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Professor: Dr. Peter Vellon
peter.vellon@qc.cuny.edu
Instructional Technology Fellow: Caroline Erb-Medina
cerb@gc.cuny.edu
Author Archives: Deborah Watman
The Artist’s Community
During the 70′s and 80′s artists of the East Village thrived. Radiant Child, is a documentary on Jean- Michel Basquiat that shows how anyone who presents his work as art, is thereby an artist. Art was an open door and … Continue reading
Posted in April 23
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Robert Orsi and the Fiesta
One of the most narrated parts of Italian life in Christ in Concrete was the fiesta. The immigrants were thrilled to be able to eat as much as they wished, to relax, chat, sing and dance with family and friends. … Continue reading
Posted in April 16
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Imagine
It is not a novel idea that communities change over time. Every community goes through its own unique change that requires its own analysis. Christopher Mele lays out the facts about the Lower East Side and the “downward spiral” that … Continue reading
Posted in April 9
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Women and Education
Education has always been a strong value in my family and I have always appreciated the education that I have and will continue to receive. As I read about the daughters of immigrants, in Nancy Foner’s book, I was reminded … Continue reading
Posted in March 12
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The Term Assimilate
The Lower East Side’s popularity was diminishing and the real estate market was working to spruce the neighborhood up a bit, to give it a better name and to redevelop. Because of the negative associations and the slum label, the … Continue reading
Posted in March 5
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High School and the Lower East Side
The scene that Christopher Mele depicts of the Lower East Side reminds me of a large public high school filled with hundreds of students trying to “find themselves”. High school, especially those early years, is a time when teenagers often … Continue reading
Posted in February 26
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Educating Slaves
The complex decision that slave owners chose to make in regards to the “acculturation and dependence they wanted of their slaves” intrigued me (Harris 34). Slave owners had to decide whether or not their slaves should receive a religious education … Continue reading
Posted in February 19
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The Future Melting Pot
Were immigrants able to create their own identity or was their identity shaped by “social structures and historical circumstances over which they had little control”(Gerstle 527)? While Gerstle sides with the group arguing that uncontrollable conditions shaped the lives of … Continue reading
Posted in February 12
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