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The Egalitarian Metropolis: Towards an Inclusive Recovery for Detroit

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March 7, 2023 - 11:30am – March 18, 2023 - 4:30pm03/07/2023 11:30am 03/18/2023 4:30pm The Egalitarian Metropolis: Towards an Inclusive Recovery for Detroit The Great Black Migration to Detroit occurred at the height of the city’s industrial dominance, and yet the result was a deeply divided metropolis where almost all the benefits of subsequent industrial restructuring flowed to white suburbanites and almost all the costs were borne by Black city residents. Today’s Detroit might be more challenged economically, yet paradoxically the chances for an inclusive recovery and a more egalitarian metropolis might be greater. Detroit and Detroit-like cities have the possibility of restructuring to deliver greater equity for their residents than other metros hampered by high housing costs and issues associated with infrastructure, transportation, and education, among other pressing concerns. But can Detroit overcome its racial and economic divisions to become a more egalitarian metropolis? The culmination of the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, this symposium brings together University of Michigan researchers and Detroit community leaders who are working daily to make the city’s recovery equitable and inclusive. By highlighting voices that engage Detroit’s past, present, and future, each session presents vital work carried out by Detroit leaders alongside new urban humanities research funded by the Michigan-Mellon Project in order to advance critical conversations about Detroit’s future as an egalitarian metropolis. Please visit the symposium's website for full session information and registration. SESSION 1: FROM A DIVIDED TO AN INCLUSIVE METROPOLIS Location: Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, lunch included SESSION 2: CONFRONTING THE PRODUCTION OF DECLINE Location: University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm, reception to immediately follow SESSION 3: FROM THE PRODUCTION OF DECLINE TO THE PRODUCTION OF EQUITY Location: University of Michigan Detroit Center Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023 Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, lunch included SESSION 4: TOWARDS A CULTURE OF INCLUSION Location: ArcPrep - Michigan Research Studio Date: Friday, March 17, 2023 Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, lunch included SESSION 5: CLOSING CONVERSATION Location: Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023 Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm, reception to immediately follow *This symposium will be presented both in person and streamed virtually. Registration will be required. The Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis is an Urban Humanities Initiative organized around a partnership of humanists, architects/urban designers/planners, and community leaders. A collaboration between the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Project’s commitment to research and teaching aims to not only model a future for these disciplines but to also demonstrate how the urban humanities can be effective partners and collaborators in the movement for more inclusive cities. University of Michigan Ann Arbor and Detroit locations America/Detroit public

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The Great Black Migration to Detroit occurred at the height of the city’s industrial dominance, and yet the result was a deeply divided metropolis where almost all the benefits of subsequent industrial restructuring flowed to white suburbanites and almost all the costs were borne by Black city residents. Today’s Detroit might be more challenged economically, yet paradoxically the chances for an inclusive recovery and a more egalitarian metropolis might be greater. Detroit and Detroit-like cities have the possibility of restructuring to deliver greater equity for their residents than other metros hampered by high housing costs and issues associated with infrastructure, transportation, and education, among other pressing concerns. But can Detroit overcome its racial and economic divisions to become a more egalitarian metropolis?

The culmination of the Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis, this symposium brings together University of Michigan researchers and Detroit community leaders who are working daily to make the city’s recovery equitable and inclusive. By highlighting voices that engage Detroit’s past, present, and future, each session presents vital work carried out by Detroit leaders alongside new urban humanities research funded by the Michigan-Mellon Project in order to advance critical conversations about Detroit’s future as an egalitarian metropolis.

Please visit the symposium's website for full session information and registration.

SESSION 1: FROM A DIVIDED TO AN INCLUSIVE METROPOLIS
Location: Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, lunch included

SESSION 2: CONFRONTING THE PRODUCTION OF DECLINE
Location: University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School
Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023
Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm, reception to immediately follow

SESSION 3: FROM THE PRODUCTION OF DECLINE TO THE PRODUCTION OF EQUITY
Location: University of Michigan Detroit Center
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, lunch included

SESSION 4: TOWARDS A CULTURE OF INCLUSION
Location: ArcPrep - Michigan Research Studio
Date: Friday, March 17, 2023
Time: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, lunch included

SESSION 5: CLOSING CONVERSATION
Location: Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning
Date: Saturday, March 18, 2023
Time: 2:00pm - 4:30pm, reception to immediately follow

*This symposium will be presented both in person and streamed virtually. Registration will be required.

The Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis is an Urban Humanities Initiative organized around a partnership of humanists, architects/urban designers/planners, and community leaders. A collaboration between the University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the Project’s commitment to research and teaching aims to not only model a future for these disciplines but to also demonstrate how the urban humanities can be effective partners and collaborators in the movement for more inclusive cities.