Museum of Capitalism
For After the Plaster Foundation, or “Where can we live?”, The Museum of Capitalism presents a selection of objects related to housing and property in the U.S., titled Artifacts of Capitalist Housing. From land survey tools to white picket fences to underground board games, these implements and cultural artifacts represent the values that create inequities in homeownership and land distribution under capitalism.
Museum of Capitalism’s exhibition design includes a 20-foot block of red wall paint, which stands in for redlining, a term for discriminatory policies and practices in home mortgage lending which date back to the 1930s. Under this system, neighborhoods were subject to valuation criteria based on demographic information, with inner-city neighborhoods that were home to lower-income and often Black or immigrant populations labeled as less desirable and too high risk for lending. Such practices contributed greatly to segregation and wealth suppression.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. In this essay, Taylor outlines the policies of predatory inclusion that have shaped homeownership since the Fair Housing Act and the HUD Act of 1968. Born from the civic uprisings of 1967–68, and intended as remedies for years of de jure housing segregation, their failure, Taylor argues, stems from the entanglement of public policy with real estate interests.
This online supplement to Artifacts of Capitalist Housing features letters and emails from across the United States. Together, they represent a range of landlord-tenant interactions arising from the economic crisis spurred by COVID-19, and offer a glimpse into the workings of rentier capitalism.
The Museum of Capitalism (est. 2015) is an institution dedicated to educating this and future generations about the history, philosophy, and legacy of capitalism. The museum’s programs result from collaborations between a network of researchers, curators, artists, designers, filmmakers, writers, economists, historians, scientists, and non-specialists from all walks of life, including those with direct experience of capitalism. The Museum of Capitalism presented their inaugural exhibition in Oakland, California (June 17–August 20, 2017) and have since presented exhibitions at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston (August 29–October 25, 2018) and Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York (October 30–December 10, 2019).
Museum of Capitalism
For After the Plaster Foundation, or “Where can we live?”, The Museum of Capitalism presents a selection of objects related to housing and property in the U.S., titled Artifacts of Capitalist Housing. From land survey tools to white picket fences to underground board games, these implements and cultural artifacts represent the values that create inequities in homeownership and land distribution under capitalism.
Museum of Capitalism’s exhibition design includes a 20-foot block of red wall paint, which stands in for redlining, a term for discriminatory policies and practices in home mortgage lending which date back to the 1930s. Under this system, neighborhoods were subject to valuation criteria based on demographic information, with inner-city neighborhoods that were home to lower-income and often Black or immigrant populations labeled as less desirable and too high risk for lending. Such practices contributed greatly to segregation and wealth suppression.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, who writes and speaks on Black politics, social movements, and racial inequality in the United States. In this essay, Taylor outlines the policies of predatory inclusion that have shaped homeownership since the Fair Housing Act and the HUD Act of 1968. Born from the civic uprisings of 1967–68, and intended as remedies for years of de jure housing segregation, their failure, Taylor argues, stems from the entanglement of public policy with real estate interests.
This online supplement to Artifacts of Capitalist Housing features letters and emails from across the United States. Together, they represent a range of landlord-tenant interactions arising from the economic crisis spurred by COVID-19, and offer a glimpse into the workings of rentier capitalism.
The Museum of Capitalism (est. 2015) is an institution dedicated to educating this and future generations about the history, philosophy, and legacy of capitalism. The museum’s programs result from collaborations between a network of researchers, curators, artists, designers, filmmakers, writers, economists, historians, scientists, and non-specialists from all walks of life, including those with direct experience of capitalism. The Museum of Capitalism presented their inaugural exhibition in Oakland, California (June 17–August 20, 2017) and have since presented exhibitions at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston (August 29–October 25, 2018) and Parsons School of Design at The New School, New York (October 30–December 10, 2019).