Rendering Redaction
A Digital Unfolding of the Peacock Tract
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21629482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eilís Finnegan (0000-0002-9513-7717, Auburn University), Robert Sproull (Auburn University), Robert L Sproull (0009-0005-6274-0666, Auburn University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 384-386 |
| Publication date | 2025-07-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Architectural Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-4883 • E-ISSN: 1531-314X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10464883.2025.2564480 |
| OpenAlex | W7118178923 |
| Language | EN |
This photo essay foregrounds the drawings produced by undergraduate design students in a Civic Engagement course, which use layered representations to confront erasure in Montgomery’s Peacock Tract, a once-vibrant African American neighborhood profoundly disrupted by systemic neglect and the construction of the I-8(6)5 Interstate. Through digital reconstructions of key buildings, such as Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Church, the drawings highlight operational strategies such as “erasing”, “redacting”, and “unfolding” to examine how drawings can use “critical fabulation” as speculative tools for recovery, reinforcing the capacity of representational tools to both interrogate and narrate civic charges and communal collaboration
Erasure · Mount · Redaction · Technical drawing · Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques · Data Visualization and Analytics · Digital Humanities and Scholarship
| Highly cited | No |
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