Overview

Title: Baltimore Field School "The Field Is Us" Event collection
Call Number: Coll357
Creator: Sarah Fouts
Dates: 6/24/2024
Size: 111 MB
Language: English
Abstract: The Baltimore Field School "The Field Is Us" Event collection contains digital and analog materials that document "The Field I Us" event on April 26, 2024 which involved scholars and community activists to share stories and explore strategies for addressing Baltimore's history of uneven development, land use, and housing inequalities, focusing on re-envisoning community-led and community-controlled development through discussions on topics such as development without displacement, land trusts, solidarity economics, and community funds. This archive contains photographs, recordings, transcriptions, and cultural ephemera from events and meetings.
Citation: Baltimore Field School "The Field Is Us" Event collection, Maryland Traditions Archive, Collection 357, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).

Administrative/Biographical Note

The Field is Us Spring Symposium Flyer for the April 2024 event, containing event details."The Field is Us" Spring Symposium Flyer for the April 2024 event.
The Baltimore Field School hosted its "The Field Is Us" Spring Symposium: "Building a Movement: Connecting Housing and Land Justice in Baltimore" on Friday, April 26 2024, at Mobtown, situated at 30 W. North Avenue in Baltimore City. The symposium explored alternative and more equitable forms of community-led development for historically disinvested neighborhoods in Baltimore. It brought together publicly engaged scholars and community organizers to collaborate on advancing initiatives effectively and equitably. Throughout the event, scholars and activists shared stories and strategies for addressing Baltimore's history of uneven development, land use issues, and housing inequalities. Discussions centered on re-envisioning community-led and community-controlled development through topics such as development without displacement, land trusts, solidarity economics, and community funds. The event was sponsored by UMBC Public Humanities, Baltimore Field School, Orser Center, Maryland Traditions, UMBC CIRCA, and UMBC Department of American Studies. The symposium included a panel discussion in the morning, providing a platform for in-depth conversations among experts and participants. This was followed by a lunch break, fostering informal networking and further discussions. In the afternoon, breakout groups convened to focus on specific topics, encouraging collaborative problem-solving and idea generation which are documented through the photos. The day concluded with a final reconvening session, where insights from the breakout groups were shared and future actions were discussed. Throughout the symposium, key themes emerged, such as the role of publicly engaged scholars in supporting community-driven initiatives for housing and land justice. Participants explored meaningful approached that embraced collective ownership and shared authority, moving away from the traditional extractive research practices towards more inclusive methodologies. Panel Participants: Nicole Fabricant, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology at Towson University Sonia Eaddy, Community Organizer, Poppleton Now and Organize Poppleton Ash Esposito, Executive Director of Baltimore Renters United Tisha Guthrie, Community Organizer, Poppleton Now and Baltimore Renters United Lenora Knowles, Ph.D., Candidate in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, UMD, and Co-founding member of Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR) Meleny Thomas, Ph.D., Executive Director of South Baltimore Community Land Trust Loraine Arikat, Advocate for the "With Us, For Us" Community Wealth Fund Nicole King, Ph.D., Associate Professor of American Studies, UMBC Sarah Fouts, Organizer Peerada Phoomsiri, Student Worker/Program Coordinator "The Field Is Us" symposium represented a space for rethinking Baltimore's development approaches, advocating for equitable revitalization of historically marginalized neighborhoods through community-led approaches It underscored the transformative potential of collaboration betrween academia and grassroots activism in addressing systemic inequalities and promoting sustainable urban development practices.


Scope & Content

Arrangement

This collection is unprocessed.


Provenance Information

Provenance and Acquisition Information

Accession MSS2024-07

Processing Note

Digital materials were transferred to Special Collections in May 2024 by Dr. Sarah Fouts.

Descriptive Rules Used

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including PastPerfect.


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Access Conditions

Collection is open for research. Please contact Special Collection's staff for access to digital materials.

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use

Reproductions allowed for research purposes. Copyright maintained by the creator.


Subject Headings

Creators

Sarah Fouts

Subjects

Activism--United States African American neighborhoods--Maryland--Baltimore Baltimore Field School Community-led development Housing inequaity Land trusts Land use--Maryland--Baltimore Neighborhoods--Maryland--Baltimore Photographs Recordings Symposiums Transcriptions Uneven development University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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