My book is available for presale! No, not the Camden one that makes me feel like George R.R. Martin writing The Winds of Winter. The New Orleans one based on years of field work before I moved to Camden: My book, A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort: Post Katrina New Orleans and the Right to … Continue reading Pre-Sale for My Book: A Neighborhood Politics of Last Resort…
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I went to a theater show about six months ago. Just before the show started, the director came out and did a “land acknowledgement” — talking about how the part in which the free show was being performed had once been the land of a local Native American tribe. It was the first time I … Continue reading Reflections on the MLK Day of Service (and “acknowledging the land”)…
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And we’re back! It’s a new semester here at Rutgers, and a new year for Camden City. There’s the new (check out Phaedra Trethan’s wonderful interview of Camden’s new mayor, Frank Moran) and the continued (Phaedra also was in Camden yesterday to document a last-minute appeal to new NJ Governor Phil Murphy to save Camden … Continue reading The Local Knowledge Blog is Back…
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Dr. Andrew Seligsohn is the Associate Chancellor of Rutgers-Camden’s Office of Civic Engagement. As such he coordinates much of the work on campus (or for students trying to get off campus) around community partnerships. I occasionally find myself in his office trying to get his perspective on a local issue. At one point he emailed me with … Continue reading Academic Voice: Policy Wonks Talk About Regionalism. Dealers and Junkies Live it.…
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I’m the guest speaker at next Tuesday’s Public Administration Student Association’s Dine and Discover (4:30 pm). My talk is titled: Access, Rigor and Field Work: Conversations Qualitative Researchers Have Over Drinks More importantly, they’ve assured me that it’s an open event, and they’ll be serving dinner. Drop a note in the comments or shoot me an … Continue reading PASA’s Dine and Discover…
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