Images: Garbage Land: On the Secret Trail of Trash by Elizabeth RoyteSeminar: Eastern State Penitentiary: A History by Paul Kahan
Voices: Eric Schrader, Utilities Engineer for Lynchburg.
“People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?”
-Imelda Marcos
This week we looked at the movement of objects and natural resources above and below the ground. We also thought about the concept of immobility in American culture through a discussion of prisons.
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The New York Times describes Garbage Land author as “a garbage detective, she follows the used plastic bags, drink containers, old newspapers and, yes, bodily excretions that disappear into the trash can or down the toilet, only to reappear somewhere else, out of sight and out of mind.”
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Eastern State Penitentiary: A History tells the story of one of America’s best known prisons in Philadelphia, PA. With 2,319,258 people in American jails the history of how we have punished criminals in the past understates how we handle criminals now.
Eric Schrader spoke to us about the waste water treatment system in Lynchburg.
The New York Times describes Garbage Land author as “a garbage detective, she follows the used plastic bags, drink containers, old newspapers and, yes, bodily excretions that disappear into the trash can or down the toilet, only to reappear somewhere else, out of sight and out of mind.”
amcp
Eastern State Penitentiary: A History tells the story of one of America’s best known prisons in Philadelphia, PA. With 2,319,258 people in American jails the history of how we have punished criminals in the past understates how we handle criminals now.
Eric Schrader spoke to us about the waste water treatment system in Lynchburg.
