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SPRAWL SESSION 2:
BLACK SUBURBAN IMAGINARIES
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
3-5PM ET • 2-4PM CT
1-3PM MT • 12-2PM PT
As the second in a series of political-timing-specific Sprawl Sessions, “Black Suburban Imaginaries” was both a continuation of the previous fall’s “White Suburbias” event and a counterpoint to it. Shedding formal presentations to allow for a more sprawling exchange, the session began with a postmortem on Campaign 2020’s “suburban strategies”, turned to the pivotal Black voter blocks that decided landmark elections in suburban St. Louis and Atlanta, and opened up to address the ways Black spatial imaginaries inhabit and transform suburbanized landscapes of power. Sprawl Session 2 considered predominantly Black suburbias as sites—and sources—for critical art and design practice.
Featured discussants: Artist Davion Alston, Architects Germane Barnes and Mira Henry, artist Autumn Knight, scholars Matthew Lassiter and Jodi Rios and artist lauren woods
With contributions from: Ellen Dunham-Jones, George Lipsitz, and Andrew Weise
Find detailed bios and links for all participants here: [Participants Bio]
Event Coordinator: Lillian Gardner
Zoom Pilot: Joshua Peder Stulen
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