New Orleans

Letters from the Backside – Fairgrounds Racetrack and the New Orleans Neighborhood Story Project

April 1, 2011
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Letters from the Backside – Fairgrounds Racetrack and the New Orleans Neighborhood Story Project

Checkout the newest offering from the Neighborhood Story Project in New Orleans: “After a season of writing workshops on the backside of the Fair Grounds, the Neighborhood Story Project has produced an exhibition of open letters written by jockeys, trainers, grooms, hotwalkers, veterinarians and track employees… Each year, more than 700 workers arrive in...

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“Between Land and Water: United Houma Nation” Poster Release Event

August 28, 2010
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“Between Land and Water: United Houma Nation” Poster Release Event

The United Houma Nation’s oral history poster project will debut at the Jean Lafitte Acadian Wetland Center (Thibadeaux, Louisiana, USA) on September 4, 2010 from 2:00-4:30 p.m. The project is a collaboration between the United Houma Nation’s tribal council, the University of New Orleans’ Neighborhood Story Project, and Side by Side Community Projects, Australia....

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Cameras for community in New Orleans

December 16, 2009
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Cameras for community in New Orleans

Since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the slow process of rebuilding has progressed, a number of new collaborative media making projects have gotten underway around the city. The New Orleans Kid Camera Project started in 2006 when Joanna Rosenthal & Cat Malovic, both trained as social workers,  were looking for a way to...

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Documenting the New Orleans Now

December 6, 2009
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Documenting the New Orleans Now

This coming Thursday (December 10th 2009) in the Casino Building in City Park, New Orleans, the Neighborhood Story Project will be launching 4 new books written by students (and one recent graduate) of John McDonogh Senior High School.  These books have been 2 1/2 years in the making and tell the stories of New...

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The Neighborhood Story Project

November 5, 2009
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The Neighborhood Story Project

If you don’t yet know about the Neighborhood Story Project (NSP) – then this blog post is for you. Based in New Orleans Lousianna, NSP is a project at the intersection of education, collaborative anthropology,  community development and the making of locally relevant literature. Their own self-description is: “through writing, interviews, and photograph, neighborhood...

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Women’s stories in women’s words (and pictures…)

September 8, 2009
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Women’s stories in women’s words (and pictures…)

In 2008 I collaborated with Rachel Breunlin from the Neighborhood Story Project (based in New Orleans, Louisiana USA) and Jalaris Aboriginal Corporation (based in Derby, Western Australia) on a collaborative writing and photography project which resulted in the book Singing Out – Aboriginal Ladies Stories of the North West Kimberley. The project aimed at...

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