Racial remembering in urban politics

Doran, Meghan V.

doi:10.1057/s41290-017-0051-9

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“…While not necessarily deployed with racist intent, school closures, sales, and reuse erase African American communities’ multigenerational experiences of schooling (Khalifa et al 2014), and reinforce experiences of their “social suffering” in public schools and neighborhoods (Dumas 2014). They extend beyond the walls of the school building to the broader neighborhood and demonstrate how for some without decision-making authority “remembering the past is an essential component of making sense of the present” (Doran 2017, 2).…”

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School Closures and the Contested Unmaking of Philadelphia’s Neighborhoods

Bierbaum

2018

Journal of Planning Education and Research

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This article presents an analysis of how people make sense of Philadelphia’s school closings in light of neighborhood change. I argue that as school districts make facilities decisions, they act as planners, legitimizing closure decisions and their racially disparate impacts by reifying quantitative metrics at the expense of meanings that residents use to understand schools. Considering schools as redevelopment sites in a larger urban context reveals how school districts are deeply engaged in the making and unmaking of places. Recasting the work of school districts as planning challenges planning researchers and practitioners to explore how to coordinate traditional planning efforts with school efforts.

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confidence: 99%