{"product_id":"scar-city","title":"SCAR\/CITY","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the trees came \u003cem\u003edown\u003c\/em\u003e no one knew how \/ to interpret the light. homeless \/ it bounces off glass surfaces \/ pierces the wandering eye–\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poems walk streets and take snapshots of the impact financialization of our homes has on our sense of community and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeandering through physical and philosophical materials – cement, memory, water, narrative, history, sand, light, concrete, and others’ voices – Daniela Elza documents this urgent moment. The reader winds through fragments amidst urban fragmentation. A sequence of triptych poems hearkens to silos, skyscrapers, and streets. Readers here have a choice: they can read across the page or down. She channels Syrian architect Marwa Al-Sabouni, who says, “The fabric of our cities is reflected in the fabric of our souls.” \u003cem\u003eSCAR\/CITY\u003c\/em\u003e emerges from the Vancouver context to take on global issues of predatory finance and a market that mines homes for profit. It steps outside of binary conversations in favour of poetic reflection and interrogates a system that results in perceptible depravity and scarcity, which leaves us homeless, metaphorically and literally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrench philosopher Gaston Bachelard says, “The space we love is unwilling to remain permanently enclosed … Space calls for action, and before action, the imagination is at work.” Amidst negotiations and advocacy in the fight for security of tenure and lease renewal, \u003cem\u003eSCAR\/CITY\u003c\/em\u003e is a poetic call to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Daniela Elza","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53622881223036,"sku":"9780228023739","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780228023739.jpg?v=1731582877","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/scar-city","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}