Posts Tagged ‘walking tours’
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 […]
2012 | 2010, All The Sites, Brooklyn College, Index, Jenny Kijowski, Phil Napoli | Media: BannerFans, images, iMovie, MediaWiki, video, Vimeo, YouTube | Tags: 9/11, Arab American, assimilation, BannerFans, Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, Ellis Island, Flatbush, history, images, immigrants, immigration, iMovie, Israeli, Jewry, Jews, JFK Airport, Lebanese, MediaWiki, Mexican, Napoli, New York City, NYC, photos, racism, Seminar 2, Soviet, Spring 2010, Syrian, The Peopling of New York, video, Vimeo, walking tours, Williamsburg, YouTubeComments (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)
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)
Immigrant Eyes
November 14, 2011
Professor: Philip Kasinitz ITF: Jesse Goldstein Campus: Hunter URL: http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/kasinitz11 Overview In Prof Philip Kasinitz’s class at Hunter, ITF Jesse Goldstein worked with the class to make a multi-neighborhood site that presented the work of groups who completed specific investigative tasks about the areas they studied: Chelsea, Chinatown, Williamsburg, the East Village, the Upper East […]
