Documenting the Musical Heritage of the Bronx Sara Nuta (GGFUP, 2017, Location: New York City) MISSION STATEMENT: My mission for this fellowship is to apply the urban theories and research I’ve done in the classroom to a real neighborhood in order to learn more about the ways cities work and the people who inhabit them. I also […]
Imani Edwards
Preserving Marginalized Histories Imani Edwards (GGFUP, 2017, Location: New York City) I love black history and I especially love movements meant to empower black people….I have been made aware of…how, African American history may be seen as “old” when compared to that of new migrants. I wonder if African American history and culture can flourish alongside the […]
Victoria Carter
El Patio Maravillas, La Ingobernable, and Occupied Madrid Victoria Carter (GGFUP, 2017, Location: Madrid) Last Saturday, 8th July, El Patio died. The organisation was ‘killed’ with a two day party in Malasaña. In the style which befits the organisation, the party was spread, slightly shambolically over two nights and filled with friends made over the last 10 […]
Tempelhof Field
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.