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Focus on New Orleans

14 to 1: Post-Katrina New Orleans Architecture by the Numbers

Richard Campanella September 5, 2017 14 to 1: Post-Katrina New Orleans Architecture by the Numbers2017-10-20T14:33:34-04:00 Focus on New Orleans
So what does post-Katrina New Orleans architecture actually look like? Media has given most attention to high-profiles exceptions; here’s an empirical look at the norm in Post-Katrina New Orleans architecture, according to a study by Tulane geographer Richard Campanella and Tulane Architecture student Cassidy Rosen, courtesy Places Journal. New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next…
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Cityscapes of the New Orleans Slave Trade

Richard Campanella September 5, 2017 Cityscapes of the New Orleans Slave Trade2017-10-20T14:33:35-04:00 Focus on New Orleans
New Orleans formed the nation’s premier slave emporium for most of the years between the 1808 ban on the international slave trade and the outbreak of the Civil War. As Tulane geographer Richard Campanella describes in this two-part article courtesy Preservation in Print Magazine, the slave trade formed a veritable cityscape in New Orleans, as…
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Essential Geographies of New Orleans Music

Case Watkins August 31, 2017 Essential Geographies of New Orleans Music2017-11-16T12:39:03-05:00 Annual Meeting
Part 1: Congo Square, Atlantic Exchange, and the Emergence of Jazz New Orleans is a meeting ground. Situated at the confluence of the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, the city connects North America’s most expansive riverine network with the vast Atlantic basin. Its strategic location has long attracted diverse peoples and ideas, whose…
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The Seduction of Exceptionalism

Richard Campanella August 4, 2017 The Seduction of Exceptionalism2017-10-20T14:33:46-04:00 Focus on New Orleans
Most residents, and many scholars, fall under the spell of exceptionalism in deciphering New Orleans. The word “unique” appears regularly in everything from travel literature to journal articles about the city; that all is “different” here forms a cornerstone of civil pride. All well and fine, writes Tulane geographer Richard Campanella, but that finding, if…
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Focus on New Orleans

Five Chapters in the Geography of New Orleans Architecture, 1700s-2000s

Richard Campanella August 4, 2017 Five Chapters in the Geography of New Orleans Architecture, 1700s-2000s2017-10-20T14:33:46-04:00 Focus on New Orleans
This article, by Tulane geographer Richard Campanella courtesy The Times-Picayune, characterizes New Orleans’ various architectural styles and typologies by nature of their cultural diffusion from various sources regions (PDF). New Orleans: Place Portraits — Over the next nine months, AAG’s “Focus on New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,” will feature a series of articles on New…
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Save the Date: AAG 2018 New Orleans

Staff May 1, 2017 Save the Date: AAG 2018 New Orleans2017-10-20T14:36:41-04:00 Annual Meeting
Mark your calendar for the AAG Annual Meeting in New Orleans on April 10 to April 14, 2018. We invite you to organize and participate in sessions, panels, field trips, events, and activities. The Call for Papers will open in July 2017. The AAG Annual Meeting often hosts more than 9,000 attendees and features more than 6,000 presentations,…
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