In the crowded streets of London an eerie quiet starts to settle across the city...A malevolent darkness descends on the cluttered together houses and alleyways as people scramble hurriedly to get to safety from the incoming fog. For most, the lamps that line the street offer safety in the form of vision, and they relish it as a respite from the surrounding void. However, for most the lack of them creates long nights with light sleep, as they lack the visibility and locked doors of the upper classes. But what if violence came from more than just a cloaked dagger held by a stranger on a street corner? We take a look at how light was a concept used to purify external environments and keep public places safer, but also how its saving grace failed to penetrate the already lighted domestic sphere, where people were still vulnerable to brutality and sometimes death. The criminal topography of the Victorian Era was built in mind with institutions like marriage and class that preserved the domestic sphere as an unmarred haven for the family, but in our Podcast we will shine a light on how this conception fails to be accurate and how current criminal topography should be altered to reflect that fact.
I think it is interesting how you connect topics like crime, the policing system, violence, and domestic violence to your main topic of light. I like how you both talked about the physical aspect of light as well as the figurative concept of light when discussing violence. You both had a good back and forth dialogue and did a great job bringing in multiple sources to tell your point. My only problem was that there did not seem to be a conclusion to wrap up all of your work and to reiterate all of your ideas. Other than that great job!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I think the topic you guys chose is incredibly interesting. One thing that I think you guys did very well was state such a clear motive at the beginning of your podcast. I wasn't entirely sure if you guys scripted all of it (the intro), or just parts, but I think that stylistic choice really benefited the structure of your podcast. The two of you are also very good speakers, which I also think really made your podcast engaging --- I never found myself dozing off while listening to you. Your inclusion of crime stories also gave it a "crime podcast' type feel, but your discussion of the impacts of light and dark in the public and private spaces, and especially in relation to the Dodenhoff (?) secondary source about domestic abuse. I wouldn't have thought that there were any type of support systems, even if they were rather insufficient, for female victims of domestic abuse in the lower class. It made me sad to think that if forms of intervention at the basic level began all the way back in the nineteenth century, yet domestic violence is still such a prominent issue in the twenty-first century.
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