Roundtable – NewYorkScapes https://newyorkscapes.org NewYorkScapes is a research community dedicated to exploring the literary, historical, and social aspects of the city of New York using digital forms of scholarship. Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:33:40 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Affiliate Event: Preparing Students for a Data-Driven World https://newyorkscapes.org/event/suggested-event-preparing-students-for-a-data-driven-world/ Mon, 15 Mar 2021 05:32:31 +0000 https://newyorkscapes.org/?post_type=event&p=1774 Data expose structural racism, visualize climate change, and identify the next pandemic hotspot. A leading panel of interdisciplinary faculty discuss how data are used across technical and creative fields and how they use empirical reasoning and data-based assignments to prepare to live and work in a data-driven society. Panelists include: Thomas Augst, Associate Professor of English…

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]]> Happy Hour Discussion: Scholarly Writing in an Online Environment https://newyorkscapes.org/event/happy-hour-discussion-scholarly-writing-in-an-online-environment/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:45:28 +0000 http://newyorkscapes.org/event/happy-hour-discussion-scholarly-writing-in-an-online-environment/ NewYorkScapes is hosting an informal happy hour discussion about scholarly writing in online environments. Please join us if you are available! Refreshments will be served. Topic: Scholarly communication in online environments, exploring editorial culture and web-development in discussion with: Caitlin Zaloom, Assoc. Prof. in Social and Cultural Analysis, Acting Director of Metropolitan Studies…

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]]> Historic Sites, Racialized Geographies, and the Responsibilities of Public Historians https://newyorkscapes.org/event/historic-sites-racialized-geographies-and-the-responsibilities-of-public-historians/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:44:28 +0000 http://newyorkscapes.org/event/historic-sites-racialized-geographies-and-the-responsibilities-of-public-historians/ The Lower East Side Tenement Museum in Manhattan and the Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn bear witness to a significant chapter in U.S. history: the post-war devastation of U.S. cities caused by federally subsidized white suburbanization, urban disinvestment, and capital flight. Are public historians responsible for interpreting the present-day landscapes surrounding these sites? If so…

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]]> Solidarity and the City: A Roundtable Discussion between Scholars, Educators, and Activists on Space, Social Justice, and Digital Methods https://newyorkscapes.org/event/solidarity-and-the-city-a-roundtable-discussion-between-scholars-educators-and-activists-on-space-social-justice-and-digital-methods/ Thu, 30 Mar 2017 15:38:28 +0000 http://newyorkscapes.org/event/solidarity-and-the-city-a-roundtable-discussion-between-scholars-educators-and-activists-on-space-social-justice-and-digital-methods/ Activists and critics alike have long argued that urban space shapes the conditions and prospects of social justice work. This roundtable discussion will explore the ways scholars, educators and activists have responded to these challenges in light of long-standing and emergent traditions of dissent and communal agency in diverse urban landscapes, addressing in particular the place of digital…

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