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Unities and distinctions: the country and the city, the agrarian and the rural, scales and polities, and rights and utility in the era of climate change. response to ‘climate change and urban-agrarian solidarities.’
No full textIn response to ‘Climate change and urban-agrarian solidarities’ by Angelo, Goh, and Paprocki (Angelo, Hillary, Kian Goh, and Kasia Paprocki. 2025. “Climate Change and Urban-Agrarian Solidarities.” City: 1–30. https://doi-org.goddard40.clarku.edu/10.1080/13604813.2025.2512623), this essay uses the work of Raymond Williams as a stepping-off point to make three arguments regarding how to theorize relationships between urban and agrarian geographies and politics in the era of climate change. The first is that our analyses should begin from the structuring processes and relationships that produce categories such as ‘urban’ and ‘agrarian,’ rather than beginning and proceeding from an acceptance of those categories as commonly used. The second is that it could be productive to consider alternate terminologies, such as ‘rural,’ and consider what is emphasized or deemphasized in both the terms themselves, and the scholarly literatures organized around them. The third is that the challenging work of building political solidarities across diverse geographies could be facilitated by more explicit attention to the concepts and vocabularies of scale and polities on the one hand, and rights-based vs. utilitarian frameworks on the other. © 2025 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) in Action: a Case Study of Addressing Youth Violence and Social Inequities in New Orleans
No full textBlack youth in New Orleans experience some of the highest rates of violence in the US. Although Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) is recognized as an effective tool for empowering young people and fostering social change, its application in violence prevention remains an area worthy of further application. This case study presents a YPAR-based program designed to address structural issues, including racism, discrimination, and economic disinvestment, that contribute to youth violence. The Enrichment to Empowerment (E2E) program provides a platform for youth to advocate for systemic change in their communities. This paper offers actionable insights into equity-centered approaches for violence prevention, highlighting the potential for YPAR programs as a strategy for addressing complex, community-driven issues through youth-led initiatives. © The Author(s) 2025
To own the land is to own the sunlight: the significance of land tenure for solar power
No full textThe world is currently experiencing tremendous growth in the deployment of solar photovoltaic panels. Most of this new capacity is being located on rural, agricultural, or other comparatively less developed land. In this context, land tenure—the formal and informal rules governing who can access, use, control, and benefit from land—matters enormously in shaping the trajectories of both solar and social development, in ways yet barely explored in the literature on renewable energy development. As part of a special issue on ‘The Dawn of Solar Photovoltaics,’ this commentary explicates the role of land tenure in the development of solar power. © The Author(s) 2025
He\u27s a builder, but does Trump have an urban agenda?
Get PDFFor 20 years, turbulence has defined American urbanism. In the late noughties, a global financial crisis pushed many US cities to the brink of bankruptcy. Austerity followed, with belt-tightening squeezing city services. Then came Trump, then came COVID. The pandemic would, unpredictably, make US cities cash rich thanks to the Federal government\u27s largesse. And now we await Trump 2.0. For US cities the prospect of radical change seems real. But what type of reform will Trump bring? Herein lies the difficulty. Trump 2.0 is as hard to predict as the first version was. Immigration, tariff reform and government efficiency are currently Trump\u27s domestic talking points. Yet we have little idea about what precisely will be done across all these policy arenas. This is a pressing conundrum for urban scholarship since each arena will impact the future of US cities. This reflection will assess how US cities are entering into the incoming Trump presidency and consider two possible versions of urban reform under Trump: the unlikely ‘coordinated version’, and the more likely ‘uncoordinated version’ defined by Trump\u27s populist politics. © 2025 The Author(s). The Geographical Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Three people pose for photo at Athletic Awards banquet, 1982
No full textThree people (including Hebert trophy winner Paul Saltzman) pose for photo at the Clark University Athletic Awards Banquet, 1982
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023. The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/athawardphotos/1002/thumbnail.jp
Baseball player in the middle of an at-bat [6], circa 1950s-1960s
No full textClark University baseball player in the middle of an at-bat, circa 1950s-1960s.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023. The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/baseball/1022/thumbnail.jp
Baseball player in the middle of an at-bat, Circa 1960s
No full textA Clark University baseball player in the middle of an at-bat, circa 1960s.
All photographs in this collection were digitized between 2022 and 2023. The photographs in this collection are part of the Photographs and Media record group of Clark University’s Archives & Special Collections.https://commons.clarku.edu/baseball/1008/thumbnail.jp
Matter of North Essays on Glenn Gould and The Idea of North
No full textMatter of North collects essays and source material related to Glenn Gould\u27s landmark 1967 radio documentary The Idea of North. The most famous product (other than his studio piano recordings) of Gould\u27s 1964 decision to abandon the concert stage for the recording studio, it combines Gould\u27s interests in the contrapuntal (by the simultaneous layering of speaking voices) with philosophy and a life-long fascination with the Canadian Arctic. Because the documentary is a multivalent work, the contributors approach the documentary from unique perspectives (sociological, philosophical, music-theoretical, ethnomusicological), each illuminating a salient aspect of the work. The source-material section includes for the first time the complete interview responses by Gould\u27s five participants, along with other important documentation
A Reflective Pause
No full textThe final chapter is organized around the idea of a “Reflective Pause”, signaling that antiracist praxis does not stop at a single initiative or classroom intervention. This is also a moment in the edited volume where the editors take stock from three years of convening the praxis community to offer insights on faculty development communities and antiracist teaching. The chapter is divided into three sections. The first section identifies what constrains faculty from antiracist praxis. The second section offers insights on organizing the antiracist praxis groups and what faculty members learned from participating in them. The last section returns to Kyoko Kishimoto\u27s piece for inspiration on how to extend antiracist pedagogy beyond the classroom to influence institutional policies, hiring practices, community partnerships, and campus culture. © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Jie Y. Park and Laurie Ross; individual chapters, the contributors
A Call to Action: Antiracist Praxis in Higher Education
No full textThis chapter describes the origin, institutional context, and faculty participants of the antiracist praxis group. It conceptualizes antiracist pedagogy as an approach to teaching and learning that challenges ways of knowing that are colorblind, highlights the situatedness of teachers and students, and works to build more horizontal relationships between faculty and students. Finally, it argues that faculty development and building an antiracist teaching practice can best happen in a community with not only supportive colleagues but equity-centric documentation and reflection protocols. At the heart of this edited volume are rich accounts of antiracism in action – or the action plans designed and implemented by faculty across disciplinary and interdisciplinary settings. The last section of the chapter offers a general overview of the action plans, categorizing them by their goal and the pedagogical practice(s) supporting that goal. © 2026 selection and editorial matter, Jie Y. Park and Laurie Ross; individual chapters, the contributors