1. In response to one of the other questions on this blog about whether or not Margolle's work is at all engendering or performative...I think the question is even deeper than that: IS IT ART AT ALL? Carroll brings up a good point when she asks, "Does a remembrance and deployment of dead bodies whose owners were victims of violence give a voice to the anonymous dead of further victimize them?" I would say that this is not art at all, but some pet project done by a forensic scientist-turned "artist" in order for her to get attention. This is using the dead to get front-page headlines and attention for the artist. Agree or disagree.
2. After watching the interview with Bowen about Ciudad Juarez, I want to bring up Amanda's point of the deliniation between refugee and illegal alien. Not only this quote, but also one of the articles from the first week (I can't find which one) says something to the effect that these people are leaving a country that cannot clothe, educate, feed, care for, or better them. They are fleeing for their lives and sending 25-30 billion dollars back in remitances, boosting the Mexican economy. But how should the US treat these people? Can they be considered refugees? If so, should they receive welfare or other assistance when there are already millions in poverty in America already?
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