Brenna M. Casey, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/brenna-m-casey/ North Carolina's digital magazine on place and power Fri, 25 Oct 2024 22:37:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.theassemblync.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cropped-TA_Mark_Black_Square-32x32.png Brenna M. Casey, Author at The Assembly NC https://www.theassemblync.com/author/brenna-m-casey/ 32 32 210991526 Art, Power, and Profit at Duke University https://www.theassemblync.com/education/higher-education/art-power-and-profit-at-duke-university-hugh-mangum/ Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:03:13 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2021/08/29/art-power-and-profit-at-duke-university/ Two longtime Duke faculty members are behind an anticipated $2 million in art sales that raise questions about the ethical use of public-domain images, power imbalances within academia, and a university’s thorny role as a gatekeeper of information and access.]]>

Two longtime Duke faculty members are behind an anticipated $2 million in art sales that raise questions about the ethical use of public-domain images, power imbalances within academia, and a university’s thorny role as a gatekeeper of information and access.

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An Alternate History for The Piedmont https://www.theassemblync.com/culture/books/whats-mine-and-yours-an-alternate-history-for-the-piedmont/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 16:25:54 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2021/04/07/an-alternate-history-for-the-piedmont/ "A new novel imagines a North Carolina that avoided the school resegregation of the ‘90s and explores the family struggles and community tension that accompany the fight to maintain integration. But the book takes a broad brush to the idea of place, leaving a North Carolinian reader feeling a little overtroped and underwhelmed."]]>

"A new novel imagines a North Carolina that avoided the school resegregation of the ‘90s and explores the family struggles and community tension that accompany the fight to maintain integration. But the book takes a broad brush to the idea of place, leaving a North Carolinian reader feeling a little overtroped and underwhelmed."

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Memory and Monuments in Tarboro https://www.theassemblync.com/place/memory-and-monuments-in-tarboro-nc/ Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:30:00 +0000 http://www.theassemblync.com/2021/02/16/memory-and-monuments-in-tarboro/ A national reevaluation of Confederate monuments met small-town politics. As the statue came down, the town of 11,000 was left to ask, “What’s next?”]]>

A national reevaluation of Confederate monuments met small-town politics. As the statue came down, the town of 11,000 was left to ask, “What’s next?”

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