[Reader-list] Speculation and Acquisition

[Amitabh Kumar]

Dear Yasir,
                    The Karachi waterfront was a perfect example of what is
happening.

A reality which is controlled by the politics of production and consumption.
Currency that is tied to it. When the resources for that which is being
produced turn to exhaustion, what does one do? turn your attention to that
which cannot be produced and see possibilities in that.
Land and property.
The control over land is the calling card of the future.

What was interesting  was how the voice-over establishes the waterfront
project as an act that has already happened. From the future it brings it to
our immediate reality . The impersonal tone one of the narrator that seems
to be an echo of news reporter's tone.The pauses and breaks that emphasize
the 'progress' that would be achieved. The background music highlights the
glory of the reclaimed waterfront and the wonders that lies in store for
the people inhabiting it.
Beautiful tools for the politics of land acquisition. (Add to that
creation.)

best,
 amitabh


On 4/11/07, yasir ~ <yasir.media at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1 \\
> For the Sugar Land City project details check out you tube film
> "karachi Waterfront"
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n1mN2lpahA
>
> 2 \\
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> http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\02\26\story_26-2-2007_pg12_10
>
>
>
> On 4/10/07, Jeebesh Bagchi <jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Here are some fragmentary notes that may gather some life in
> > circulation!
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