People from New York City

associated documentary concentrated on how people interacted with the physical design of modernist public space. His focus was on “exchange, the most vital measure of the city’s intensity”. Lesser known is Whyte’s commitment to theoretical framing for understanding this intensity and how his research into the behaviour of the everyday users of the city had the potential to debunk hypothesis on congestion and to subvert a broader perception of a beleaguered city post-war. Professor of…

Hip-Hop has Changed the World “Music can change the world because it can change people.” (Bono) Hip-hop first started in the 1970s in the neighborhoods of the New York City Bronx. It immediately became a huge movement in African American culture and soon affected people from all over the world. It spread from one city to many in a matter of months, from movies to music videos, hip-hop was everywhere. It was a statement, a voice for African Americans to speak up against civil rights. Hip-hop…

Adult Animation. That is exactly how I would describe Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (1972) as. Bakshi’s film is an animated exploration of the hippie/ free love movement, the race relations, and the ideological debate of the mid-1960s New York City. By using these topics as the groundwork for this film, the animators were able to dive deep into the serious issues and ideas that arose during the latter half of the decade. The most prevalent of the influences on this film was the ideology that…

went to New York City to work for I’m From Driftwood, a nonprofit LGBTQ storytelling archive. Primarily, I chose this internship because of the Huffington Post articles that I would be responsible for, which I did find worthwhile. I knew ahead of time that I’m From Driftwood was a small operation: consisting of its founder and board members that would scramble to find new opportunities and contacts to use for their events. There was no office space for the company, so most people worked from…

construction of race, partially catalyzed by an influx of non-Anglo immigrants from Europe and Asia, and new found freedom for Black slaves. For instance, in order to be naturalized as a US citizen, one had to be “white” which before World War I had been loosely defined. In addition, the protections of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments granted to newly freed slaves threatened nativist white superiority resulting in a new racial social order. This…

Walking through New York City, or any big city, you pass buy hundreds of different designs from countless designers, most of whom are made men. Fashion is a part of everyday life, some more than others. Many people have their favorite go to designer who they know a lot about, however, not everyone knows the important details of actually being in the industry for both men and women. Clothing and fashion is what makes people and places so iconic all around the world, inspiring everyone in some way…

Duneier is able to see what is unseen by the average tourist in New York City. Although he had submerged himself with this a group of street vendors on Sixth Avenue, there are advantages and disadvantages to an ethnographical study. Mitchell Duneier was able to work with the street vendors and learn why they had chosen to sleep outside, or why they chose to urinate in public instead of the bathroom. Many tourists within the city do not notice the unseen things, because they are too busy…

had never been to New York before this trip. It was a truly amazing experience in which I learned so much about art, culture, and history. I got to experience places that I have been waiting my whole life to see. Upon reflecting on the study-at-large as a whole, I think the most educational experiences I had were at the Museum of Modern Art, the United Nations, and the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. I was so excited to visit the Museum of Modern Art. It held some of my favorite works from some of my…

spring break in high school me and a group of friends decided that we go on a road trip. At first we didn’t know where we were going to go but finally decided on going to Virginia Beach. We planned on staying for 5 days and then drove back up to New York. During this trip we had a lot of interesting things happen, especially to the car. So as I had said before me and a few friends planned on going on a road trip during one of our week long breaks. We had been planning on doing something like…

program for over a month. We were constantly together dreaming of future careers in ballet. In our free time we watched videos of the New York City Ballet. I dreamed of eventually becoming a part of that company. My goals were set high, and so was my motivation and work ethic. That fall, I began my first year of high school. Like a lot of other introverted people, I did not like school. I found the social…