T h e . D e t r o i t . P a g e

Here is the updated version of the Detroit Page. My goal in creating this page is to bring together links that speak to Detroit's unique culture, including the phyiscal city as well as the city's art, architecture, literature, and music. What would a complete theory of Detroit's culture need to include? It would need to account for all kinds of arts and letters (both popular and "high")--to account for all "signifying practices" associated with the city. It would need to account for the people who live there and their interactions with one another. It would need to account for structures of power and authority; for political expression and resistence. It would need to account for history and for the way the past is and is not operational in the present. It would need to account for the way people inhabit their everyday lives, and the way they inhabit their dreams. It would need to account for all of these things as they compare to and relate to other locations of culture, including other U.S. and foreign cities, as well as rural, suburban, and "exurban" areas. Obviously the projects that have been posted on the WWW--many of which are linked to this site--are only a first baby step toward developing a theory of Detroit culture. Nevertheless, visiting these sites continue to help me understand the city in significant ways, continue to make my experience of the "real" city of Detroit--whatever that might mean--more complete. If you follow the links on this web site, you will be able to (among many other things) view 360 degrees of 1906 Detroit from the top of the city's first skyscraper; view a satellite photo of Grand Circus Park; and watch a movie clip of a Detroit percussionist playing a woodsaw. Although the page continues to grow, much has been left out. E-mail me at sherid16@pilot.msu.edu if there are links you think should be added here. I'm interested in links that go beyond boring "city guides," beyond the places that itemize tourist spots, where to eat, where to gaze (though outsiders like me need to come to terms with their inevitable role of spectator). I am interested in making this site a forum for more sustained discussion of Detroit as a location of culture. If you are interested in posting fiction, creative non-fiction, or cultural criticism to this site, please e-mail me. --David M. Sheridan

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