New Orleans

In Roll With It: Brass Bands in the Streets of New Orleans, Matt Sakakeeny explores how New Orleans is very different from the other stereotypical American city as he writes about it as “utilize voices and instruments as technologies for producing subjectivity, identity, and culture” (p.6). Sakakeeny also uses fieldwork to learn about and explain different power-related processes, such as personal and professional mobility, which will be discussed in greater detail. Because Sakakeeny’s approach…

differences are evident, some similarities are conspicuous. New Orleans destruction caused by Katrina was due to levee and flood wall failures mainly because of engineering faults (Cite), while Hurricane Harvey in Houston caused destruction that was due to flooding. Houston, like New Orleans was not prepared for a hurricane that would…

Reconstruction in the South after the Civil War would prove to be a challenging endeavor for the United States having to literally re-create an entire portion of the nation. This couldn’t be any closer to the truth in the case of New Orleans, where political reform and overhaul of its past principles, was a change that would come slowly and with a lot of time. One incident during the Reconstruction period that helps underline how hard these changes would be to achieve was the kidnapping of…

provide major lessons learned concerning Hurricane Katrina’s response efforts. 2. Importance of the Issue: The lessons learned are important because Hurricane Katrina was not the first hurricane to threatened New Orleans and will not be the last. Given the well-known risk that New Orleans’ topography poses to its citizens, these lessons need to be incorporated into future plans in order to increase the resilience of the city. 3. Key Definitions: (A) Mitigation: The capabilities necessary to…

Katie Connelly Donald Mack Music 105 21 November 2016 New Orleans Style Jazz Around the turn of the twentieth century, a musical style called jazz was developed in the United States of America. Jazz was specifically invented in the southern cities such as New Orleans, Louisiana predominately by those of the Black descent. According to Music: An Appreciation, “Jazz can be described generally as music rooted in improvisation and characterized by syncopated rhythm, a steady beat, and distinctive…

emotional tone to show the struggles that Zeitoun faces in the book. Throughout the book Eggers uses many examples to represent his theme of the importance of a home. Before Katrina hits New Orleans, Zeitoun is persistent to leave his house unguarded when Katrina hits, Zeitoun was steadfast in his decision to stay in New Orleans. Even through harsh…

then three and then, when around 300 or so miles out from New Orleans(8), it reached a category five level when winds amounted to around 175 mph. Moving through Louisiana, wind speeds decreased to 120 mph but Katrina still being at a category three level. It then started calming down more than 150 miles inland near Meridian, Mississippi by downgrading to a tropical depression(1). Hurricane…

Hurricane Katrina." The Review of Black Political Economy 40.2 (2013): 145-63. Web. This article discusses how Hurricane Katrina caused more destruction of housing in New Orleans for African Americans because of their historic settlement patterns. Correlation analysis was used in order to study 13 planning districts in New Orlean’s Orleans Parish, which documented the extent of the destruction amongst housing, the distribution of race in their population, and studying the returned population at…

Doreen Ketchens is the leader of the group called Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. Their reason for having a band is to spread the culture and the traditional music of New Orleans all over the world. This is what music should be all about. Doreen has a special way to express emotions in her music which touches the hearts of her fans. She is called many things such as "Clarinet Queen", "The female Louis Armstrong", and “Lady Louie”. She has performed with many other jazz players. Ellis Marsalis, Jon…

New Orleans, known for their wild Mardi Gras celebration, experienced a tragedy as multiple shootings left three people dead and several other people injured. Police are investigating at least three separate shootings. Mardi Gras, also known as Fat Tuesday, is one of the most popular times to visit New Orleans. This is often a recipe for disaster as many parties and celebrations become out of control. On the night of Tuesday, February 13, 2018, three separate shootings took place in New Orleans.…