Imperial Debris: Reflections on ruin and ruination

<p>Ann Laura Stolers framing of a latter day understanding of ruins and ruination. Here, she engages the ambivalence of the term throught the works of Fanon and Benjamin, unfurling the terms active and passive, its materials and psychic effects.&nbsp;</p><p>"<span>Ruination is an act perpetrated, a condition to which one is subject, and a cause of loss. These three senses may overlap in effect but they are not the same. Each has its own temporality. Each identifies different durations and moments of exposure to a range of violences and degradations that may be immediate or delayed, subcutaneous or visible, prolonged or instant, diffuse or direct.</span>"</p><p>It is a testament to the power of working with the festooned state of overlapping embodiments of debris, loss, and sense of subjunctive reclamation and more.</p>