brandi t. summers
@drbrandi.bsky.social
NYC-based, Oakland-bred professor at Columbia U. Write books and articles about blackness, gentrification, aesthetics, architecture, capital(ism), and other things.
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“By reassembling lost urban histories, the people involved, and their networks of relationship, we can see a layer of community organizing that has held a neighborhood and a city together.”
This is the ethos animating community archival work. Read more from @drbrandi.bsky.social & Moriah Ulinskas.
This is the ethos animating community archival work. Read more from @drbrandi.bsky.social & Moriah Ulinskas.
April 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
“By reassembling lost urban histories, the people involved, and their networks of relationship, we can see a layer of community organizing that has held a neighborhood and a city together.”
This is the ethos animating community archival work. Read more from @drbrandi.bsky.social & Moriah Ulinskas.
This is the ethos animating community archival work. Read more from @drbrandi.bsky.social & Moriah Ulinskas.
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.@criticalsoc.bsky.social just ran a great critical review forum on my 2022 book 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, including contributions from @juliango.bsky.social, @drbrandi.bsky.social, Alex Loftus, and Crystal Eddins, with a response from me.
Free PDF version in the thread.
Free PDF version in the thread.
April 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
.@criticalsoc.bsky.social just ran a great critical review forum on my 2022 book 𝘋𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, including contributions from @juliango.bsky.social, @drbrandi.bsky.social, Alex Loftus, and Crystal Eddins, with a response from me.
Free PDF version in the thread.
Free PDF version in the thread.
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The way Columbia students have held it down >>>>
Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.
April 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The way Columbia students have held it down >>>>
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Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: 'When you lock things up…you don't sell as many of them’
Walgreens' CEO talked about the flip side of investing in increased security on a recent earnings call.
fortune.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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Luigi Mangione’s fellow prisoners yelled “Luigi’s conditions suck” and “Free Luigi” from their cells in Pennsylvania during an interview: www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/lui...
December 12, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Luigi Mangione’s fellow prisoners yelled “Luigi’s conditions suck” and “Free Luigi” from their cells in Pennsylvania during an interview: www.newsnationnow.com/banfield/lui...
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Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
Well-known Virginia Tech professor dies at 81
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
www.wdbj7.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Virginia Tech professor and poet, Nikki Giovanni, has died at the age of 81.
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And just like that, there's 3!
The THIRD installment of "Field Notes: Repair" is out now. Read dispatches from dozens of scholars, designers, planners & activists who share their observations on the issues they find most relevant in practices of repair, maintenance & care.
A new series in Places:
The THIRD installment of "Field Notes: Repair" is out now. Read dispatches from dozens of scholars, designers, planners & activists who share their observations on the issues they find most relevant in practices of repair, maintenance & care.
A new series in Places:
November 14, 2024 at 7:15 PM
And just like that, there's 3!
The THIRD installment of "Field Notes: Repair" is out now. Read dispatches from dozens of scholars, designers, planners & activists who share their observations on the issues they find most relevant in practices of repair, maintenance & care.
A new series in Places:
The THIRD installment of "Field Notes: Repair" is out now. Read dispatches from dozens of scholars, designers, planners & activists who share their observations on the issues they find most relevant in practices of repair, maintenance & care.
A new series in Places: