... Far from being a static receptacle and neutral to power relations, the public space is always resignified through performativity, conflict, and confrontation. Focusing on a statue by German artist Olaf Metzel, Turkish Delight , a naked woman with headscarf that was exhibited in the public...

... Helene and Hettie discuss a visit; Helene comments that they’re “both tired from different things” but delights in their “care across states.” Hettie works on a memoir for Alexander Smalls and teaches oversize class at Parsons, having self-described “Killer Days.” Helene offers very funny “Memo...

... the compensation payments and declared a cut-off date after which any coca field in the “excess” zone of the Chapare would be automatically illegal and could be eradicated by the military at any moment without consultation. The aim was to achieve “zero coca” in the region, a target which delighted the government’s...

... by the military at any moment without consultation. The aim was to achieve “zero coca” in the region, a target which delighted the government’s backers in the United States. Armed squads of conscripts searched and destroyed coca fields, but nothing was done to bolster the prices for alternative crops...