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This post is the first in a series by guest author, Carter Weeks Maddox.  Carter Weeks Maddox teaches English composition at Texas State University-San Marcos, where he recently completed a graduate degree in literature.… Read More →

La_Villa: .Exe is helped by curator .Pde in searching for clues about 2068 in front of La Villa de Guadalupe, the most important church in Mexico from street vendors such as the hat seller pictured, and visitors. Given security concerns, the duo is forced to conduct their inquiry a few blocks away from the church.

Why a Museum of the Future now, in Mexico

This is a guest post from Kate Balug, an artist and producer of cultural urban projects. Her current research includes an examination of critical imagination as a tool to redefine urban paradigms, intervention… Read More →

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Learning from Carrington

This is an entry by guest author Marcel LaFlamme, a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology at Rice University, who is currently conducting fieldwork in North Dakota. Those of us who care… Read More →

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Marketing Urban Identity

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“When it comes to luxury, it’s as much about where it’s from, as who it’s for.” As I was thinking through the number of films and tv shows that have highlighted urban issues… Read More →

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The City in Film in 2010

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For several years now, I’ve written a top 10 list of films on my other blog. This started out pretty unstructured, with just whatever films I happened to watch, and then developed into… Read More →

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Re-post: Welcome to the Urban Revolution

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Wanted to draw some attention to a recent interview of Jeb Bruggman about his new book, Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities are Changing the World (a not-so-subtle reference to Henri Lefevbre’s… Read More →

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Perhaps the most profound feature of the forthcoming National Museum of African-American History and Culture is its location on the National Mall

The ‘Thorny Path’ to National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Good Sign

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Perhaps the most profound feature of the forthcoming National Museum of African-American History and Culture, scheduled to be complete by 2015, is its geographic location on the National Mall. Its insertion within this… Read More →

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HUD Proposes New Regulations to Limit Queer Discrimination in Housing

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Later today, HUD will propose new regulations intended to ensure that its core housing programs are open to all eligible persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.  You can find the full… Read More →

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National Exhibit on Queer Difference/Desire in American Art

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There’s only one month left (through February 11, 2011) to see the National Portrait Gallery’s ground-breaking exhibit on queer experiences as captured by American artists – Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture.… Read More →

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Essay: Why the Public Realm Must be Queered

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It’s hard to talk about queer space without first discussing the closet, the most powerful contemporary queer space, even though it is a psychological one.  The closet not only represents the first queer space queer… Read More →

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