Legacies of Place and Power: From Military Base to Freeport Zone

Abstract

(1) the indirect and direct exclusion of the poor vis-à-vis the SBFZ's socio-spatial organization, and (2) the maintenance of cultural practices (litter, traffic) and moral discourses (of what is "good" and "bad") formerly associated with the base, so that the SBFZ remains distinct from the surrounding city of Olongapo. Places of power have legacies, structural and spatial residues that continue to influence cultural practices and discourses even after the original uses of a place are transformed.

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