HON 122 S 2011 Lavender Syllabus

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HON1221258|Spring2011 Mon&Wed12.202.15,2N/104

ProfessorCatherineLavender TheCollegeofStatenIsland/CUNY

OfficeandHours:2N/203,M,2:304:30pm&byappt. [email protected]

HonorsSeminar:ThePeoplingofNYCEthnicDiversityinTheForgottenBorough

AbouttheCourse:This

course

provides

an

investigation

of

the

role

of

immigration

and

migration

in

shaping

New

York

City'sidentityinthepastandpresent.Topicswillincludethefactorsthathavedrivenanddrawnpeopletothe

citysincethe17thcentury;thedifferentwaysthatreligion,race,gender,andethnicityhaveshapedimmigrant

encounterswiththecity;theformationandsocialorganizationofimmigrantcommunitiesinsuch

neighborhoodsastheLowerEastSide,Harlem,LittleItaly,Chinatown,Astoria,Flushing,andSt.George;the

impactofsuccessivewavesofnewcomersonurbancultureandpolitics;andthecontinuingdebatesover

assimilationandAmericanization.Extensivereadingandwritingassignmentsareenrichedbyvisitstohistoric

sitesandculturalinstitutions.Theculminatingprojectofthisseminaristhecollaborativeconstructionof

neighborhoodwebsites,exhibitedatafinalcommonevent.

Oneoftheparticularfocusesofthecoursewillbethewayinwhichexpressionsofethniccultures

represented

by

foodways

and

public

institutions

have

been

shared

and

contested

within

the

city,

and

mostspecifically,inStatenIsland(theForgottenBorough).Wewillalsoexamineindepththequestionof

inclusionandcentralityinourattempttoanswertworelatedquestions:first,whereisthehistoryofStaten

IslandlocatedinthehistoryofthepeoplingofNewYorkCity,andsecond,howhavetheidentitiesofthe

islandsresidentsbeenchangedbyhistoricalandespeciallyrecenttrendsinimmigration?

Underneaththeseissueswillbeaninvestigationofhowweknowwhatweknowaboutethnicityinthe

peoplingofNewYorkCity,andhowwemayrepresentthatknowledgeinanethical,accurate,andengaging

way. Thefinalprojectforthecoursewillbeacollaborativerecountingintheformofagraphicnovelofthe

waysinwhichethnicityhasshapedStatenIslandasacommunity.

CourseRequirements:All

students

are

required

to

attend

class

meetings,

actively

take

part

in

discussions,

and

submit

all

written

workontime;lateworkwillnotbeacceptedwithoutpriorarrangementwiththeprofessor.

Incompletesforthecoursewillonlybegivenbypriorarrangementandwithproperdocumentation.

AsperCSICUNYregulations,nostudentwithmorethanfourunexcusedabsenceswillreceivecreditforthe

course.

Finally,plagiarismandotherformsofintellectualdishonestyorslothwillnotbetoleratedandwillresultina

failinggradefortheassignmentand/orcourse.ForinformationaboutCUNYpoliciesonacademicdishonesty,

seewww1.cuny.edu/portal_ur/content/2004/policies/image/policy.pdf.

Assignments:

SourceStudies(10%each,60%total)

#1:Interview

with

family

member

about

immigration

experience

(due

2.23)

#2:RepresentingDatainGraphicFormats(due2.28and3.7)

#2Aonpaper(2.28)

#2Bontheweb(3.7)

#3:ParsingtheDemographyofStatenIsland(due3.14)

#4:ReviewofLiteratureonChosenEthnicCommunity(due3.21)

#5:FoodwaysEthnographyforaChosenEthnicRestaurant(due4.11)

#6:PersonalEthnographiesforYourCommunity(atleasttwo,withgenderrepresentation)(due

4.13)


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FinalCourseProject(40%total)

PreliminaryFindingsReport,10%(due4.27)

PreliminaryPresentation,10%(due5.2)

FinalSubmittedProject,20%(due5.9)

Readings(allavailableviathecourseBlackboardsiteorviaprovidedURL):StudentsofSeminar2,CSI/CUNY,2010,WEARESTATENISLAND:SurprisingEthnicDiversity

macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/lavender10/index.php/Main_Page

Kenneth

T.

