Power and Politics Through Keywords (And the Politics of Land)
Power and politics do operate through keywords in everyday life. “No trespassing” is one of the most ubiquitous keywords we see in the world. It is deployed in order to claim and protect the ownership of something, often land, by someone. It is a keyword that excludes. Keywords neither self-interpret nor self-implement. Activation of keywords unfolds in the actual dynamics of social relations a...