While reading the article “Symbolic Boundaries” by Judith Okely, I imagined walking into a restaurant and sighting a Gypsy family eating with their hands instead of using the cutlery provided. I am certain I will have a look of disgust on my face and wonder why some people have to be so “dirty”! Interestingly, members of the family I just described as dirty are eating with their bare hands because they are desperately trying to avoid the “dirty” cutlery.
I realise that working on Dirtpol would require that I strip myself completely of whatever notions of dirt I have, and that can be quite a task!