Arte Puede Emily Bellor (GGFUP, 2016, Location: Madrid) Emily Bellor set out to find out how art can work as a mode of activism in Madrid, Spain. Madrid has a rich artistic and activist history that lives on and continues to develop in its large and lively arts and cultural centers like La Tabacalera, Matadero, and MediaLab […]
Prinzessinnengarten: Urban Space, Gentrification, and the Mythology of Alternativism in the New Berlin Henry Topper (GGFUP, 2014, Location: Berlin) In the early 2000s, Berlin spearheaded a branding campaign that would entice both the creative class and investors to reinvigorate the “poor but sexy” city. Henry Topper argues that the reclamation of abandoned spaces for alternative […]
Tempelhof Field Idan Sasson (GGFUP, 2014, Location: Berlin) With his analysis of the popular movement to keep Berlin’s Tempelhof Airfield undeveloped and free for public use, Idan Sasson assesses what he considers Berliners’ “symbolic resistance” to “business as usual” urban policy.
A Grassroots Model for Climate Resiliency Sophie Lasoff (GGFUP, 2014, Location: New York City) In this project, Sophie Lasoff explores the implementation of a social resiliency strategy by the environmental advocacy organization UPROSE in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. A historically working-class and ethnically diverse community, Sunset Park faces not only the threat of climate change, but […]
SEMillas: Sembrando un Ecosistema en Madrid (Seeding an Ecosystem in Madrid) Erin Johnson (GGFUP, 2015, Location: Madrid) Erin Johnson spent the summer of 2015 in Madrid, Spain with the group Paisaje Transversal. She conducted on-the-ground research exploring the relationships between the recent and widespread emergence of huertos urbanos (urban agriculture) and other groups that emerged […]
Green Berliners: The Role of Religion and Nationality in the Sustainable Practices of Berlin’s Ethnic Germans and Turkish Muslim Migrants Robert Clinton (GGFUP, 2015, Location: Berlin) Robert Clinton’s project was to assess whether Germany’s environmental policy, which can appear to have only secular underpinnings because it is state-sponsored, can be traced to Christian tradition. He is interested […]
SEDOAC: Servicio Doméstico Activo Maria Fernanda Cepeda (GGFUP, 2015, Location: Madrid) Maria Fernanda Cepeda worked with SEDOAC (Servicio Domestico Activo) in Madrid on a research project intended to emphasize the transnational practices of organizing domestic workers worldwide. Cepeda provided day-to-day support and translation services for SEDOAC and worked alongside SEDOAC members to learn about the […]
Creating Community: The relationship of history, creativity, and community development on Kelly Street Taylor Brock (GGFUP, 2015, Location: New York City) Taylor Brock worked as an artist assistant at The Laundromat Project in New York. She was assigned to assist gardener and artist Rosalba Ramirez in the Kelly Street Garden in the South Bronx. At […]
Porteñomanteau Chloe Grey Smith (GGFUP, 2016, Location: Buenos Aires) Chloe Grey Smith worked for both the Center for Artistic Activism and the Argentinian Photojournalists’ Association (ARGRA). In Buenos Aires she attended queer activist events, conducted interviews and studio visits with queer and Indigenous artistic activists, and helped digitize archives of photos from the Falklands War (La Guerra […]