Creative Explorations of the Post-Industrial City: (Re)generations of the Rust Belt
This year’s conference theme and location offer timely opportunities for creative engagement with the post-industrial city and (re)generations of the so-called “Rust Belt.” This session will enable participants to read/present and discuss original creative short-form work crafting and exploring narratives, concepts, identities, images, locations, perspectives, and/or experiences of the Rust Belt, a term coined in the 1980s to describe the decline of industries (particularly large-scale blue-collar production and manufacturing) and resultant economic decline and decay.