Beth was urban ethnographer and community organizer with artist collective Cohabitation Strategies and Mural Arts Project for Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge, a socio-spatial research and engagement project in South Philadelphia. The team collaborated with a variety of neighborhood partners using participatory research methods to critically engage local environmental and social concerns.

Through a series of “actions” staged on a vacant lot, the pilot project created a platform for cross cultural exchange and resources sharing. A culminating festival celebrated local cultural producers and increased cross-cultural communication while supporting ongoing local organizing efforts.

Beth contributed to the project book, which you can download here, and wrote an essay included in a post-project collection published by Mural Arts Project.