Posts Tagged ‘culture’
Neighborhoods of New York
May 20, 2019
Neighborhoods of New York Professor: Joseph Berger ITF: Madison Priest Campus: Hunter College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/neighborhoodsofnyc/ Neighborhoods of New York is the result of research project undertaken by first year Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY) under the supervision of Professor Joseph Berger and Madison Priest. This website showcases student […]
2019 | African American, All The Sites, audio, Chinatown, Chinese, Dutch, GoogleMaps, Greenwich Village, Hunter College, Irish, Italian, Joseph Berger, Madison Priest, Manhattan, Queens, Russian, video, WordPress, Year | Tags: community, culture, demographic, food, history, immigration, little italy, Manhattan, Queens College, timelineComments (0)
The Astoria Project
June 1, 2016
The Astoria Project Professor: Christos Ioannides ITF: Caroline Erb Campus: Queens College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ioannides16_astoriaproject/ Professor Christos Ioannides’ students created a site to highlight the demographic changes, cultural outlets, institutions, and commercial ventures of Greeks in Astoria, Queens. The website showcases the highlights of the Greek community as Astoria rapidly gentrifies. Each student authored a page […]
2016 | 2016, All The Sites, Caroline Erb, Christos Ioannides, GarageBand, GoogleMaps, Greek, Other, Queens, Queens College, WordPress | Tags: astoria, commerce, culture, demographics, Greeks, YouTubeComments (0)
The Peopling of New York
January 15, 2014
The Peopling of New York Professor: Peter Vellon ITF: Caroline Erb Campus: Queens College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/vellon13/finalprojects/ During the Spring 2013 semester, the students in Professor Peter Vellon’s Seminar 2 class researched the relationship between immigration and migration, race, and class on the Lower East Side’s identity. They translated their research into websites geared toward the […]
2014 | 2013, African American, All The Sites, audio, Caroline Erb, Chinese, Dominican, Featured, GoogleMaps, iMovie, Italian, Jewish, Lower East Side, Other, Other, Peter Vellon, Queens College, video, WordPress | Tags: African American, Chinese, culture, demographics, Dominican, food, Google Maps, iMovie, iPhoto, Italian, Jewish, Neighborhood Tour, Puerto Rican, Queens CollegeComments (0)
Trailblazing Through Greenwich Village
June 26, 2012
Professor: Bernadette McCauley ITF: Fiona Lee Campus: Hunter This website was created by Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College as part of their first-year seminar, The Peopling of New York, taught by Professor Bernadette McCauley. As part of their neighborhood study of Greenwich Village, each student conducted an individual investigation on a topic of their […]
2012 | 2012, All The Sites, Bernadette McCauley, Fiona Lee, Hunter College | Media: Eportfolio, Google docs, Tiki-toki, Twenty Eleven, WordPress | Tags: Activism, AIDS, Art, Bitter End, culture, Emma Goldman, Father Antonio Demo, gender, Greenwich Village, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, history, Jane Jacobs, Jazz, Judson Memorial Church, Leonel Baizan, LGBTQ, Off-off Broadway Theater, Our Lady of Pompeii, Patchin Place, Philip A. White, politics, Prohibition, race, religion, Sister Miriam Kevin Phillips, St. Vincent's Hospital, Tiki-Toki, timeline, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, urban planning, Village Vanguard, Washington Square Park, Webster Hall, Workers' RightsComments (0)
Urban Ethnography
November 21, 2011
Professor: Ida Susser ITF: Fiona Lee Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/susser11/ Professor Ida Susser’s class looked at three varied area and five neighborhoods in New York: Chinatown, the Greenpoint/Williamsburg area, and Harlem/Morningside Heights. Students completed entries on specific issues in each area, such as Columbia’s involvement in the community and street vendors in Chinatown. The class […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Chinese, Fiona Lee, Greenpoint, Harlem, Hunter College, Ida Susser, Index, Manhattan, maps, Morningside Heights, Places, video, Williamsburg | Media: GoogleMaps, music, photography, video, WordPress | Tags: culture, demographics, education, essays, parks, statistics, walking toursComments (0)
New York’s Four Asiatowns
November 21, 2011
