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1	Surviving in the Land of Opportunity: Outcomes of Post-Crisis Urban Redevelopment in the United States Foster, Brianna D 10 August 2016 (has links) How we develop cities in the twenty-first century remains a subject of contentious debate worldwide. As neoliberal strategies are implemented in redevelopment projects, public safety nets are reduced and low-income communities of color in declining urban neighborhoods become particularly vulnerable. This multiple case study seeks to understand the experiences of post crisis urban redevelopment for low-income communities of color in 5 major U.S. cities. The data I analyzed include 101 short videos from the interactive documentary platform Land of Opportunity, documenting the process of post-crisis urban redevelopment in New Orleans, New York, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco. In doing so, I discovered that residents' experiences vary greatly based on redevelopment strategy that was employed and the level of resident involvement in the redevelopment process. redevelopment displacement public housing gentrification cultural displacement African American Studies Anthropology Civic and Community Engagement Film and Media Studies Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology Urban Studies and Planning Visual Studies
2	Indos, abjects, exiles : Joseph Conrad's culturally liminal characters in the age of nationalism 2013 September 1900 (has links) This essay is an investigation of transnational author Joseph Conrad’s engagement with issues of cultural liminality during the years around the turn of the 20th century. Through an examination of Almayer from Almayer’s Folly, Yanko of “Amy Foster”, and Cornelius from Lord Jim, the common experience of cultural displacement is considered. Conrad placed these three culturally liminal characters in various, carefully constructed social environments. Thus far, these characters have been under investigated in the critical literature, particularly the mixed-culture Almayer and Cornelius. By investigating these three characters and their environments, this essay demonstrates how Conrad depicts cultural displacement in the age of nationalism to be increasingly multifaceted but inevitably disastrous. The essay further reveals the need for more careful critical assessments of the cultural nuances of Conrad’s characters. Conrad, Joseph Almayer's Folly Amy Foster Lord Jim Almayer Yanko Cornelius Liminality Exile Cultural Displacement Southeast Asia Transnationalism Nationalism Hybridity Abject Indo-European Indo Eurasian

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Surviving in the Land of Opportunity: Outcomes of Post-Crisis Urban Redevelopment in the United States

Indos, abjects, exiles : Joseph Conrad's culturally liminal characters in the age of nationalism