Sovereignty / Populism
Sovereignty and Populism are often in tension. How do these two domains of thought—sovereignty and populism—co-exist theoretically and pragmatically in today's interconnected global landscape, as democracies are in peril and autocratic movements are on the rise? Even in the most democratic societies, the power to control contemporary and historic narratives and language confers cultural power onto social groups. From community activism and insurgent discourses to structural and systemic reformations, are there tangible activities that can scale?
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EDITOR / EDITORIAL COLLECTIVE
CRITICALPRODUCTIVE INTRODUCTION / SOVEREIGNTY, POPULISM, DEMOCRATIC SPACE
Milton S. F. Curry
SOVEREIGNTY INSIDE OUT: AN ANTIDOTE TO THE OVERDOSE OF SPATIAL ABSTRACTION
Fernando Luiz Lara
A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY TO FIND SOVEREIGNTY IN SPACES
Arturo Ortiz Struck
CONVERSATION+CRITICISM
CONVERSATION: SOVEREIGNTY AND POPULISM
Peter Gilgen, Leah Feldman, Jason Frank, R. A. Judy, Jason Stanley
CONVERSATION: SOVEREIGNTY AND THE BLACK SUBJECT
Milton S. F. Curry, Hortense J. Spillers
BLACK CITIES AMERICAS
BLACK CITIES AMERICAS, AN INTRODUCTION
Milton S. F. Curry
VISUAL ARCHIVE: BLACK LIVES MATTER (BLM) / GEORGE FLOYD MURDER PROTESTS
Adewalè Agboola, Ulysses Curry, Alexis Hunley
FIRING LINE: “POLITICS AND BLACK PROGRESS” (1974)
William F Buckley, Jr., Julian Bond, John Lewis
BURNING IMAGE: ARCHIVES AND ARCHITECTURE AS MEANS FOR BLACK REPARATION
Adam Lubitz
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Shawn L. Rickenbacker
GLOBAL BRIEFING
ONCE THERE WAS BRASÍLIA: CONSTRUCTING LANDSCAPES THROUGH SOUND IN A BRAZILIAN POLITICAL FILM
Liz Sandoval
MATERIAL SOVEREIGNTIES IN THE WESTERN AMAZON
Mara Paz Gutierrez
PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE PEOPLE’S PLACE IN HONG KONG
Kenneth Gaw
COMMENTARY ON HONG KONG’S PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATES
Mark Lee