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This blog serves as a transparent point of discourse for You Are Here--a Columbus collective that grew out of the Comparative Studies Undergraduate Group at the Ohio State University. It consists of people from all academic and social backgrounds with an emphasis on social theory. Most succinctly put, it is creative scholarship in affect--whether it be from academia, popular culture, art, language, or personal observation. The ideas expressed in this blog are by no means reached by consensus and do not necessarily reflect those of other members. The comments doubly so. Feel free to critique, question, or agree with any views expressed. You don't have to reside in or be familiar with the city of Columbus. As far as we're concerned, you are here.
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Where am/are I/we?
ReplyDelete"You Are Here" was chosen for two reasons:
ReplyDelete1. It gives a sense of proximity to problems that are mostly conceptualized abstractly--gentrification is a good example of this, which is why it's one of the issues we focus on the most. It's very pressing for people in Columbus. They even made a documentary about it! It's also meant to hit people the same way "Columbus Sucks Because You Suck" does. It makes issues personal and immediate.
2. It's catchy.
Is there any deliberate play upon the ambiguity of the second person pronoun in English not distinguishing between singular and plural? Who is here? One person or many? Deliberate or not, it's pretty cool.
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