April 27th – Finish research portion of paper (~ 12 pages)
April 30th – Meeting with Professor Beeman
April 30th – Visit Morningside Heights and finish gathering information ( video and interviews)
May 4th – Incorporate additional information from field research (interviews) in paper and finish paper
May 4th to May 11th – Edit and finalize website
May 12th or May 14th – Presentation
Aishwarya Bhatia, Alan Chen, Ariel Yuan, Xiaoji Zou
We visited Morningside Heights on March 24, 2014. Our first stop was Columbia University. Columbia has a dominant presence in the neighborhood because a large portion of the area is owned by the school. Other schools such as Barnard and the Manhattan School of Music have established themselves in the area as well. Most of the neighborhood with the exception of the schools were empty when we visited at 3PM in the afternoon. The businesses concentrated around Columbia, while the parks concentrated around the residential area. Afterword, we visited Riverside Park, where we talked to a local babysitter. She was kind enough to let us record her while we asked her questions concerning the area. She said Morningside Heights didn’t resemble a college town and there were plenty of places for adults to go that didn’t have any college kids. She also claimed the area is nice and clean.
We visited the General Grant National Memorial, but it was eerily empty in the middle of the day. We noticed the area had many churches from various religions. The buildings in the area varied greatly. Each building had distinct architecture that separated it from the buildings next to it. The neighborhood residents seemed to be mostly middle class. We look forward to our next visit to Morningside Heights, especially their restaurants and other popular locations.
Aishwarya Bhatia
Ariel Yuan
Alan Chen
Xiaoji Zou
Wall Street is interesting because it isn’t a residential area, but a commercial one. I want to look into the history of income inequality at Wall St. In 2011, Occupy Wall St. caught the eye of the media for a couple of months. This demonstration is very likely to have affected the businesses and firms in the area. I hope I will be able to talk to the people who work in the area and interview them on the aspects of income inequality and their views on Wall St.
Hi, my name is Alan Chen. I will major in entrepreneurship and possibly computer information systems. I lived in Brooklyn all my life and decided to attend Baruch for financial reasons. Since I have already taken a class in both sociology and anthropology in high school, I am not seeking anything in particular from this class other than the ethnography skills. As an entrepreneur, I believe it is important to consider all aspects of society especially your target market. Ethnography experience can assist me in this endeavor. I will build a technology company that will change the world. To reach this goal, I have decided to learn engineering on the side. Considering Baruch doesn’t offer anything engineering related, I decided to pursue research outside of Baruch on my own time. This includes taking an online computer science class and engineering classes at City University. Aside from my goal, my interests include technology, innovation, design, behavioral economics, computer engineering, electrical engineering, and economics. I want to be part of the group of people, who will build your future.
I like to watch videos like this:
In my free time, I procrastinate!
Citation:
CorningIncorporated. “A Day Made of Glass… Made Possible by Corning.(2011)”. Youtube Video Clip. Youtube. 7 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.
