Unearthed Urbanisms documents the spaces Black communities built, shaped, and sustained across the Americas — from the plazas of Salvador to the barrios of Cali. Through film, photography, and research, we uncover the architecture of diaspora.
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Wayne Anthony Evans is a researcher, writer, and filmmaker whose work explores how Black communities across the Americas have shaped the built environment — and how those contributions have been erased, overlooked, or deliberately forgotten. He is based in Brooklyn, New York and holds a background in architecture and design.
As a recipient of the Linda and Turan Duda Travel Research Fellowship, Wayne traveled across Brazil, Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica documenting African diasporic architecture, urban space, and cultural memory. The research combines street-level photography, academic interviews, spatial mapping, and documentary filmmaking to build a visual and narrative archive of Black placemaking across the hemisphere.
Unearthed Urbanisms is the public expression of that research — a series of video essays, written investigations, and photographic work that asks a simple question: What did the diaspora build, and what happened to it?
The Linda & Turan Duda Travel Research Fellowship