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MAS Context Fall Talks 2014

David Schalliol: The Area

December 2, 2014 at 6PM

Lecture by photographer David Schalliol that took place at the International Museum of Surgical Science. The lecture was organized in collaboration with the Society of Architectural Historians.

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The Area

In his talk, David Schalliol discussed the documentary film he is currently developing that focused on a portion of Englewood where 400 families were being displaced by the expansion of the Norfolk Southern South Side 47th Street Terminal. The documentary investigated the tangible tensions between residents and the pressures of contemporary transportation policy by following neighbors living on borrowed time, maintaining friendships and traditions while struggling with new problems in their vanishing community.

Video shot and edited by Ben Derico.

Thanks to the International Museum of Surgical Science for hosting the event.

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David Schalliol

David Schalliol is an associate professor of sociology at St. Olaf College who is interested in the relationship between community, social structure, and place. He exhibits widely, including in the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Centre Régional de la Photographie Hauts-de-France, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography. His work has been supported by institutions including the Graham Foundation and the European Union and featured in publications including MAS Context, The New York Times, and Social Science Research. David is the author of Isolated Building Studies (UTAKATADO) and co-author, with Michael Carriere, of The City Creative (The University of Chicago Press). He additionally contributes to such films as Almost There and Highrise: Out My Window, which won an International Digital Emmy for Non-Fiction. His directorial debut, The Area, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in 2018.