Spencer Cunningham

Spencer Cunningham

Spencer Cunningham is an upper-year student at Trent University completing the Bachelor of Arts Honours Program in Media Studies, with a minor in Sociology. His research pays particular attention to representations of inequality through media. Personally, Spencer is an avid cyclist, musician and proud father of a seven-year-old cat.

no. 4, Student Voices, vol. 2

Ruins, Representation, and the Right to the City

In “Ruins, Representation and the Right to the City,” Spencer Cunningham provides a deft summary of the ongoing discussion surrounding the redevelopment of the City of Detroit, exploring the aesthetics (or, rather, the aestheticization) of the city’s urban ruins, and the contradictory forces of gentrification that continue into the present day.