Abstract
In December of 2007, actor Brad Pitt made national headlines announcing his plan to build 150 green homes in the Katrina devastated area of the Lower Ninth Ward through his philanthropic project called Make It Right 9. This study seeks to understand through ethnographic methods how one neighborhood’s complex definition of community includes the built environment and how these philanthropic projects ultimately contribute to or work against the community rebuilding process. I conclude this paper with speculations on the future sustainability of this neighborhood in light of these “Green” philanthropic projects.
| Original language | American English |
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| State | Published - Mar 26 2010 |
| Event | Society for Applied Anthropologists Annual Meeting (SfAA) - Merida, Mexico Duration: Mar 26 2010 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Society for Applied Anthropologists Annual Meeting (SfAA) |
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| Period | 03/26/10 → … |
Keywords
- Community
- Hurricane Katrina
- Rebuilding
- Sustainable
DC Disciplines
- Geology
- Geography