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Spring 2010
- Cross-Cultural and Community-based Film
- Museums and Memorials in the City
- New York City, Modernism, and the Origins of Cool
- Work/Ethics: Frameworks for Observing People at Work
Spring 2009
- Art, Space, and the City
- Imagining New York City
- New York City, Modernism, and the Origins of Cool
- Work/Ethics: Frameworks for Observing People at Work
Fall 2009
- Explorations in the Urban Outback
- New York City, Modernism, and the Origins of Cool
- Space, Place, and Identity in NYC
- Work/Ethics: Frameworks for Observing People at Work
Spring 2008
- Cinema and the City
- Fieldwork in New York
- Revolutions: Contemporary Art in New York
- Street Smarts: Learning to Read the City
Fall 2008
- Covering the Other: A Course in Cross-Cultural and Community-based Film
- Explorations in the Urban Outback
- New York City, Modernism, and the Origins of Cool
- Work/Ethics: Frameworks for Observing People at Work
Spring 2007
- Cinema and the City
- Fieldwork in New York
- Revolutions: Contemporary Art in New York
- Street Smarts: Learning to Read the City
Fall 2007
Fall 2006
Fall 2005
Fieldwork in New York WNY 301(S)
Instructor: E. J. Johnson ‘59
Each student will do 15 hours a week of intensive fieldwork in one of several organizations selected by the director. Commitments for field placements have been obtained in the following fields:
Humanities & the Arts
Law, Media, Advocacy & Public Affairs
Medical Sciences & Public Health
The focus of each student’s tutorial, including readings required, will match his or her fieldwork. Students will keep careful fieldwork notes and write several short papers about their work. Students will meet with the instructor every other week in pairs and every other week as a whole group to read, review, and discuss their respective fieldwork projects.
Format: tutorial/discussion seminar.
Requirements: Six papers on fieldwork experiences during the semester. Full engagement in the discussion seminar.