WRITINGS
Featured Writing
“Do You See Yourself in Upham’s Corner?”: A Case Study of Belonging, Dis-belonging and the Upham’s Corner ArtPlace Initiative
The Fairmount Cultural Corridor creative placemaking project began in Upham’s Corner. This energetic case study explores how the initiative used an artistic approach to increase local awareness, engagement and leadership regarding plans for Upham’s Corner and explore with the community what it would mean to create an “aesthetic of belonging” in one of the most vibrant, hectic and diverse neighborhoods in Boston.
How do we go about telling ourselves the truth? How do we intervene in our own narrative devices? What stories have swallowed whole…about ourselves, about heroes and villains, about what it means to win? There is gut wrenching work to be done here.