#powerrelations

I was interested In seeing if the value associated with sugar has diminished over time, also seeing its links with organized crime for its distribution (being a highly valuable crop) This Lead me to this article, detailing Sugar Wars in Ethiopia. 

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bvgaq4/kidnapping-torture-and-stolen-land-the-brutal-reality-of-ethiopias-new-sugar-wars

Pyramid of Capitalist System, ca. 1901 (Nicolas Lokhoff)/1911(Industrial Worker; Nedeljkovich, Brashich, & Kuharich).

“the products of labour become commodities, social things whose qualities are at the same time perceptible and imperceptible by the senses...there is a definite social relation between men, that assumes, in their eyes, the fantastic form of a relation between things..this I call the Fetishism which attaches itself to the products of labour, so soon as they are produced as commodities, and which is therefore inseparable from the production of commodities.” 

Eavesdrop: a place where sound, gender, and architecture meet. It’s a place where power relations are negotiated. It’s a place of potentiality and possibility.  A liminal space. Who has here the power over whom?

Water costs money. So in theory, the more money, the more water??? Sydney Government controls’ – or owns- the water in the Sydney basin. The Catchment Authority (SCA) controls, distributes and regulates access to water. Furthermore, if there is less water, because of drought or other factors, the cost of water will rise. We are water beings, and it is vital for our survival, however, those that have money, or are higher up in the class structure, have access to more toilets and water sources then those that do not have finances or resources.