Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Caribbean New York
November 17, 2016
Caribbean New York Professor: Jennifer Lutton ITF: Katherine Logan McBride Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/caribbeannewyork16/ Students in the course worked to understand the transnational connections between the Caribbean (specifically the West Indies and Haiti) and New York City from the early 20th century to the current context, and the influences they have had on each […]
2016 | 2016, African American, All The Sites, Brooklyn, Caribbean, City College, Haitian, Harlem, Jennifer Lutton, Katherine Logan McBride, maps, Other, WordPress | Tags: Art, dance, diaspora, food, gender, identity, literature, media, music, network, political economy, transnationalComments (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)
Peopling New York City and Its Neighborhoods
June 20, 2012
Professor: Ida Susser ITF: Jen Gieseking Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/susser2012/ This is the course site of a Macaulay Honors College / Hunter College CUNY seminar that 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 Greenwich Village […]
2012 | 2012, All The Sites, Hunter College, Ida Susser, Index, maps, video, WordPress | Tags: Brooklyn, charts, citizenship, ethnicity, gender, GoogleMaps, graphs, Greenpoint, Greenwich Village, Harlem, health, interviews, lgbtq space, Manhattan, maps, Morningside Heights, photos, poverty, race, sexuality, Social Explorer, social movements comparative urbanisms, urban Africa, urban ethnography, urban Europe, WilliamsburgComments (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 […]