Professor: Margaret Chin ITF: Mike Porter Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/chin11/ Margaret Chin’s class compared and contrasted the communities in New York’s four Asiatowns: Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; Flushing, Queens; Manhattan’s Chinatown; and Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They examined politics, issues of gentrification, and institutions in each neighborhood, including schools, libraries, community centers, medical facilities, and cultural centers. […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Chinese, Flushing, Hunter College, Manhattan, Margaret Chin, Mike Porter, People, Places, Sunset Park | Media: GoogleMaps, photos, WordPress | Tags: asiatown, community centers, cultural institutions, culture, gentrification, history, libraries, medical, outreach, politics, Queens College, schoolsComments (0)
East Harlem
November 21, 2011
Professor: Deborah Gardner ITF: Karen Gregory Campus: Hunter URL: http://www.wix.com/mhc15000/east-harlem Working with ITF Karen Gregory, Deborah Gardner’s class decided made a site about East Harlem, focused on seven specific cultural institutes in the neighborhood: El Museo del Barrio, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, Thomas Jefferson Park, El Paso Taqueria, the Aguilar Library, St. Cecilia Church, […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Deborah Gardner, East Harlem, Hunter College, Index, Karen Gregory, Latino, maps, Places, Thomas Jefferson Park, video | Media: photo, video, Wix | Tags: churches, cultural institutions, culture, El Museo del Barrio, El Paso Taqueria, Graffiti Hall of Fame, interviews, Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, landmarks, libraries, museums, parks, photos, St. Cecilia Church, the Aguilar Library, walking toursComments (0)
Jews and Mexicans: Here and There
November 21, 2011
Professor: Judith Friedlander ITF: Jessica Hammerman Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/friedlander11/ For Judith Friedlander’s seminar, students made a site that compared and contrasted the immigrant experience of two groups: Jews and Mexican. They not only examined the differences in culture, but also changes over time, focusing on the Jewish experience of 19th century New York, and […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Hunter College, Index, Jessica Hammerman, Jewish, Judith Friedlander, Mexican, People | Media: photos, video, WordPress | Tags: assimilation, culture, demographics, education, family, gender, housing, policy, religion, workComments (0)
Peopling of East Harlem
November 9, 2011
Professor: Peter Vellon ITF: Maggie Dickinson Campus: Queens URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/vellon/ Professor Vellon’s class at Queens College worked with ITF Maggie Dickinson to complete a site focused on the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. They created a photo gallery on the front page, detailed demographic trends, made maps, videos, and timelines to show important institutions and […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Dipity, East Harlem, Featured, Index, Maggie Dickinson, Manhattan, maps, Peter Vellon, Queens College, umapper, video, Wix | Media: Dipity, photo gallery, Social Explorer, timeline, UMapper, video, Wix, WordPress | Tags: blog, culture, demographics, education, gender, housing, interviews, photography, Queens College, race, timelineComments (0)
Exploring Greenwich Village: Researching what makes the Village a village
October 31, 2011
Professor: Bernadette McCauley ITF: Anton Borst Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/exploringgreenwichvillagespring2011/ Overview: Working with ITF Anton Borst, Bernadette McCauley and her class at Hunter made an intensive study of Greenwich Village. The site includes an index of term papers that students completed, as well as entries on landmarks, the arts, community and social issues, and history […]
2011 | All The Sites, Anton Borst, Bernadette McCauley, Featured, Greenwich Village, Hunter College, Index, Manhattan, maps | Tags: arts, culture, essays, history, landmarks, parks, urban planningComments (0)
West Harlem
October 19, 2011
Professor: Grazyna Drabik ITF: Dana Milstein Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/drabik11/ Overview: Prof Grazyna Drabik of City College and ITF Dana Milstein created a site that explores the neighborhood of West Harlem. The site takes a detailed look at a small area, covering numerous aspects of the neighborhood, from history to geography to cultural institutions.
