How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World beyond Policing (Duke University Press, 2023)

New book by Celeste Winston, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and Urban Studies.

Celeste Winston's research explores spatially interconnected struggles around structural racial, economic, and gender violence. Her work aims to generate evidence of and for more livable and equitable geographies. She uses critical qualitative and mapping methods—often in collaboration with community organizations and leaders. She received a Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 2019 from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.

How to Lose the Hounds: Maroon Geographies and a World beyond Policing (Duke University Press, 2023) explores marronage—the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery—as a guide to police abolition. To learn more about the book, access Winston's Black Agenda Report Book Forum interview with Roberto Sirvent here.

Followed by a reception at the Center for the Humanities at Temple (Mazur Hall 310). Contact chat@temple.edu with questions.