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A People's Atlas of Detroit (Paperback)
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A People's Atlas of Detroit (Paperback)
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In recent years, Detroit has been touted as undergoing a
renaissance, yet many people have been left behind. A People's
Atlas of Detroit, edited by Linda Campbell, Andrew Newman, Sara
Safransky, and Tim Stallmann comes from a community-based
participatory project called Uniting Detroiters that sought to use
collective research to strengthen the organizing infrastructure of
the city's long-vibrant grassroots sector and reassert residents'
roles as active participants in the development process. Drawing on
action research and counter-cartography, this book aims to both
chart and help build movements for social justice in the city. A
People's Atlas of Detroit is organized into six main chapters.
Chapter 1 excavates three centuries of Detroit's past to unearth
the histories of racial citizenship that have shaped the city.
Chapter 2 adopts a ground-level view of Detroit's contemporary
landscapes and highlights the meanings that land holds for
residents. Chapter 3 highlights urban farming as one of the key
ways that Detroiters have been repurposing vacant land over the
last several decades. Chapter 4 analyzes struggles over governance
and finances between the state of Michigan and the city of Detroit
and other majority African American cities. Chapter 5 moves beyond
the gentrification debate-a dominant paradigm since the 1980s-which
is neither the only nor the most important factor behind
displacement. Chapter 6 focuses on residents' plans and
mobilizations to reclaim and rethink public services in the city,
including water, transit, and schools. As a whole, the book seeks
to highlight and explain current visions for radical change-both in
Detroit and cities around the world. A People's Atlas of Detroit
weaves together maps, poetry, interviews, photographs, essays, and
stories by over fifty residents, activists, and community leaders
who offer alternative perspectives on the city's past, present, and
future. This volume will reinforce conversations being had by
scholars of many disciplines and will inspire communities to
continue to raise their voices in the name of representation and
change.
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