Ph.D. Candidate Marcus Smith's digital humanities project and nascent organization, Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network (BGHPN), is featured in the newly released Fall issue of Historic New England Magazine, published this morning. In her article, “Learning to See the Layers: Centering Marginalized Stories in Historic Preservation,” Sarah Marsom highlights BGHPN alongside Latinos in Heritage Preservation and Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation as national networks working to broaden the narratives represented within the preservation field. The feature also underscores the innovative use of digital mapping—by BGHPN and the other organizations profiled—as a method for documenting, interpreting, and elevating underrepresented histories, including the grassroots Black heritage work at the core of BGHPN’s mission.
Marcus Smith's Black Grassroots Heritage Preservation Network
