REAL/SYMBOL

REAL/SYMBOL is a three part podcast and zine that explores land, gentrification and displacement in Shieldfield. It is produced by one of Dwellbeing's founders Alison Merritt Smith. 

The first episode explores how the process of development has deeply affected our neighbourhood. It weaves conversations with Shieldfield residents alongside sociologists, artists, theologians and activists about the emotional effects of development on people’s everyday lives and sense of self and how these processes have caused not just physical displacement but also emotional and spiritual displacement.

Contributors to this episode include Dwellbeing members and Shieldfield residents: Ken, Val, Sharon, Mahamat, Haley, Sheryl, John, Ronnie, Julia, and Hannah, as well as contributions from Loretta Lees, Chris Jones, Willie James Jennings, Darren McGarvey, Alastair McIntosh,  Lydia Hiorns, Gemma Herries and Alison Wilkinson.

To accompany the episode, there is a limited edition risograph zines.

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You can listen to the podcast below.

For more info about the project, go to realsymbol.org