Segregation and Resistance in the Landscapes of the Americas

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-0-88402-496-5
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 406 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 267 mm, Gewicht: 1451 g

Reihe: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture

Histories of racial segregation and its impacts have been the focus of urban research for over a century, and yet the role of space, place, and land in these narratives has been largely overlooked. How have land use policies and land access shaped the experience of place? What markings have made evident the lived experience of segregation and its impacts? And how have individuals and communities resisted segregation in their own efforts to make place? With a focus on the Americas, the essays in this volume move across time and space to ask questions about place-making and community building. They explore landscapes and their hidden struggles between segregation and resistance. Drawing upon the collective work of the “Segregation and Resistance in America’s Urban Landscapes” symposium organized by Dumbarton Oaks in 2020, these histories of segregation and resistance consider how cultural and spatial practices of separation, identity, response, and revolt are shaped by place and, in turn, inform practices of place-making.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Avila, Eric

Way, Thaïsa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur

Über Autor(innen)

Avila, Eric
Eric Avila is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Way, Thaïsa
Thaïsa Way is the Director of Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.