Welcome to our Seminar 2 website. Please enjoy the showcase of the research on the three neighborhoods we studied–Chinatown, Manhattan; Greenpoint/Williamsburg, Brooklyn; and Morningside Heights, Manhattan–that we did this semester.
Course description:
This course explores perspectives on urban ethnography with an emphasis on New York City – including specifically: the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint Williamsburg, the Morningside Heights Harlem neighborhood and Chinatown. We will also pay attention to the emergence of different kinds of social movements in comparative urban contexts in Europe, Africa and elsewhere. Questions of citizenship, ethnicity, race and poverty will be discussed within an analysis of increasing inequality precipitated by the ongoing global transformation of work and the restructuring of contemporary cities.
