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A Community Museum’s Plan to Document Gentrification

By Sarah Zenaida Gould, PhD

This past November, I attended Reimagining the Museum: Conference of the Americas, held in Oaxaca, Mexico. Part of my excitement about attending the conference was that Latin America, and especially Oaxaca, is known for its community …

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