“If the palimpsest enables hidden traumas or hauntings to be evoked, then brecciation may reveal other forms of accommodation and seduction present at a site. Indeed, brecciation has the potential to capture another means to be critical of the productions of space and time, and therefore, the practices of heritage.” (Nadia Bartolini)
While we were walking here, I overheard a woman berating a guy I’m assuming was her significant other very loudly, basically wiping the floor with him as they brisk walked around me. Her tone raised my eyebrows and when I looked away from my LCD screen, I locked eyes with the guy, who gave me a sheepish smile.
“The concept of brecciation assists in revealing a broader set of issues relating to the incorporation and accommodation of urban tangible heritage within modern development and infrastructure. It captures the materiality of places and the practicalities involved in digging, displacing and constructing in a city. […] Brecciation, therefore, suggests that there may be more to urban sites than hidden traces and linear formation. It considers places where tangible evidence of the past resurfaces in the most innocuous positions and awkward spaces. Objects that are found in the depths of cities may not always be welcome, and indeed have little in common with present concerns or values on the city’s surface.” (Nadia Bartolini)
A merchant near this cat saw my penchant for wrist regalia and tried to sell me 2eswara. I laughed, saying that there’s no room left for more bands on my arm. He didn’t argue.