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Nadeem Farooq Paracha’s latest book may not tread new ground for those who follow his column, but will provide a different...

Obras de mejora en el Auditorio de la Alameda y el Infanta Leonor El Ayuntamiento de Jaén destina 150.000 euros a la adaptación de ambos espacios escénicos y de la Casa de los Artistas a la normativa de seguridad J. M. L. Jaén Domingo, 4 julio 2021, 23:29 El Ayuntamiento de Jaén ha comenzado la reparación y adecuación progresiva a la normativa de seguridad de tres equipamientos municipales: el Auditorio de La Alameda, el Teatro Infanta Leonor y la Casa de los Artistas. En total, el Consistorio destinará a...

2 people have watched this webinar. How Immersive Oral Histories Can Shape The Future of Neighborhoods April 14, 2021 As a neighborhood gentrifies, newcomers rarely explore or address the needs of long-time residents who have lived there for years. In the late ’60s, for example, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), a neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York City, existed in disarray. In 1967 most of the buildings in a 14-block radius were condemned, which resulted in the displacement of low-income residents, most of whom were people of color. Promises of new, affordable hous...

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Photo courtesy of Buscada.  As a neighborhood gentrifies, newcomers rarely explore or address the needs of long-time residents who have lived there for years. In the late ’60s, for example, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA), a neighborhood on the Lower East Side of New York City, existed in disarray. In 1967 most of the buildings in a 14-block radius were condemned, which resulted in the displacement of low-income residents, most of whom were people of color. Promises of new, affordable housing never came to fruition – developers were not interested in ...

A writer profiles Karachi’s everyday citizens, highlighting their fears and hopes The past year has not been kind to Pakistan. The pandemic has crippled the country, leaving limited capacity to battle another contagion: bad PR. 2019 saw the launch of Sanam Maher’s A Woman Like Her and in 2020 we read Declan Walsh’s The Nine Lives of Pakistan. British freelance writer Samira Shackle’s newly released Karachi Vice: Life and Death in a Contested City completes a carnage trilogy, revealing the “sectarian and ethnic resentment mingling with politics and organized crime,” as she write...