VCU

SSS Meetings Richmond

Apr 24, 2008

conference, research

Richmond, sociology, urban development, VCU

I had the opportunity to work with colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University and other area colleges as a member of the local arrangements committee. Lead by Sarah Jane Brubaker and Denise Bissler, we organized all local aspects of the conference, including the venue, accommodations, and literature about amenities, history and culture in the city of…
Richmond Neighborhoods, Creative Centers and Gentrification

Sep 7, 2007

research, teaching

arts, creative class, gentrification, interactive media, learning, Richmond, sociology, urban development, VCU

This past summer, I taught a course in the Sociology of Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). In this class we discussed issues of urban space, development and consumption from the perspective of cultural sociology. After reading Richard Florida’s Rise of the Creative Class and Sharon Zukin’s chapter on North Adams in the Cultures of…