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The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School (limited research version)
Application form: http://thefieldschool.weebly.com/application.html What: The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures (BLC) Field School trains participants in documenting, indexing, analyzing, and disseminating community cultural resources and histories of ordinary people and common places. The project team works with local community partners in a collaborative setting. Where: Walnut Hill Community Garden and Unity Orchard, Middle Ground When: Weekdays, July 6, 2026—July 31, 2026; 9AM-4PM (required attendance) Required preparatory workshop via Zoom: Monday June 29, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Final Community Presentation in person: Saturday August 1, 2026 The 2026 project will be a shortened and limited version of our full-length field school. The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School is a nationally recognized award-winning project that combines place-based immersive learning with civic engagement. The focus of the 2026 Field School is structured around a collaborative media project in which university students and faculty will work with community youth and leaders to create a media documentary and visual art posters and zines. In order to do so, the field school team will engage with community leaders and local youth in two Milwaukee gardens—Unity Orchard and Walnut Hill Community Garden. Researchers will also prepare themselves by reviewing the history of these communities and oral histories of residents already collected by earlier cohorts of Field School researcher. This summer is not about field data collection—instead we will focus on analysis, dissemination, and storytelling. We will learn ethnographic, material culture, and media methods The Field School welcomes the participation of members of the community, and it is open to anyone who is interested and can make a full-time commitment (Mon-Fri 9am-4pm) for four weeks. Participants are eligible to receive academic credit (3-6 cr.). See attached application form for details. During the 5-week period, we will examine the following:
Website and other urls Field School website: https://thefieldschool.weebly.com/ Field School Application: http://thefieldschool.weebly.com/application.html Field School Story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDKZoe3nM4k |
Detailed description of the field school. Chelsea Wait.
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