Interdisciplinary 101 kicks off again on March 4th. This month, The Center for Environmental Futures is joined by guest speaker Professor James Buckley. James Buckley joined the University of Oregon in 2016 as the inaugural Venerable Chair in Historic Preservation and the founding director of UO’s Historic Preservation program in Portland, OR. He teaches courses in architectural and cultural history, city planning, and urban development.
Buckley will showcase his work, Mapping Race: GIS and African American Spatial History in Portland, OR.
GIS technology offers historians insight into the spatial history of a particular place and people. Building on my current work with the African American community in Portland, OR to map Black cultural heritage, this paper develops a spatial history of the Albina District from World War II through urban renewal and more recent displacement from high-end residential redevelopment. The paper demonstrates how a history of space, in the manner of Henri Lefebvre’s “production of space” and George Lipsetz’s “Black spatial imaginary,” improves historical understanding by revealing a unique combination of the physical and social aspects of past lived experience.
This month will be held virtually. Please use the link posted here to join!
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96581399316
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