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Spatial Justice: Rasquachification, Race and the City
September 15, 2014 -
Intervening in discussions about gentrification and placemaking, cultural activist Roberto Bedoya champions the creative resilience found in communities of color—and exemplified by the Chicano practice of Rasquachification—to suggest “placekeeping” as a strategy for advancing racial justice goals. More -
Who’s Happy About Abu Dhabi’s “Island of Happiness”? It’s Not the Construction Workers
August 18, 2014 -
In this episode of Forms of Life, Nato Thompson speaks about the harsh conditions faced by workers in Abu Dhabi. More -
Occupying Empty Houses and Airwaves to Fight Foreclosures in Boston
July 1, 2014 -
As members of the Boston-based community group City Life/Urbana Vida moved a homeless couple into an empty house, a collective of artists and activists including John Hulsey set up a pirate radio station inside the house and organized conversations about housing equity using the frequency of a recently shuttered radio station. More -
Jean-Euphèle Milcé:
To Drink My Sweet BodyMay 9, 2014 -
Poet and novelist Jean-Euphèle Milcé evokes the harrowing condition of cultivating sugar from the perspective of a Haitian plantation worker, on the occasion of Kara Walker’s A Subtlety…, presented by Creative Time at Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Factory. More -
Shailja Patel: Unpour
May 8, 2014 -
Writer and performer Shailja Patel dissects the ethical and racialized implications of refining sugar, on the occasion of Kara Walker’s A Subtlety…, presented by Creative Time at Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Factory. More