Borderlands: Traveling the Brooklyn-Queens DivideThe Architectural League of New York’s magazine Urban Omnibus featured a recent photodocumentary project by Joseph Heathcott, Associate Professor of Urban Studies.
Heathcott’s article, titled “Borderlands: Traveling the Brooklyn-Queens Divide” appeared in the January 14th edition on line. It reports on a two-year effort by Prof. Heathcott to study the 21-mile boundary between Brooklyn and Queens. In November 2013, the Queens Museum of Art showcased the project in an installation of photographs and maps titled “BQBorderlands.”
The Bold and the Bland: Art and Redevelopment
The journal CITY: Analysis of Urban Trends, Culture, Theory, Policy, Action recently published Joseph Heathcott’s article on the demolition of the 5 Pointz graffiti building. The editors of CITY are featuring the article with free downloads until April. The article is titled “The Bold and the Bland: Art, Redevelopment and the Creative Commons in Post-Industrial New York.” Heathcott is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies.
Coffee and Globalization
Professor Heathcott published a long-form essay titled “Coffee, From the Kitchen Table to the Global Stage” in the January 2015 issue of The Montreal Review.
Professor Heathcott studies the metropolis and its diverse cultures, institutions, and environments within a comparative and global perspective. His main interest is in the public role of scholarship and teaching, and the civic engagement of students and teachers in the world around them. He is also a compulsive peripatetic, amateur archivist, and collector of LPs, post cards, old radios, books, and found objects.
