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Podcast Listening Party
Making a Homeplace: The Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore
February 24 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Please join Media Fellowship House and the Philadelphia Folklore Project at an afternoon tea and listening party for Making a Homeplace: The Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore! This community-led podcast uses oral history and storytelling to document and combat the displacement of Black people and Black memory from Swarthmore. At this event, hear an excerpt from Episode 3, “Growing Up Black in HBNS: A Child’s Perspective (School, Play, Love),” and learn from participants and project organizers about the role of memory and story in preserving our communities. Tips for starting your own memory project with your family or local community will be shared!
More about Making a Homeplace podcast:
This podcast explores the rich culture and history of the historically Black neighborhood of Swarthmore (HBNS) through collective oral history and storytelling. Over the last 15 years, the neighborhood has seen rapid gentrification that has threatened to erase the history and presence of its vibrant Black communities. The Making a Homeplace podcast features community-curated episodes from ethnographic research into the neighborhood conducted in 2010, 2020, and 2022. Each episode focuses on a specific theme, as follows:
Episode 1: The Great Migration and The Rise of Black Neighborhoods
Episode 2: Wesley AME Church: Strategies for Thriving and the Role of the Black Church
Episode 3: Growing Up Black in HBNS: A Child’s Perspective (School, Play, Love)
Episode 4: Audio Walking Tour: The Historically Black Neighborhood of Swarthmore (forthcoming)
Episode 5: HBNS Sports & Social Activities: Etiquette, Friendship & Mentors (forthcoming)
Making a Homeplace is a project of the Philadelphia Folklore Project, and has been supported in part by funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, PECO, the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Anne Bernstein Richan Peace Action Fund, and the Borough of Swarthmore.
