With so much focus on the “regeneration” of places like Detroit and Cleveland, the vast spaces of major distress in the region are sometimes forgotten. This session is composed of papers dedicated to studying historical and ongoing sources of marginalization and deprivation within industrial Midwestern cities.
Moderator: Jason Hackworth, University of Toronto
Urban Decline as White Reaction Jason Hackworth, University of Toronto
Squatters or Homesteaders? The Unequal Outcomes of Regulating Property Informality in Detroit Claire Herbert, Drexel University
Instrumental Exploitation: Negotiations at City’s End Joshua Akers, University of Michigan-Dearborn; Eric Seymour, Brown University
Flint Residents’ Lack of Mobility in the Wake of the Water Crisis Victoria Morckel, University of Michigan-Flint; Bernadette Hanlon, Ohio State University
