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In this interview, Peter D. Blackmer, Assistant Professor of Africology and African American Studies at the Eastern Michigan University, spoke to us from Detroit to discuss the value of grassroots perspectives in urban research and oral history as a method.
In this interview from late November 2023, James Anderson, Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Government Innovation Lead, discusses the role of philanthropy in addressing urban research and problems.
In this interview, sociologist María José Álvarez-Rivadulla talks about her experience with urban research in Latin America and the USA. She also reflects on the Global South’s contributions to urban scholarship.