G. Willow Wilson

Lost' seems to be the inverse of 'Air': It explores dispossession and identity by forcing a bunch of people into one invented landscape instead of using many invented landscapes to keep people apart.

American Writer

Charles Krauthammer

Every civilization is founded on sins - every single one. Dispossession, violence, appropriation. What distinguishes civilizations are the ones who rise above it.

American Journalist

Used to describe unfair historical events where people lost property or rights.

Historical Injustice

Implies a negative action against someone, often against their will.

Negative Connotation

Focuses on taking something important without consent.

Involuntary Loss

Highlights an emotional aspect, where dispossession refers to losing something non-material.

Emotional Experience

Can describe a loss of cultural or social identity, not just physical items.

Loss of Identity

Specifically relates to a formal legal action involving property.

Legal Context

Often part of a court order or legal judgement.

Judicial Process

In a legal sense, it can be a neutral term describing a process, not the morality of it.

Not Always Negative

 with my cameras to document this aggressive dispossession. In flight, my observation reveals thousands of plastic white bundles owned by a conservation industry that claims it's eco-friendly

LaToya Ruby Frazier: A...

 It's a litany of dispossession. Maybe my job here as a story teller wasn't to just document a disappearing culture, in this modern world. Maybe it was to look at this living, breathing,