{"id":3536,"date":"2016-07-29T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/?p=3536"},"modified":"2016-07-15T16:47:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T20:47:46","slug":"community-of-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/2016\/07\/community-of-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Community of place"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3539\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/appalachian-mountains.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3539\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/appalachian-mountains.jpg\" alt=\"(CC) Tim Lumley via Flickr\" width=\"240\" height=\"118\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(CC) Tim Lumley via Flickr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I think about what community means to me, I return to the definition set forth by the organization Alternate ROOTS. ROOTS defines community as communities of place, tradition, and spirit. The root of this definition for me is community of place, because it is in these specific geographical areas that our traditions are created. It is in these places that one encounters the spirit of the community, that intangible thing that makes them unique. I recently moved away from my home town of Knoxville, Tennessee to New York City for graduate school, and living in NYC showed me just how much my hometown has shaped my Affrilachian* identity and ways of being. Moving away made me appreciate my community of place. What follows is a haiku poem about my community of place, Knoxville, Tennessee that is nestled at the foot of the mighty Appalachian Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Peaks that stretch sky high<\/p>\n<p>Great Appalachian Mountains<\/p>\n<p>Affrilachian strength<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh Sunday dinners<\/p>\n<p>Food that nourishes us all<\/p>\n<p>Sustains body, soul<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We made one fabric<\/p>\n<p>With my little bit and yours<\/p>\n<p>Sustains everyone<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Music from the folk<\/p>\n<p>Sustains spirit in the hard times<\/p>\n<p>Sing our melody<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We created ways<\/p>\n<p>When they told us we had none<\/p>\n<p>Spirit moves through us<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Affrilachian strength<\/p>\n<p>Our story won\u2019t be silenced<\/p>\n<p>Like those peaks, we rise<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Affrilachia is a term coined by Frank X Walker to denote Appalachians of African descent and their culture and history that often times gets silenced due to the dominance of the white Appalachian narrative.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I think about what community means to me, I return to the definition set forth by the organization Alternate ROOTS. ROOTS defines community as communities of place, tradition, and spirit. The root of this definition for me is community of place, because it is in these specific geographical areas that our traditions are created. 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