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Child as Material
Dr. Beatriz Balanta, Benj Gerdes , Jennifer Hayashida, Christopher Myers , Brian Kuan Wood, and Mary Walling Blackburn
Those who never saw La Borde’s shit pit in person, under that open sky, cannot possibly fathom the extraordinary range of colors, shapes, and textures of that human creation. Our fascination, as children, with that giant pool, that huge sea of shit, made us defy all rules. Located at a distance, past the buildings of the sawmill, two basins, staring into the sky, held that astounding content. We climbed onto the narrow stone blocks that surrounded it and walked along carefully, following…
e-flux Journal
Posted: May 1, 2015
Category
Colonialism & Imperialism, Ideology
Subjects
Childhood & Youth, Family