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Freeway Pollution – How Close is Too Close?: Kara Miller

One of the strongest elements in this work, for me, is the potential for this project to illustrate, ethnographically, new configurations around property, value, etc. based on these new forms of infrastructure DNA, which is the data infused in zip codes and area codes and addresses. These living, public biometrics are measured in terms of exposure and this informatic shows that. Rather than walkability, is there an air quality measurement in the property's portfolio? Will there be soil samples as part of the house tour? I think this image carries a lot of hypotheticals about the future. How might databases respond to new needs and metrics? How might this be used to deter unstable development?

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