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appendix a guide to making do in the field

defensible space "In many instances the semiotics of so-called 'defensible space' are just about as subtle as a swaggering white cop. Today's upscale, pseudo-public spaces - sumptuary malls, office centers, culture acropolises, and so on are full of invisible signs warning off the underclass 'Other'."

Davis, Mike. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. London: Verso, 2006.

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