Jackson,

"The

Promised

City:

Openness

and

Immigration

in

the

Making

of

aWorld

Metropolis,"

EconomicPolicyReview,Volume11,Issue2(2005): 8188.NancyFoner,"Introduction: NewImmigrantsandChangingPatternsinNewYorkCity,"inNancyFoner,ed.,

NewImmigrantsinNewYork(NewYork: ColumbiaUniversityPress,1987): 132.J.C.Malone,"RidingtheEndlessImmigrationRollerCoaster(ATrueStory),"SocialJustice23.3(1996):86+.RebeccaLloyd,"Zimbabwe'sEducatedExiles,"ContemporaryReview,Volume290,Issue1688(Spring2008):

71+.

RobertJoeStout,"TheLureofAmericanJobs,"Commonweal,Volume124,Issue13(July18,1997): 16.

DavidMcCandless,"TED: Thebeautyofdatavisualization(July2010)," www.ted.com/talks/david_

mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html

Christoph

Niemann's

AbstractCity

Blog

for

the

NewYork

Times

(niemann.blogs.nytimes.com/),

especially"NewYorkCheatSheets"(10.13.2008),"ILEGON.Y."(2.2.2009),and"MyWay"(3.10.2010).

SelectionsfromEdwardR.Tufte,TheVisualDisplayofQuantitativeInformation(1983),EnvisioningInformation(1990),VisualExplanations(1997),andBeautifulEvidence(2006).

SelectionsfromDavidMcCandless,VisualMiscellaneum(2009)andInformationisBeautiful(2010).J.M.Heather'skinetictypographyvideoforJonathanCoulton's "ShopVac"(2010) www.youtube.com/

watch?v=y4sOfO8Ei1g

ElizabethBogen,"RecentStatisticsonNewYorkCityImmigration,"and"UndocumentedAliensandthe

CensusUndercount,"inImmigrationinNewYork(NewYork: Praeger,1987): 3357.DavidM.Reimers,"HistoriographyofAmericanImmigration,"OAHMagazineofHistory,Vol.4,No.4(Spring

1990): 1013.

David

A.

Gerber,

"Forming

A

Transnational

Narrative:

New

Perspectives

on

European

Migrations

to

the

UnitedStates,"TheHistoryTeacher,Vol.35,Issue1(2001):www.historycooperative.org/journals/ht/35.1/gerber.html. ViewedJanuary30,2011.

MichaelRosen,"BreakfastatSpiro's:DramaturgyandDominance,"JournalofManagement,11/2(Summer1985): 3149.

JohnVanMaanen,"TheSmileFactory: WorkatDisneyland,"inReframingOrganizationalCulture,eds.PeterJ.Frostetal.,(ThousandOaks,CA: SagePublishing,1990).

SelectionsfromAnnieHauckLawsonandJonathanDeutsch,eds.,Gastropolis:Food&NewYorkCity(ColumbiaUniversityPress,2008).

SpecialFieldTripsandOtherMeetings:Fri

2.18

Guest

Lecture

on

SI

Demography

with

Professor

Jonathan

Peters,

Business,

CSI/CUNY(9.30am

12pm)

Wed2.23FieldTrip#1:PhoMac, 1407RichmondAvenue (24pm)

Sat3.12FieldTrip#2: SITour,SnugHarbor,SIMuseum,SIIASArchives(10am1pm)

Mon3.21FieldTrip#3 AsianFoodMarkets,1801SouthAvenue(1230pm)

InstructionalTechnologyFellow:ScottHenkle,InstructionalTechnologyFellow,CUNYMacaulayHonorsCollege,[email protected]

AvailableonWednesdaysfrom11am,beforeandafterclass(andmostWeds.Classmeetings).


