Wound Culture: Trauma in the Pathological Public Sphere

Hence the new millennium's passion for standing live witness to things. A whole sub-rosa schedule of public spectation opportunities, spect-ops, the priceless chance to be part of a live crowd, watching. Thus the Gapers' Blocks at traffic accidents, sewer-gas explosions, muggings . . . people leaving their front doors agape in their rush to get out and mill around and spectate at the circle of impacted waste drawing sober and studious crowds, milling in rings around the impact.