This thesis studies the rise of “play streets” across early-mid 20th century New York City: whereby the city closed certain street-blocks to traffic to serve …
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Black residents of Providence, Rhode Island, organized the city’s Black Power movement, a local expression of the international …
This thesis considers the role of contemporary Bogotanian street art in challenging notions of boundaries in urban imaginaries, expanding ideas of urban identity and citizenry, …
This thesis discusses the many different musics of Boston, focusing on the participants and regulators of its soundscape and the cultural power exerted by the …
American photographer Doug Rickard’s 2010 project “A New American Picture” represents the poorest neighborhoods in the United States as captured by Google Street View cameras. …