Check out this new research by Brittany Davis, Kirk A. Foster, Ronald O. Pitner, Nikki R. Wooten, and Mary L. Ohmer, which explores the perspectives of long-time African American residents of gentrifying neighborhoods.
In this participatory action research study ‘Innovating Methodologies for Examining Gentrification-Induced Social and Cultural Displacement: An Illustration of Integrating Photovoice into Story Map’, Brittany Davis, Kirk A. Foster, Ronald O. Pitner, Nikki R. Wooten, and Mary L. Ohmer illustrate how photo-voice and GIS mapping supports long-time African American residents of a gentrifying neighborhood to tell their stories as well as using those stories for advocacy. The participants captured images of neighborhood changes and explored what it meant to them to be residents of a shifting and changing community.
Key Insights:
- This innovative method allowed residents to communicate the location of observed changes and the historical meaning attached to those locations.
- Story maps can be used to communicate the effects of gentrification to the general public and advocate for inclusive development policies.