Race and the Built Environment Guide

A series of readings on how race and racism are constructed with spatial means, and how space in turn can be shaped by racism. It was initially produced in reaction to the August 2017 events in Charlottesville, VA. Created and maintained by Ana María León (U. Michigan) and a group of architectural historians, art historians, architects, and urbanists,

Sources for reading and viewing on race and architecture, compiled by Mario Gooden, with Mabel O. Wilson and the Architectural League staff.

A series of essays focused on architecture and its history, inspired by the scholars, activists, and everyday citizens who have spoken out, marched, and protested against police killings of African-Americans. Published and maintained by the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative.

Six guides on the following topics: 1) Whiteness, racism and design, 2) Critical Whiteness and antiracism, 3) White patriarchy and higher education, 4) Whiteness, patriarchy and public space, 5) Homophobia, transphobia and queer urbanism, and 6) Antiracist, feminist design education and practice.

A "crowd-sourced assemblage of materials relating to Confederate and other racist monuments to white supremacy; the history and theory of these monuments and monuments in general; and monument struggles worldwide."

"This reading list explores the law’s historical role in the constitution of space, place, the body, and various other modalities of belonging in the U.S. Created by Desiree Valadares for Places journal.