"We are as much of a place as we are of a people" -Native Country of the Heart, Cherrie Moraga

"Whether we are talking about the frontiers of a country, a city, a neighborhood, or an ecosystem; or about the defining boundaries of our own bodies – our skin, our organs’ outer surfaces, the membranes of our cells – inhabiting these bounded extensive spaces is part of what defines our social and biological identities" -Assemblage Theory, Manuel De Landa