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Category Archive: cities

Chicano Park: A Community’s Legacy of Resistance

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The pillars that once divided Barrio Logan are now the foundation that shapes this rich Chicanx landscape.

Guest November 16, 2020 arts, California, Chicano, Chicano history, cities, San Diego, street art

Solitude and Solidarity: The Need for Reflexivity in Activism and Scholarship

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Mindfulness can help one develop a more robustly intersectional politics, argues historian Daniel Wortel-London.

dlondongc October 28, 2019 academia, cities, class, politics, radical politics, social welfare, space, the Left

The House that MC Escher and the Marquis de Sade Built

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Georgia State’s Kell Hall was a mystifying yet charmingly awful symbol of the university’s long ramp from the swamps to the stars.

Alex Sayf Cummings August 29, 2019 architecture, cities, dogs die in hot cars, Education, Georgia, memory, Urban History, urban studies

The Unbearable Whiteness of Paul Goldberger’s Ballpark

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Goldberger’s book unintentionally reveals that baseball is a representation of America — in its everyday realities of discrimination, exclusion, and inequality.

Seth S. Tannenbaum July 22, 2019 American Studies, baseball, cities, gender, race, segregation, sports

Georgia Avenue as Palimpsest: Uncovering the Multilayered Histories of One Street

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By adopting a fine-grained, street-level perspective, we can see how everyday individuals have helped to shape the history of our city, says historian Marni Davis.

Marni Davis May 20, 2019 Atlanta, cities, digital humanities, gentrification, Georgia, planning, public history, race

Trapped in the Ivory Tower: LaDale Winling on Universities and Urban Development

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We know you nasty little tweakers can’t get enough raw coverage of the SACRPH (Society for American City […]

Guest January 15, 2019 academia, cities, Doomed to Repeat, economic development, gentrification, SACRPH, Uncategorized, Urban History, urban studies

On the Run from the Unequal City — and Academic Stardom

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Of all the disciplines in the humanities, sociology is particularly well-poised to provide the academy and policy makers […]

Jacob A. Bruggeman January 9, 2019 cities, crime, inequality, Philadelphia, race

To Plan Future Cities, Look First to the Past

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What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “racial inequality in America?” For many, images of the […]

Eric Michael Rhodes November 13, 2018 book reviews, cities, planning, race, suburbanization, Urban History, urban studies

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