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CourseMeetingSchedule:

1 Mon1.31 IntroductiontotheCourse(andCITICertification)

Wed2.2 WEARESTATENISLANDPresentationby2010Seminar2students

(macaulay.cuny.edu/seminars/lavender10/index.php/Main_Page)

Reading: Jackson,ThePromisedCity;Foner,Introduction.

Assignment: CITICertification: https://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp

2 Mon2.7 ParsingEthnicData(guestlecturebyWarrickBell,OfficeofInstitutionalResearchand

Assessment,CSI/CUNY)

Wed2.9 FinalProject

Reading: Malone,"RidingtheEndlessImmigrationRollerCoaster";Lloyd,"Zimbabwe'sEducated

Exiles";Stout,"TheLureofAmericanJobs"

Assignment: StartworkonSourceStudy#1(FamilyInterview).

3 Mon

2.14 Ethnic

Narratives

and

Ethnographic

PracticeWed2.16 NarrativePractice

Fri2.18 GuestLectureonSIDemographywithProfessorJonathanPeters,Business,CSI/CUNY

Reading: Niemann'sAbstractCity;JonathanCoulton's"ShopVac"Assignment: ContinueworkonSourceStudy#1;StartworkonSourceStudy#2 (RepresentingDatain

GraphicFormats).

4 Mon2.21 CSICLOSED

Wed2.23 RepresentingData;SourceStudy#1Due.Wed2.23 FieldTrip1: PhoMac,1407RichmondAvenue,(718)9829292(2:004:00pm)

Reading: Tufteand

McCandless,

selections.

Assignment: SourceStudy#2a

5 Mon2.28 WorkingwiththeEvidenceofImmigration;SourceStudy#2aDueWed3.2 DemographyandStatenIsland

Reading: Bogen,"RecentStatisticsonNewYorkCityImmigration,"and"UndocumentedAliens

andtheCensusUndercount"

Assignment: SourceStudy#2b;startSourceStudy#3(ParsingtheDemographyofStatenIsland)

6 Mon3.7 Wrestling

with

the

Data;

SourceStudy#2bDue

Wed3.9 SessionwithTechnologyFellow

Reading: Reimers,"HistoriographyofAmericanImmigration";Gerber,"FormingATransnational

Narrative"

Sat3.12 FieldTrip#2: SITour,SnugHarbor,SIMuseum,SIIASArchives(10am1pm)

Assignment: SourceStudy#3;startSourceStudy#4(LiteratureReview)


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7 Mon3.14 ReviewingtheLiterature;SourceStudy#3DueWed3.16 FoodwaysandEthnicIdentity

Reading: Rosen,"BreakfastatSpiro's"

Assignment: SourceStudy#4;startSourceStudy#5(FoodwaysEthnography)

8 Mon3.21 FieldTrip#3 AsianFoodMarkets,1801SouthAvenue,(718)6988898,

www.asianfoodmarkets.com;SourceStudy#4DueWed

3.23 Mapping

Social

Institutions

Reading: VanMaanen,"TheSmileFactory"

Assignment: SourceStudy#5;SourceStudy#6(CommunityEthnographies)

9 Mon4.11 AdventuresinInterviewing;SourceStudy#5DueWed4.13 WorkshoponRepresentingInformation;SourceStudy#6DueAssignment: SourceStudy#6;FinalProject

10 SPRING

BREAK

4/18

4/26

11 Wed4.27 WorkshopwithTechnologyFellow(LavenderinAZ);PreliminaryFindingsReportDueAssignment: WorkonFinalProject

12 Mon5.2 WorkonFinalProject;PreliminaryPresentationDueWed5.4 WorkonFinalProject

Assignment: WorkonFinalProject

13 Mon5.9 WorkonFinalProject;FinalPresentationDueTBDMon5.9 Thu5.13,5:308: Seminar2Exhibits,MacaulayHonorsCollege,35W.67thSt.

Assignment: WorkonFinalProject

14 Mon5.16 PostPresentationRevisions

Wed5.18 ReviewoftheSemester

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