Posts Tagged ‘interviews’
Reading Between the skyLines
May 22, 2017
Reading Between the skyLines Professor: Moustafa Bayoumi ITF: Kelly Eckenrode Campus: Brooklyn College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/skylines/ Students divided into 7 groups and choose a language generally based on their ease with the language. The 7 groups included: Spanish, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, African American, Arabic and Korean. Each group went to a bookstore that specializes in that […]
2017 | 2017, African American, All The Sites, audio, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, East Asian, East Harlem, GoogleMaps, iMovie, Jewish, Kelly Eckenrode, Korean, Latino, Manhattan, maps, Moustafa Bayoumi, Muslim, Russian, WordPress | Tags: bookstores, interviews, language, transcribedComments (0)
Halal Carts: Behind the Scenes of a New Yorker's Lunch
May 20, 2017
Halal Carts: Behind the Scenes of a New Yorker's Lunch Professor: David Rosenberg ITF: Jacob Cohen Campus: Baruch College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/halalcarts/ This site examines many of the issues that involve halal carts in New York City, with a focus specifically on the lives and work of the cooks, the owners and product suppliers, the customers, […]
2017 | 2017, All The Sites, audio, Baruch College, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, David Rosenberg, Egyptian, Indian, Jackson Heights, Jacob Cohen, Manhattan, Muslim, Other, Queens, video | Tags: black market, bureaucracy, dietary restrictions, food, food carts, halal, interviews, street vendors, taxi driversComments (0)
Five Dudes Walk Into Brighton
June 3, 2016
Five Dudes Walk Into Brighton Professor: Karen Williams ITF: Alexis Carrozza Campus: Brooklyn College URL: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/ethnographyatbrightonbeach/ This site provides a comprehensive introduction to Brighton Beach as told by the five group members. This class focused on the “five senses” as a lens to understand the neighborhood and the site content reflects this approach: audio of […]
2016 | 2016, Alexis Carrozza, All The Sites, audio, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn College, Karen Williams, maps, Russian, video | Tags: interviews, russian language, YouTubeComments (0)
New York Dreams
May 28, 2014
New York Dreams Professor: Constance Rosenblum ITF: John Boy Campus: City College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/nydreams/ An immersive storytelling site. The stories presented on this site tell of New Yorkers who chased their dreams — sometimes succeeding, sometimes not. These people traveled very different paths, but they have one thing in common: All of them sought to […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, audio, Brooklyn, Caribbean, Chinatown, Chinese, Christian, City College, Constance Rosenblum, Haitian, Harlem, Indian, Irish, Jewish, John Boy, Latino, Manhattan, Other, Other, Other, Queens, Russian, video, WordPress | Tags: abuse, acting, Aesop, Albany, antisemitism, architecture, biomedical engineering, blindness, Catholicism, civil war, El Salvador, fame, financial aid, food, happiness, hip-hop, interviews, lawyers, Maspeth, parallax scrolling, social work, stories, storytelling, street vendors, success, UkraineComments (0)
The Peopling of Astoria, NY
May 21, 2014
The Peopling of Astoria, NY Professor: Sofya Aptekar ITF: Fiona Lee Campus: Hunter College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/sa14 This website showcases the work of Macaulay Honors students at Hunter College in Seminar 2: The Peopling of New York in spring 2014. Focusing on the neighborhood of Astoria in western Queens, students investigated the role of immigration and […]
2014 | 2014, All The Sites, Egyptian, Fiona Lee, Greek, Hunter College, iMovie, Other, Queens, Sofya Aptekar, WordPress | Tags: 9/11, Arabic, astoria, English, gentrification, interviews, Kaufman Studios, language, Little Egypt, NYPD, observations, surveillanceComments (0)
The Stories of Us: Arriving and Adjusting in New York City
January 16, 2014
The Stories of Us: Arriving and Adjusting in New York City Professor: Els de Graauw ITF: Ben Miller Campus: Baruch College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/degraauw13/ The site, like the course it emerged from, focuses on how immigrant groups have integrated or not integrated into American and New York society. Various site sections — linked in the site’s […]
2014 | 2013, All The Sites, audio, Baruch College, Ben Miller, Chinese, Dominican, Els de Graauw, Haitian, maps, Mexican, Other, Other | Tags: gwyn's image-map selector, immigrant integration, interviews, personal history, sound cloud, statistical profilesComments (0)
The Brooklyn College Immigrant Experience
February 28, 2013
Professor: Brendan O’Malley ITF: Jenny Kijowski Campus: Brooklyn College URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/bcimmigrantexperience/ The students’ mission statement is as follows: “”To chronicle the growth and development of Brooklyn College as an institution, through the lens of the immigrant experience there. This is done through: 1) Documenting immigrant experiences there through oral history accounts, 2) Analyzing the extent […]
2013 | 2012, All The Sites, Brendan O'Malley, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Jenny Kijowski | Media: Dipity, Google Earth, Google maps, iShowYou, NextGen Gallery, photos, Vimeo, WordPress, YouTube | Tags: Alkivia Chameleon 2.3, Brooklyn College, custom css, Dipity, Google Earth, Google Maps, history, immigrant, immigration, interviews, iShowYou, NextGen Gallery, O'Malley, photos, screencast, Seminar 2, Spring 2012, video, Vimeo, WordPress, WPMU, YouTubeComments (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)
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)
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)
Peopling of New York: There’s An App For That!
October 31, 2011
Professor: Catherine Lavender ITF: Scott Henkle Campus: Staten Island URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/lavenderspring2011finalproject/ Overview: At CSI, Prof Catherine Lavender’s class divided into groups to study different ethnic communities in NYC. Working with ITF Scott Henkle, each group completed a site, and they were all collected on a main class site. Groups studied Egyptian, Polish, Ukrainian, Caribbean, Korean, […]
2011 | All The Sites, Caribbean, Catherine Lavender, College of Staten Island, Dominican, Egyptian, Index, Korean, maps, Mexican, Polish, Scott Henkle, Ukrainian | Tags: celebrations, demographics, food, groups, interviews, photos, religion, restaurantsComments (0)
Peopling of New York City: East Broadway, Chinatown
October 17, 2011
Professor: Ken Guest ITF: Lynn Horridge Campus: Baruch URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/guestspring11/ Overview: Working with ITF Lynn Horridge, Professor Ken Guest’s class at Baruch made a site about Chinatown, focused on the East Broadway area of Manhattan. The class took a geographical approach, studying the landmarks and services offered in the area. They drew on walking tours […]
2011 | 2011, All The Sites, Baruch College, Chinatown, Chinese, Index, Ken Guest, Lynn Horridge | Tags: educational, health, interviews, landmarks, religion, servicesComments (0)
One City, Many Nations
October 17, 2011
Professor: Els de Graauw ITF: Emily Sherwood Campus: Baruch URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/degraauw11/ Overview: Professor Els de Graauw of Baruch and ITF Emily Sherwood produced a site with the theme One City, Many Nations. Their site contains information about Dominicans, Chinese, Mexicans, Haitians, Russians, and uses maps, interviews, statistical analysis as well as personal reflections from students […]
