Posts Tagged ‘Flatbush’
Flatbush-Ditmas Ethnography Project!
June 3, 2016
Flatbush-Ditmas Ethnography Project! Professor: Karen Williams ITF: Alexis Carrozza Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/danielacadiadanyelle/ This site explores the large neighborhood(s) of Flatbush-Ditmas in Brooklyn. The strength of this website is the very clear geographic boundaries that help visitors understand the differences in languages, ethnicities, and retail offerings within a single neighborhood.
2016 | 2016, Alexis Carrozza, All The Sites, audio, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Karen Williams, Latino, maps, Other | Tags: ditmas, FlatbushComments (0)
The Peopling of Flatbush
January 27, 2016
The Peopling of Flatbush Professor: Paul Moses ITF: Maggie Galvan Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/moses2015 In Spring 2015, Paul Moses, both a Brooklyn College English Professor and journalist, led students to deeply analyze the Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush through a variety of methods including oral histories and archival research. Their website, The Peopling of Flatbush, […]
2016 | 2015, African American, All The Sites, Brooklyn College, Dutch, GoogleMaps, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Korean, Maggie Galvan, Paul Moses, WordPress | Tags: British, Flatbush, Native American, South Asian, Timelines, West IndianComments (0)
Exceptional NYC
September 11, 2015
Exceptional NYC Professor: Lina Newton ITF: Christina Nadler Campus: Hunter College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/exceptionalnyc/ This is a site created by Prof Lina Newton’s Seminar 2 course–the Peopling of New York City. Students worked in groups throughout the semester to undertake research on 5 immigrant groups–Chinese, Haitian, Dominican, Russian and Mexican. In these posts you can find […]
2015 | 2015, All The Sites, audio, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Chinese, Christina Nadler, Coney Island, Dominican, Flushing, Haitian, Hunter College, Lina Newton, Manhattan, maps, Mexican, Other, Russian, Sunset Park, video, WordPress | Tags: Bensonhurst, Canarsie, Chinatown, Elmhurst, Flatbush, Inwood, Sheepshead Bay, washington heightsComments (0)
Cornucopia of Cultures: Welcome to New York City
May 28, 2014
Cornucopia of Cultures: Welcome to New York City Professor: Jessica Siegel ITF: Maggie Galvan Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/ In this course, students investigated certain neighborhoods and ethnic groups with a journalistic eye. Over the course of the semester, they wrote about their own immigration narratives and completed walking tours, interviews, and worker profiles that […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Caribbean, Chinese, Haitian, Jackson Heights, Jessica Siegel, Maggie Galvan, maps, Maps Marker, Mexican, Other, Other, Queens, Russian, Social Explorer, Sunset Park, WordPress | Tags: Bangladeshi, Corona, Crown Heights, Ecudorian, Flatbush, Jamaican, Kensington, PakistaniComments (0)
Immigrants “R” Us
May 23, 2012
Professor: Phil Napoli ITF: Jenny Kijowski Campus: Brooklyn URL: http://macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/napoli10 Our projects for this semester are based on immigrant experiences in New York and our own identities as descendants of immigrants. The immigration process is addressed at JFK airport and compared to immigrant experiences in Ellis Island. Then, the local communities of Flatbush and Williamsburg […]
