A number of texts have addressed desires for and iterations of freedom throughout the Black
diaspora. Although conceptualizations of freedom are often employed and interrogated in …

This paper engages geographic literature on diverse economies by foregrounding an
analysis of racial capitalism. Prevailing conversations on diverse economies aptly point out …

The Geographies of Threat and the Production of Violence exposes the spatial processes of
racialising, gendering, and classifying populations through the encoded urban infrastructure …

Scholars have increasingly recognized the sociocultural impacts of gentrification on Black
residents. However, the gentrification literature lacks a theoretical model on the nuanced …

Within social work, participatory arts practices have increasingly been put forward as a (new)
pedagogical project that creates opportunities to deal with the challenges and complexities …

Cities are raucous, cacophonous, and complex. Many dimensions of life play out and conflict
across cities' intricate landscapes, be they political, cultural, economic, or social. Urban …

Gentrification has been identified as a phenomenon that involves impacts on space and
place. Particularly, gentrification's social and cultural impacts involve disrupted meanings …

Spotlighting a “green building” project in Chicago (East Garfield Park), this paper explores
the various cultural, geographical, and topological factors that serve to pluralize land …

Enthusiasm for Black geographies has grown significantly since it was formalized in Black
Geographies and the Politics of Place (McKittrick and Woods). With an increase in interest in …

Centering mambo sauce as both a cultural staple and a metaphor for struggles over
ownership in Washington, DC, this article explores mambo sauce's role in constructing a DC …