An Aboriginal elder and his grandson meander through the maze of picket-fenced gardens in a comfortable suburb of Perth…
Grandfather, why do the white folk build fences and walls everywhere?
Grandson, this is a very important question and there are answers on many levels.
On the surface, the answer is simple: they are setting out their territory and defining the limits of their area of control. If you could look down from above you would see that the network of fences, walls and borders they have produced, enclosing areas within areas, territories within territories, typifies the landscape of the ‘civilized’ world. (more…)
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