In Search of African American Space. Redressing Racism

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If African American experience emerges from the structure of slavery, how does architecture relate to that experience? African Americans have claimed space in unexpected locations – often in opposition to architecture as a Eurocentric discipline that has served to regulate and exclude them. In Search of African American Space examines both historical record and personal and collective memory to uncover these instances. African American space can be creative and aspirational, taking the form of speech and performance that reflects its fleeting nature.

This anthology of essays from contemporary architects, historians and artists presents a broad range of knowledge and practices that evoke consciousness of this form of space making in the afterlife of slavery.

DISCOURSE: Politics Without Proper Locus
PRODUCTION: Materializing Memory
ART PRACTICES: Recording Erasure

• ISBN

  9783037786338

• Title

  In Search of African American Space. Redressing Racism

• Author

  Jeffrey Hogrefe and Scott Ruff with Carrie Eastman and Ashley Simone

• Publisher

  Lars Müller Publishers

• Publication year

  2020

• Binding

  Paperback

• Language

  English

In Search of African American Space. Redressing Racism

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