Drew Tiedeman

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Whose Heritage?

 LocationUnited States

ProgramCartographic Research

 Whose Heritage? started by asking how, if, and why confederate monuments have shaped our built environment. Operating through different geographic scales, and modes of questioning, this cartographic research delves into the current US affordable housing crisis and its inequitable relationship with race. Each map starts with a question that aims to document research on the topics of racial equity, and housing.
United States Scale
What are the barriers to affordable housing for all? The United States scale explores state laws that put up barriers toward better affordable housing in cities, and where those laws are being disseminated from. The mapping shows that the majority of states prohibit cities from enacting rent regulation.

North Carolina Scale
Is the housing crisis affecting Black communities at an increased rate? The North Carolina scale explores which counties in North Carolina are being effected most by the affordable housing crisis. The mapping shows that North Carolina’s Black residents are more likely to live in a county where the majority of residents are under a housing cost burden.

Triangle Scale
Have confederate monuments shaped, or been shaped, by the placement of affordable housing? The Triangle scale shows Durham, Orange, and Wake county and explores proximity of subsidized housing units to confederate monuments. The mapping shows that Durham, NC has a large amount of subsidized housing units within a one mile radius of a confederate monument.

Durham Scale
Does the placement of subsidized housing units correlate to historically Black neighborhoods? The Durham scale shows all the subsidized housing units within a one mile radius of a centrally placed confederate monument, and displays historical Black neighborhoods, and economic districts. The mapping shows that in Durham the majority of subsidized housing units are placed near historic Black neighborhoods, and they have majority Black residents. This shows that placement of subsidized housing could be reinforcing a segregated city. Further historical analysis also showed that the confederate monument may have been placed in close proximity to this area specifically to reinforce a dominant white society.




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