A People's Atlas of Detroit
A People's Atlas of Detroit
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Description
In recent years, Detroit has been touted as undergoing a renaissance, yet many people have been left behind. Drawing on action research and counter-cartography, A People's Atlas of Detroit aims to both chart and help build movements for social justice in the city.
A People's Atlas of Detroit is a remarkable achievement. Not only is Detroit one of the most important cities to understand, but this book includes a multiplicity of forms of knowledge, which, when woven together, tell a powerful story. A People's Atlas of Detroit offers a new model and standard for critical urban geography. This book not only works to understand the many ways Detroit has come to help establish the urban fabric of the United States, but does so through a deeply embodied and popular mode of analysis that feels generative well beyond the specifics of the city itself. Detroit organizing has always been among the smartest, sharpest, and innovative work throughout people's history. This is a project that provides more evidence of this fact-a thoughtful, important resource developed by the people in the very best tradition of community-led and -centered research and analysis. A People's Atlas of Detroit proves once again that if we seek to understand a place, we must break with the extractive practice of traditional 'research' and listen to the people who make it what it is.
Andrew Newman is an associate professor of anthropology at Wayne State University.
Linda Campbell is a Detroit resident and the director of the Building Movement Project.
Sara Safransky is a human geographer and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University.
Tim Stallmann is a worker-owner at Research Action Design.
A People's Atlas of Detroit is a remarkable achievement. Not only is Detroit one of the most important cities to understand, but this book includes a multiplicity of forms of knowledge, which, when woven together, tell a powerful story. A People's Atlas of Detroit offers a new model and standard for critical urban geography. This book not only works to understand the many ways Detroit has come to help establish the urban fabric of the United States, but does so through a deeply embodied and popular mode of analysis that feels generative well beyond the specifics of the city itself. Detroit organizing has always been among the smartest, sharpest, and innovative work throughout people's history. This is a project that provides more evidence of this fact-a thoughtful, important resource developed by the people in the very best tradition of community-led and -centered research and analysis. A People's Atlas of Detroit proves once again that if we seek to understand a place, we must break with the extractive practice of traditional 'research' and listen to the people who make it what it is.
Andrew Newman is an associate professor of anthropology at Wayne State University.
Linda Campbell is a Detroit resident and the director of the Building Movement Project.
Sara Safransky is a human geographer and assistant professor in the Department of Human and Organizational Development at Vanderbilt University.
Tim Stallmann is a worker-owner at Research Action Design.