The central thread through all of my research is my analysis of the relationship between identity and citizenship — or how we know who we are and how that who we are is regulated. In my dissertation I research how postwar activists understood this relationship as rooted in practices of police violence and urban renewal andContinue reading “Identity + Citizenship”
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Urban Studies + Design
As an expansion of my dissertation, my book project titled The People’s Park: Work, the Body, and the Built Environment in Radical Postwar Placemaking traces the origins of insurgent park creation as a widespread tactic of civil disobedience in the late Vietnam War era. Using oral history interviews and archival research from collections across fiveContinue reading “Urban Studies + Design”
Food Studies
I blog my thoughts and projects on food studies on my blog GlobalFoodStudies.com. In 2014 I was awarded a $10,000 exploratory research grant to study transnational American food studies at the World Expo in Milan Italy in May of 2015. As part of this grant I worked with Dr. Simone Cinotto at the University ofContinue reading “Food Studies”
Teaching Spotlight: Mapping Youth Culture
How do you visualize youth culture through a mind map? My American Studies undergraduate class and I attempt that difficult feat.
The Italian Food University
My second stop after visiting my faculty advisor, Professor Simone Cinotto, in Torino, was visiting the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. As you can see from the photo, there’s just about nothing in Pollenzo except for this gorgeous castle-turned school/hotel, a scattering of homes and businesses to the right, and miles and milesContinue reading “The Italian Food University”
Teaching Spotlight: Mapping Transnational Toy Routes
I’m teaching an American Studies course this summer on conformity and rebellion in youth culture. A major component of youth culture in America over the past century has been the near constant creation of new toys. An assignment for the course was an investigation of America’s toy culture, and included two parts. Part 1 askedContinue reading “Teaching Spotlight: Mapping Transnational Toy Routes”
Porta Palazzo – Turin, Italy
Part of my grant included my meeting and networking with Dr. Simone Cinotto, Associate Professor of Modern History at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo (a food studies university run by the farm-to-table organization Slow Food International). Fortunately (!), Dr. Cinotto suggested we meet in Turin at Porta Palazzo – the largest open-air market in Europe.Continue reading “Porta Palazzo – Turin, Italy”
Inspiration: Dubai’s World Expo, 2020
To begin, I want to start by connecting you with my other blog, Global Food Studies, in which I unpack my exploratory research trip to the 2015 World Expo in Milan, Italy where I analyzed transnational American food studies. In this post, I include graphics just released that visualize Dubai’s plans for its own WorldContinue reading “Inspiration: Dubai’s World Expo, 2020”
Expo 2020 – Dubai
In a spark of pure wonderful coincidence, I stumbled across the concept visualization of Expo 2020 in Dubai – and boy does it look amazing, so I wanted to share. To begin, Dubai’s Expo abstract theme, “Connecting Minds, Creating the Future,” is organized into three main sub-themes: mobility, sustainability and opportunity that are visualized by threeContinue reading “Expo 2020 – Dubai”
The USA Pavilion – Happy 4th!
In honor of American Independence Day, I wanted to give you some details about the US Pavilion at the Milan Expo! In contrast to the USA pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 (I’ll give you a better comparative study another day), this pavilion not only has corporate sponsors but also government funds whichContinue reading “The USA Pavilion – Happy 4th!”
Kera Lovell, Ph.D. 