Full Description
Written by engaged scholars and practitioners, Transforming Cities and Minds is an ""instrument-for-action"" on the problems faced by U.S. cities that have suffered from decades of disinvestment. The book advocates the concept of reciprocal knowledge: real learning on both sides, campus and city, through a complex network of human relationships.
Across the country from Camden to Oakland, the contributors engaged with community partners - hospitals, churches, community development corporations, community foundations, and other rooted institutions - to help restore old cities to life. Their collaborative thesis project engaged them with one another and university staff; it may offer a new paradigm for graduate education.
Contents
Table of Contents:
Foreword - Dayna Cunningham
Introduction - Lorlene Hoyt
Part I: Engaging Economy
Chapter 1 Strengthening Small Businesses: Strategies for Makin' a Way Where There Is No Way in Camden, New Jersey - Gayle Christiansen
Chapter 2 Leveraging Rooted Institutions: A Strategy for Cooperative Economic Development in Cleveland, Ohio - Nick Iuviene and Lily Song
Part II: Engaging Equity
Chapter 3 Concentrating Investment: A Strategy for Sustainable Development in Kansas City, Missouri - Leila Bozorg
Chapter 4 Network Organizing: A Strategy for Manufacturing Recovery in Lawrence, Massachusetts - Marianna Leavy-Sperounis
Part III: Engaging Environment
Chapter 5 City-Wide Retrofits: A Strategy for Creating Green Jobs in Oakland, California - Benjamin Brandin and Kate Levitt
Chapter 6 Community/Labor/Utility Partnerships: A Social-Movement Organizing Strategy for Energy Efficiency in Massachusetts - Eric Mackres and Lily Song
Reflections - Lorlene Hoyt
