This year marks the 36th annual ZORA! Festival and the start of a new five-year thematic cycle devoted to an exploration of “Place and Place-Making.” Our conference program aligns with Eatonville’s recent designation by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
Our three-day conference will explore these complex challenges facing Eatonville and other historic Black communities from a range of scholarly perspectives – History, Literature, Economics, Planning, Historic Preservation, Digital Humanities, etc. – with sessions designed to maximize community conversation and public participation.
View our full event program here! https://tinyurl.com/Zora25Program
Day 1: 10:00am - 4:30pm
Day 2: 10:00am - 4:30pm
St. Lawrence African Methodist Episcopal Church
549 E Kennedy Blvd, Eatonville, FL 32751
Or join us virtually in our Zoom webinars! Click here to register: tinyurl.com/Zora25web
Key humanities questions to be explored include:
- How have scholars of Africa and its diaspora approached the study of Space/Place?
- What is “place-making”? How does it intersect with the fields of planning and historic preservation?
- What can endangered places, like Eatonville, teach us about sustainability and preservation in the 21st century?
- How can data-driven approaches empower communities in transforming physical, social, and virtual landscapes?
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