{"id":27328,"date":"2026-03-05T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?p=27328"},"modified":"2026-03-19T11:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:25:11","slug":"best-co-organizes-conference-on-black-urbanities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/best-co-organizes-conference-on-black-urbanities\/","title":{"rendered":"Best co-organizes conference on Black Urbanities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geography Professor Asha Best recently co-organized&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macba.cat\/en\/activities\/black-urbanities-black-politics-in-the-city\/\">Black Urbanities: Black Politics in the City<\/a>, a conference held February 18\u201320 at the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macba.cat\/en\/\">Museum of Contemporary Art<\/a>&nbsp;(MACBA) in Barcelona, Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Asha-Best-300x300-2.jpg\" alt=\"Asha Best\" class=\"wp-image-21712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Asha-Best-300x300-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Asha-Best-300x300-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference, which was presented by the MACBA and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccb.org\/en\/\">Barcelona Center for Contemporary Culture<\/a> (CCCB), convened voices from across disciplines, geographies, and political histories to explore the collective experiences of Black people living in urban environments. 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