David Schalliol
@metroblossom.bsky.social
David Schalliol is a visual sociologist living in the Midwestern United States. Co-author of The City Creative, director of The Area, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Olaf College.
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Join me at this free screening of the H.C. Westermann movie with filmmaker Q&A at @filmnorth.bsky.social on Friday, November 14 at 7PM: www.eventbrite.com/e/westermann...
October 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Join me at this free screening of the H.C. Westermann movie with filmmaker Q&A at @filmnorth.bsky.social on Friday, November 14 at 7PM: www.eventbrite.com/e/westermann...
I'm happy to have my photograph of Dennis Maher's Assembly House 150 help illustrate this piece about the importance of adaptive reuse.
www.dezeen.com/2025/09/04/a...
www.dezeen.com/2025/09/04/a...
Adaptive reuse requires architects to get "hands on" say experts
Adaptive reuse is becoming an increasingly valued approach to architecture, but can be tricky to pull off. Dezeen spoke to specialists about the skills architects need to tackle projects successfully.
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September 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm happy to have my photograph of Dennis Maher's Assembly House 150 help illustrate this piece about the importance of adaptive reuse.
www.dezeen.com/2025/09/04/a...
www.dezeen.com/2025/09/04/a...
My new interview with socially engaged furniture company Ishinomaki Laboratory on MAS Context:
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mascontext.com/observations...
Ishinomaki Laboratory: A Furniture Company with a Deep Social Mission
Ishinomaki Laboratory was founded to meet the need for basic home products in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the…
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September 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My new interview with socially engaged furniture company Ishinomaki Laboratory on MAS Context:
mascontext.com/observations...
mascontext.com/observations...
This Thursday! Join Paola Aguirre Serrano at the @trylon.org to learn about community activism in the face of the largest mass closing of schools in the United States.
What happened after Chicago closed an unprecedented 50 public schools in 2013? Join urban designer Paola Aguirre Serrano for a screening of her film "Beyond Closure" at @trylon.org in Minneapolis on April 8. Organized by MAS Context. Details:
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
Beyond Closure
www.trylon.org
April 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
This Thursday! Join Paola Aguirre Serrano at the @trylon.org to learn about community activism in the face of the largest mass closing of schools in the United States.
A great feature on Amanda Williams in the @nytimes.com:
With 100 Pounds of Blue Pigment, an Artist Conjures Spirits of the Past (Gift Article)
The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio of Amanda Williams, where hues are inspired by the Alabama soil Black farmers worked.
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March 16, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A great feature on Amanda Williams in the @nytimes.com:
Iker Gil shared a great series about the high-rise façades of Benidorm, Spain:
Chasing the Sun: The Coastal High-Rises of Benidorm
Benidorm is like no other place. Plenty of sunlight, warm temperatures, sandy beaches, and diverse entertainment options have made this seaside city on…
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March 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Iker Gil shared a great series about the high-rise façades of Benidorm, Spain:
What happened after Chicago closed an unprecedented 50 public schools in 2013? Join urban designer Paola Aguirre Serrano for a screening of her film "Beyond Closure" at @trylon.org in Minneapolis on April 8. Organized by MAS Context. Details:
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
Beyond Closure
www.trylon.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What happened after Chicago closed an unprecedented 50 public schools in 2013? Join urban designer Paola Aguirre Serrano for a screening of her film "Beyond Closure" at @trylon.org in Minneapolis on April 8. Organized by MAS Context. Details:
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
www.trylon.org/film/beyond-...
Making photographs for Alison Cuddy's new feature on a former CTA power station turned artist live-work space was a lot of fun. See the whole article: mascontext.com/observations...
February 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Making photographs for Alison Cuddy's new feature on a former CTA power station turned artist live-work space was a lot of fun. See the whole article: mascontext.com/observations...
In Minneapolis? Stop by the Eagles on Thursday for an experimental performance/reading/screening event. I'm going to show a short film or two.
February 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
In Minneapolis? Stop by the Eagles on Thursday for an experimental performance/reading/screening event. I'm going to show a short film or two.
Arturo Soto's Border Documents is available now from @eriskayconnection.bsky.social. For some context, check out our December conversation: mascontext.com/observations...
Border Documents - The Eriskay Connection
An anachronistic interplay connecting Soto’s depiction of sites in Juárez (MX) and El Paso (US) to the specific memories of his father there.
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February 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Arturo Soto's Border Documents is available now from @eriskayconnection.bsky.social. For some context, check out our December conversation: mascontext.com/observations...
Visiting the ever amazing @artshantyprojects.bsky.social this weekend reminded me of this piece I wrote for Weathered about the possibilities of frozen cities, which included Art Shanty Projects: withstanding.substack.com/p/the-possib...
February 10, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Visiting the ever amazing @artshantyprojects.bsky.social this weekend reminded me of this piece I wrote for Weathered about the possibilities of frozen cities, which included Art Shanty Projects: withstanding.substack.com/p/the-possib...
MAS Context's newly expanded Reading Room is now open in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DFxvwxVOexm/
February 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
MAS Context's newly expanded Reading Room is now open in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DFxvwxVOexm/
Taso's Hair Studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
January 30, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Taso's Hair Studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
If you haven't seen our documentary film "The Area," big news: it has an encore broadcast tomorrow night! In the USA, watch it 8PM EST on #WORLDChannel or stream it anytime until January 17 on @pbs.org, WORLD Channel, or #AmericaReframed. Here's a viewing link: bit.ly/ARF_TheArea.
The Area
A South Side Chicago community’s five-year fight for respect in the face of displacement.
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January 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
If you haven't seen our documentary film "The Area," big news: it has an encore broadcast tomorrow night! In the USA, watch it 8PM EST on #WORLDChannel or stream it anytime until January 17 on @pbs.org, WORLD Channel, or #AmericaReframed. Here's a viewing link: bit.ly/ARF_TheArea.
Reposted by David Schalliol
More joyful #sociology? How about the creative folks making spaces for social change and collective joy? Let's look to photoessays "Babes in Bikeland" (B. Christianson, tinyurl.com/BabesInBikeland) and "Globalizing the City Creative" (@metroblossom.bsky.social, tinyurl.com/CityCreative)
December 31, 2024 at 4:32 PM
More joyful #sociology? How about the creative folks making spaces for social change and collective joy? Let's look to photoessays "Babes in Bikeland" (B. Christianson, tinyurl.com/BabesInBikeland) and "Globalizing the City Creative" (@metroblossom.bsky.social, tinyurl.com/CityCreative)
Arturo Soto and I sat down to discuss his artistic practice regarding the built environment and how people experience and represent it: mascontext.com/observations...
Exploring the Specificities of Place, from Panama to Oxford
Photographer and sociologist David Schalliol sat down with Mexican photographer and writer Arturo Soto to discuss his artistic practice about the built…
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December 22, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Arturo Soto and I sat down to discuss his artistic practice regarding the built environment and how people experience and represent it: mascontext.com/observations...