"This essential, timely book meets us at our current moment of crisis to offer hope that American democracy's stalled trajectory toward its founding creed to embrace all, and not just some, can indeed be re-invigorated. Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons is about low-income youth of color working within justice-oriented, community-based organizations to improve the social and spatial conditions in their surroundings. It draws from hundreds of pages of data, some collected over a decade ago by graduate research assistants at three universities and some collected recently by a graduate research…mehr
"This essential, timely book meets us at our current moment of crisis to offer hope that American democracy's stalled trajectory toward its founding creed to embrace all, and not just some, can indeed be re-invigorated. Pedagogy of a Beloved Commons is about low-income youth of color working within justice-oriented, community-based organizations to improve the social and spatial conditions in their surroundings. It draws from hundreds of pages of data, some collected over a decade ago by graduate research assistants at three universities and some collected recently by a graduate research assistant at a fourth university, to present verbatim quotes from interviews with constituents of three youth-serving organizations. The book posits that the disinvested neighborhoods where youth experience abandonment and marginality in fact can serve as a call to action, given appropriate organizational support"--
Sharon Egretta Sutton is an educator, licensed architect, and outspoken champion for improving disinvested communities. An early pioneer in moving the field of architecture toward equity and inclusion, she is currently Distinguished Visiting Professor of Architecture at Parsons School of Design. Sutton has written several books; her most recent publication is When Ivory Towers Were Black: A Story about Race in America's Cities and Universities (Fordham, 2017).
Inhaltsangabe
Prologue vii Introduction: The Need for a Place-Based Approach 1 PART I: SOUTHWEST DETROIT, MICHIGAN: ACTIVISM THROUGH THEATRE 29 Historical Context 31 2004-2005 Narrative 39 2020-2021 Context and Narrative 54 Theorizing the Narratives 60 PART II: WAI'ANAE, HAWAI'I: ACTIVISM THROUGH ORGANIC FARMING 77 Historical Context 81 2004-2005 Narrative 88 2020-2021 Narrative 100 Theorizing the Narratives 114 PART III: HARLEM, NEW YORK: ACTIVISM THROUGH CRITICAL INQUIRY 127 Historical Context 129 2004-2005 Narrative 136 2020-2021 Narrative 148 Theorizing the Narratives 163 Conclusions: Pedagogy of a Beloved Community 177 Epilogue 207 Bibliography 217 Index 229
Prologue vii Introduction: The Need for a Place-Based Approach 1 PART I: SOUTHWEST DETROIT, MICHIGAN: ACTIVISM THROUGH THEATRE 29 Historical Context 31 2004-2005 Narrative 39 2020-2021 Context and Narrative 54 Theorizing the Narratives 60 PART II: WAI'ANAE, HAWAI'I: ACTIVISM THROUGH ORGANIC FARMING 77 Historical Context 81 2004-2005 Narrative 88 2020-2021 Narrative 100 Theorizing the Narratives 114 PART III: HARLEM, NEW YORK: ACTIVISM THROUGH CRITICAL INQUIRY 127 Historical Context 129 2004-2005 Narrative 136 2020-2021 Narrative 148 Theorizing the Narratives 163 Conclusions: Pedagogy of a Beloved Community 177 Epilogue 207 Bibliography 217 Index 229
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