Stories
Mission
Our project collects narratives and documents the lived spaces of individuals and communities that have experienced, are experiencing, or are working to relieve housing insecurity and evictions in Mississippi. It narrates the history of housing insecurity in our state and exposes historic and contemporary issues that lead to the lack of access to a basic human right—an adequate and secure place to live. Through this project, we hope to shed light on the housing crisis in Mississippi and to contribute to the future solutions to housing insecurity in the state and beyond.
Undergraduate Research
About Us
This project was started by Silvina Lopez Barrera and Kateryna Malaia, Assistant Professors at the School of Architecture, Mississippi State University in collaboration with community members, local and state organizations in Starkville, Columbus, and Jackson, Mississippi. The initial stage of this project took the form of a class Lopez Barrera and Malaia taught at Mississippi State in Fall 2021. Interviews and photographs were collected, and transcripts and drawings were produced by Architecture students: Camille Bohannon, Elisa Castaneda, Reagan Douglass, Lucas Elder, Michael Herndon, Jessica Kiger, Sam Marcus, Sarah Mixon, Caroline Prather, Alysia Williams, Savannah Wilson.
The Exhibition
Housing Insecurity in Mississippi Exhibition is comprised of audio recordings, photographic, graphic, and textual representations telling the story of housing insecurity through witnesses and student-researcher eyes. The first pilot opened at the Charlotte and Richard McNeel Gallery, School of Architecture, Mississippi State University, on February 9, 2022.
In April 2022, this exhibition will first travel to the Union Art Gallery at Mississippi State, and then it will relocate to the Margaret Walker Center Gallery at Jackson State University.
The exhibition is ever expending with the new stories.
Partners and Sponsors
