Multiple Histories -- Jake's Question and Sarah R.'s Question

JAKE: With the continuous reappropriation of land and space it often happens that there are multiple histories in the same area. When making art or poetry in the space, does it need to address or interact with all the histories or only the current state? // SARAH: Part of what I found most interesting in Sand's "Remember to Wave" was how she characterized place. It seems that there is an inherent history, regardless of whether one is aware of it or not. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is how the history of a place seems to pile up, so to speak, and how an interaction with said place changes based on one's prior knowledge and experiences of it.