A follow-up from Monday’s workshop:
First, send your featured image to Ariel and add it to the media library on the neighborhood project site ASAP. Don’t forget to supply a citation and link.
Once you have done that, Ariel will add the image to the home page of the site. This links to a post with that image under the name of your neighborhood. To make this the landing page of your group site, I suggest adding some introductory text and links to your sub-menus. I have done a quick example for you using the Brooklyn Beaches group:
http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/beemanneighborhoods/2014/04/29/brooklyn-beaches/
(Note: this group will need to edit this and replace it with their research and menu items)
As we hit the mid-way mark of the semester, it is time to start planning your final project. Your ITF is here to help!
As a class:
Start by identifying the elements you think are effective in previous course sites by browsing the Encyclopedia (shown to you at Tech Fair and examples posted by your professor). Consider especially:
Theme – How many columns are there? Does it have a custom header? How many navigation menus are there?
Menus – Where are they on the site (top, side, bottom, embedded in a map or slider)? Do they contain sub-menus?
Pages – How are the pages designed? Do the pages contain linked indexes? What kind of multimedia is used? How and where is the media embedded (link, image, etc)?
You will want to choose the elements you think will work best for your site, and then come together as a class and assign roles to different people in order to achieve a cohesive site. In other words, everyone should have a task to work on and you should create a schedule that makes sense in terms of workflow in order to complete the project on time.
As a group:
Organize your information – What topics do you wish to cover? Can you identify keywords for your project?
Select your media – What medium will best feature your work: video, timeline, map, images, text, or a combination?
Assign roles – Again, you want to think about this in terms of tasks that individuals can complete in order to realize your cohesive vision. You may want to assign a writer, editor, designer, and put someone in charge of finding and testing digital tools.
Tool Ideas:
Based on the preliminary ideas Professor Beeman described, here are a list of tools you may want to consider using to showcase your work-
Images Resizing or this tutorial ( from ITF Brian)
Adding an image gallery tutorial ( from ITF Brian)
Videos
iMovie: Tutorial from ITFs at Brooklyn, a tutorial (from ITF Amanda Favia), and tutorials from Apple
Audio
Finding, editing, and embedding audio tutorial (from ITF Amanda)
GarageBand: Tutorials from ITFs and tutorials from Apple
A bit of everything Example Tutorials (from ITF Jenny)And please remember, every image, audio clip, video, or selection of text you take from the Internet must be given proper attribution(citation! link!) and it must be free to use. Please ask your professor or an ITF for more help with understanding copyright and fair use…In order to ensure you are within your rights to use the material you have selected, please assess any work of art you utilize (for any project you embark on at Macaulay and beyond) by considering these factors:
1. the purpose and character of the use (commercial or educational, transformative or reproductive);
2. the nature of the copyrighted work (fictional or factual, the degree of creativity);
3. the amount and substantiality of the portion of the original work used; and
4. the effect of the use upon the market (or potential market) for the original work.
(source, Ugoretz “Free as Air” presentation, 2013)
Please email your ITF to set up an appointment during office hours if you need help.
For my project, I would like to focus on an area of Brooklyn called Gravesend. Gravesend, where I’ve lived for my entire life, is located roughly between Bensonhurst and Coney Island.
More specifically, I want to study the Sephardic Jewish Community of Gravesend, which is home to the largest Syrian Jewish population in the country. I would love to see how this community, which has been around in the US for only about 100 years, has adapted to the the culture and diversity of New York City.
For the Neighborhood Ethnography project, there are two general neighborhoods that I am thinking of exploring:
1) Upper West Side – Being the location and neighborhood in which I reside in, I’d like to research about my neighborhood’s demographics, particularly the influx of minorities within a neighborhood that is generally deemed predominantly “white”.
2) Harlem – I’d also be interested in researching and crafting an ethnography on West Harlem (perhaps East Harlem as well), as with the Upper West Side, I’d like to learn more about the influx of different minorities within Harlem as well, because I know that it’s not as predominantly African American neighborhood anymore.
I find Staten Island’s Fresh Kills neighborhood interesting because it had a long history as one of the most notorious landfills in the US. Also, unlike many other landfills, Fresh Kills is located near predominately white communities so I want to find out why they chose to live there. What caught my eye the most is that Fresh Kills is being transformed from a landfill into an ecological park. I want to explore the demographical differences between the people living near Fresh Kills back in the days when it was a landfill and the people living near Fresh Kills now. I could also explore the community myself and talk to people who currently live there about their views of the landfill and the prospective Fresh Kills Park.
For my ethnographic project, I am particularly interested in Chinatown, especially the change in demographics, how recent immigrants are influenced by the established social code of Chinatown, how people attain jobs and houses, and how new immigrants are interacting with American-born Chinese.
Since I live in Flushing, it would be equally interesting studying the neighborhood you settle in. This neighborhood is particular in its huge diversity of ethnicity. Rather than solely occupied by Chinese, Flushing is made up of Asians (majorly Chinese and Korean), Indians, Hispanics, and Caucasians. How different ethnic groups converge together would be my interest.
A community that has piqued my interest is the community that surrounds the Fresh Kills landfill located in Staten Island. Not only does this place have a killer name, but also it definitely seems like a topic that could likely be controversial and complex in nature. Something about the name and the concept associated with it just grabs my attention. I am also a bit curious what kind of people live in the area and why they have chosen to live in such a residential area that does not seem very appealing.
I want to look into Staten Island’s North Shore community. It’s contains the site of an old warehouse that was once used for part of the Manhattan project. The island has also been exposed to tank and oil spills. Several areas of the island have been labeled as Superfund sties. Fresh Kills is one community that is being cleared of pollutants and turned into a park. I want to research the impact the spills and projects have on each community. I’ve lived in the community for most of my life and I would like to learn more about its history and the current dangers it faces.
For my neighborhood project, I want to do one of these two neighborhoods:
1) Tribeca: I want to look into the history of the neighborhood from its development to its rise as one of the most expensive neighborhoods in New York City. Its residents include some of the most notable celebrities and businessmen. I hope to also explore the architecture of the neighborhood which is very interesting and unique. Lastly, I want to research the impact that 9/11 had on Tribeca.
2) Williamsburg: I think Williamsburg is one of the most interesting neighborhoods in NYC because of its evolution. Once a raw industrial center cut off from the city, Williamsburg has transformed into an artistically rich residential neighborhood. I am curious of the impact of rezoning and gentrification and also of the various ethnic groups along with artists and musicians.
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