{"id":141,"date":"2012-03-27T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T15:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2012-05-13T06:33:28","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T10:33:28","slug":"slab-city-anthropological-analysis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/slab-city-anthropological-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthropological Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/Slide15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3854\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/Slide15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/Slide15.jpg 720w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/Slide15-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?url=http:\/\/framework.latimes.com\/2011\/12\/19\/slab-city-video\/&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=k4yvT83uBubd0QHztpH3Cw&amp;ved=0CEIQuAIwAQ&amp;q=slab+city&amp;usg=AFQjCNFrthd2wjIgm-mfZXxKN9C8n5ibyw\" target=\"_blank\">The Complexity that is Slab City: Watch<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Main Themes:<a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/slab-city-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2997\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/slab-city-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/slab-city-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/files\/2012\/03\/slab-city-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>1. AGE<\/div>\n<div>2. CLASS<\/div>\n<div>3. SUSPISION<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3><strong><strong>Main Players<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>An economic last resort<\/li>\n<li>A socially hierarchy still exists (snowbirds)<\/li>\n<li>Obvious anti institution sentiments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/886252737\/slab-city-stories\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jessicalum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/aerial_DSC1367.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong><strong>Molly<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;Yes there are people who had a choice&#8221;<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>substance abuse<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There were people who thought it was a shithole and would have given anything to be anywhere else&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;There is a definite counterpoint that is being ignored&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>&#8220;Contradiction&#8221;: the hierarchy does exist, and much of how the media portrays it is true. But snowbirds are necessary to keep the Slab functioning<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;To some people, this is freedom&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>&#8220;People don&#8217;t want the structure . . .&#8221; &#8211; Molly<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>What is happening?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of people who live in Slab is decreasing, especially the population who brings the wealth and necessary economic circulation for Slabs functioning.<\/li>\n<li>As noted by both THE NEWS and ANTHROPOLOGICAL study, we see that age is a determinant factor on the success and future of SLAB. While the youth use alternative media to portray this new world, middle age Americans seek a way out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>The smallest news sources envisioned a movement . . . .<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>&#8220;Movement is tricky, I saw art \u00a0happening.&#8221;&#8221;People are very suspicious of organized anything.&#8221;&#8221;Music is there&#8221; &#8212;-&gt; &#8220;If there was a movement, it was to embrace spontaneity over all else.&#8221;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keep it Simple\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sX_I99kcnfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Complexity that is Slab City: Watch Main Themes: 1. AGE 2. CLASS 3. SUSPISION Main Players An economic last resort A socially hierarchy still exists (snowbirds) Obvious anti institution sentiments Molly &#8220;Yes there are people who had a choice&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/slab-city-anthropological-analysis\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3398,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3398"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2992,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/contemporary-issues\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}