says, ‘I doubt there is any other region that has been so completely left for dead’. Out the window the signs are starkRead more