Politics of Place (Walking Tour)

For the colonized people the most essential value,
because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land;
the land which will bring them bread, and above all, dignity.
-Frantz Fanon

What does it mean to build on a place,
built on a place, built to erase you?
- Natalie Diaz

Progress always requires forgetting.
-Bayo Akomolafe

What are we being asked to forget?

1: Location: Wetland North
Artists: Reframe Youth Arts Center
Greeting Mapping Activity & Orientation

2) Location: Circle of Life
Producer: Mary Stephens
Welcoming to Politics of Place

3) Location: Sky and River Part
Artist: Dr. Tamika Sanders and Savvy Pen
Poem and Story share

4) Location: La Esquina
Artist: Eunique Yazzie and Cahokia Art Space
Poem and Story share

5) Location: The Canopy
Griot: Joseph Larios and Mass Liberation AZ
Griot: Becky Larios
Critical Context & Story share

6) Location: Sky and River Part
Artist: Rashaad Thomas
Poem of South Phoenix

7) Location: Circle of Life - Terrace
Community Conversation about land, development and displacement in Phoenix
Moderator: Mary Stephens & Joe Larios

For the colonized people the most essential value, because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land; the land which will bring them bread, and above all, dignity.-Frantz Fanon

What does it mean to build on a place,built on a place, built to erase you?- Natalie Diaz

Progress always requires forgetting. -Bayo Akomolafe

What are we being asked to forget?

For the colonized people the most essential value,
because the most concrete, is first and foremost the land;
the land which will bring them bread, and above all, dignity.
-Frantz Fanon

What does it mean to build on a place,
built on a place, built to erase you?
- Natalie Diaz

Progress always requires forgetting.
-Bayo Akomolafe