A new entry in the Diccionario de las Periferias (Dictionary of the Peripheries) explores two aspects of the word “Banco” (bank, bench) in relation to life. “Vida de los bancos”–Life(blood) of banks: a phenomenon through which the life of a family ends up depending on a bank: in other words, lives that belong to banks through indebtedness. Its antonyms: mutual aid and networks.
Curruncho y Mufasa Mordiscos (La Banda del Rotu) : “Fuck Bancös”. Palma, 10 June 2014.
The Dictionary also elaborates on “vida de banco”–life on a bench: a way of spending time, a coexistence that may produce friendships Continue reading