Feb
15
Speaking of scale: Manhattan from above
February 15, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes | Leave a Comment
Just came across some very high quality aerial photos (mostly of Manhattan. May not help specifically with the project, but they are interesting to look at with Whyte’s film in mind): http://tiny.cc/t24ht
The full film, by the way, is available to view on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/5298850 You may want to re-watch this film as you consider planning for Monday’s field visit. What is Whyte paying attention to in his filming? What is he looking for in his footage? Are there distinct concepts (like sitting space, play space, where people congregate, etc) that you can pull out of the film and keep an eye out for while walking? How do you think any of these concepts relate to the formation (or lack of formation of community)?
Feb
14
Notes for In-class Workshop
February 14, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes | Leave a Comment
Feb
14
Vado Instructions
February 14, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes, Working with Video | Leave a Comment
Feb
14
Create a Flickr account
February 14, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes | Leave a Comment
If you do not already have a Flickr account, please create one. We will use Flickr as a place to upload, annotate, and discuss photos.
Feb
14
Flickriver
February 14, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes | 1 Comment
A quick way to search hundreds of photos using key words: http://www.flickriver.com/search/east+harlem/
Feb
14
The Project for Public Spaces
February 14, 2011 | Photos & Field Notes, Working with Video | Leave a Comment
PPS was founded in 1975 to expand on the work of William (Holly) Whyte, the author of The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces.
The website for the project is here: http://www.pps.org/
A quick search on YouTube for the original film, brings up this research project, which is archiving Whyte’s entire film collection, reshooting footage, and comparing social interactions in various locations today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZnwBqqNFjo
Feb
4
Remapping Debate: Seeing segregation
February 4, 2011 | Mapping the City | Leave a Comment
Working with tools provided by Social Explorer, Remapping Debate is also releasing interactive maps that can zoom down to the Census Block Group level anywhere in the United States, revealing high levels of segregation that are cloaked at larger geographic levels (see example in the box at the end of this article).
Feb
4
Video footage: change over time
February 4, 2011 | Working with Video | Leave a Comment
Here is an interesting piece in the Times that uses four streams of video footage to show change over time in New Orlean’s Ninth Ward:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/08/27/us/lower9th-5year-anniversary.html?ref=us
Feb
4
Course Syllabus
February 4, 2011 | Syllabus | Leave a Comment
A copy of the course syllabus can be found here.
Dec
22
Welcome Spring 2011 Seminar Two Students
December 22, 2010 | Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Hi everyone:
Welcome to your “East Harlem Notebook.” This site should help you collect and analyze data that you are gathering from your field visits to East Harlem, as well as learn the WordPress skills necessary for you to create and design your own WordPress site– a website that presents the issues most pertinent to East Harlem and its residents.
On this site, we will create an online image gallery. This will help you see themes in the photos, as well as edit images for the final project. Here we will also test applications like Dipity and Voicethread to find the best way to visualize and present your research. We can test different mapping software, 3-D sketch-ups, or, if you have a special vision for your final project, we can learn other applications together here. Additionally, you can use this site to post text that can be collaboratively edited for your final project. Think of this space as a place to test run various ideas for your final project.
If you have an E-portfolio account, you should log in and add this course site to your sites. You can do this by clicking “add me” on the left side of the blog. I look forward to meeting everyone and working together.
See you in February,
Karen
