Remembering Rondo: Black counter-memory and collective practices of place-making in Saint Paul’s historic black neighborhood

This paper draws on oral histories of Black elders in the historic neighborhood of Rondo in Saint Paul and traces the practices of memorialization which the paper calls Black counter memory in the neighborhood. The paper highlights the various ways in which community members of Rondo remember the ne...

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Published in:Geoforum 2022-07, Vol.133, p.32-42
Main Author: Binoy, Parvathy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Black neighborhoods
Black people
Counter-memory
Memorialization
Memory
Neighborhoods
Older people
Place
Saint Paul
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Summary:This paper draws on oral histories of Black elders in the historic neighborhood of Rondo in Saint Paul and traces the practices of memorialization which the paper calls Black counter memory in the neighborhood. The paper highlights the various ways in which community members of Rondo remember the neighborhood as a Black collective place through practices of memorialization and acts of performance. Through visual documentation and oral histories the paper demonstrates the various spatial practices of resistance in Rondo through Black counter memory in larger context of the Twin Cities.
ISSN:0016-7185
1872-9398
DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2022.04.014