Circling the Herd: Houston’s Black Trail Riders, Placemaking and the Liberatory Potential of Second Sites

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorElliott, James R.en_US
dc.creatorBinkovitz, Leahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-03T21:28:33Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-05-01T05:01:15Zen_US
dc.date.created2021-05en_US
dc.date.issued2021-04-28en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2021en_US
dc.date.updated2021-05-03T21:28:34Zen_US
dc.description.abstractFor decades, scholarship on Black communities has framed Black spaces as sites of deficit and pathology. Despite marginalization within mainstream sociology, Black scholars have consistently pointed instead to the placemaking power and geographic knowledges unique to Black experiences. This paper makes two critical interventions: first, revisiting the foundational work of W.E.B. Du Bois to engage its implicitly spatial analysis and reorient urban sociology. Second, drawing on the experiences of Houston’s Black trail riding communities to offer an empirical reflection of the material and imaginative ways Black placemaking connects space, place and time. Through interviews with 21 trail riders and observations of rides and gatherings, this study details the material and non-material dimensions of second site production, a framework that highlights the collectively produced sense of space, place and time that contains an alternative to dominant urban development paradigms.en_US
dc.embargo.terms2023-05-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationBinkovitz, Leah. "Circling the Herd: Houston’s Black Trail Riders, Placemaking and the Liberatory Potential of Second Sites." (2021) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110423">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/110423</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/110423en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjecturban sociologyen_US
dc.subjectBlack cowboysen_US
dc.subjectBlack trail ridersen_US
dc.subjectBlack placemakingen_US
dc.subjectHoustonen_US
dc.titleCircling the Herd: Houston’s Black Trail Riders, Placemaking and the Liberatory Potential of Second Sitesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSociologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.majorUrban Sociologyen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
BINKOVITZ-DOCUMENT-2021.pdf
Size:
1.83 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
PROQUEST_LICENSE.txt
Size:
5.83 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
LICENSE.txt
Size:
2.6 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
Rice University Theses and Dissertations