Project Description
The BLC Field School is a public humanities project that gathers community experts and university scholars around a common purpose of writing a "people's history" of Milwaukee. Each summer our research team collects oral histories, cultural landscape histories, and place stories. They search the archives to learn more about the community they work in. Then, during Fall the research team continues to revise and interpret raw data into podcasts, reports, exhibits and performances. These products are circulated back to the community for further conversations. This iterative process of data collection, data analysis, and history writing includes community collaborators as co-creators of knowledge. The 2024 field school initiated a new project that focuses on foodways in Milwaukee. The project will focus on the cultural, health, and social impact of spaces of food production (specifically) urban gardens in Milwaukee's Northside neighborhoods. We are currently working with three community gardens and interviewing gardeners to explore the importance of gardens in their lives. In addition, beginning Fall 2024, we will diversify our project to explore ways to interview immigrants and refugees about the importance of food and foodways as they settle into a new host country or create a sense of home.
Tasks and Responsibilites
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Desired Qualifications
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