hybridization [of tate street]

According to Canclini, "today all cultures are border cultures," and the multiple hybridization that can be found on Tate St. represent the diverse atmosphere of UNC Greensboro and its surrounding community (442). "At every border there are rigid wires and fallen wires," and on Tate St. multiple cultures merge across boundaries (442). Although those boundaries are evident, they do not constrict the Tate Street environment. These borders define different cultures but also compose the entirety of the Tate Street culture. As Canclini suggests, "[the] public insecurity, the incomprehensibility of the city, leads us to search for selective forms of sociability in domestic intimacy and in trusting encounters," and Tate Street offers a wide range of safe havens and entertainment spaces in which students, faculty, and the community can find both intimacy and refuge (423). These images present both borders and crossroads of multiple cultures: commercial, academic, domestic, and within these spheres multiple cultures reside.