New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina

Scholar and author Michael E. Crutcher Jr. will present “New Orleans 10 Years After Hurricane Katrina” for the Grace Holt Memorial Speaker Series, presented by the University of Illinois at Chicago department of African American studies.

Crutcher is author of the 2010 book Tremé: Race and Place in a New Orleans Neighborhood. In the book, the cultural-historical geographer looked at spatial relations in Tremé that were key to the famed neighborhood’s role as a cultural incubator. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, even before the waters receded, questions arose concerning the city’s future viability and the government response to its physical and social economic crisis.

Crutcher’s presentation at UIC will provide an overview of the current state of New Orleans and some of the Katrina-related issues that persist in the politics of race, urban affairs, criminalization and education.