For the Detroit Narrative Agency, a project dedicated to shifting the common narratives about Detroit away from “blank slate/canvas” and “violent crime city” to “popular resistance against injustice” and “resilient long-lasting communities,” with the understanding that the future of a place follows the stories we tell about that place.113 As we have moved through the work we keep asking ourselves, “What is the narrative being uplifted here? And who is sharing that narrative?”
