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- Title
From Root Shock to Urban Alchemy The (Re)making of Urban Space through the Lens of Black Older Women.
- Authors
VERSEY, H. SHELLAE; REYES, LAURENT; YEH, JARMIN
- Abstract
Historically Black communities are frequently depicted as victims of urban conditions. However, a rich tradition of placemaking, place keeping, and community care, often led and stewarded by Black women, exists. Drawing from theories that name macrosystems that contribute to the fracturing and disruption of urban Black communities (e.g. ‘root shock‘), and strategies that attempt to heal and redress these processes (e.g. ‘urban alchemy‘), this paper examines the (re)making of place through the lens of Black older women living in lower-income, urban neighbourhoods.
- Subjects
BLACK women; OLDER women; ALCHEMY; PUBLIC spaces; NEIGHBORHOODS; CROWS; BLACK children
- Publication
Built Environment, 2024, Vol 50, Issue 2, p296
- ISSN
0263-7960
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2148/benv.50.2.296