Geography Professors’ Book Featured at Levine Museum Nov. 17

Heather Smith and Bill Graves, UNC Charlotte geography professors and editors of the new book “Charlotte, N.C.: The Global Evolution of a New South City,” will be featured Nov. 17 in the final installment of the popular series “Community Conversations: Changing Times…Changing Minds,” which will focus on Charlotte’s evolution.

During the discussion, scheduled for 6 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 17, at the Levine Museum of the New South, contributors to the book “Charlotte, N.C.: The Global Evolution of a New South City” will explore what happens when the external forces of globalization combine with a city’s internal dynamics to reshape the local structures, landscapes and identities of a southern place. Now the 18th largest city in the country, Charlotte is globalizing but is not yet global.

Speakers will include Jose Gamez and David Walters from the University’s School of Architecture in the College of Arts + Architecture and Derek Alderman and Ron Mitchelson from the Geography Department at East Carolina University. Gamez will talk about Latino landscapes in Charlotte; Walters will discuss Charlotte’s urban development; and Alderman and Mitchelson will address NASCAR’s changing character in a global economy. Smith and Graves will moderate the panel.

In 2009, the University embarked as host of a monthly conversation with the community at the Levine Museum as the educational sponsor of the exhibit “Changing Places: From Black and White to Technicolor.” When the museum extended the run of the exhibit, UNC Charlotte was encouraged to continue the popular series.

For more information about this free event, go here.