I went to the Hunts Point Fish Parade expecting to sit and watch and hand out surveys and cookies and alcohol wipes. What I did not foresee was the entire parade staff and participants locking the gates to go on a march through the streets of the peninsula, perhaps the best tour that I could…
Week
Mapping Hunts Point
I was tasked with creating this map for the Pratt Center photographer and team to do a walking tour of the notable sites in the Peninsula, including, and not limited to: Yellow Star, Hunts Point ave 6 train/ Del Valle Square Walk 5 minutes to the Point CDC careful crossing under the Bruckner! *dangerous intersection*…
Surveys + Spreadsheets
My broader research question has been looking at how Pratt is serving to advocate for community needs in the spaces they are working this summer. I have observed this process happening primarily through surveying community members and groups interests (for the Hunts Point Forward plan), then condensing into formal recommendations translated to “planner speak”, which…
Art + Activism – The Fish Parade
This film from the Fish Parade highlights the drumming and dancer performances. The joy of song and dance was shared with volunteers who got up to dance with the performers.
Thoughts on Public Safety
I spent my second week after the Fish Parade going through one hundred paper surveys and coding in people’s responses. It was fascinating to get a rough idea of a person and their thoughts on how to improve their neighborhood just from reading about their age and occupation and some other statistical checkboxes. I was…
Defining The Field + Meeting with EDC
“In her book Bargaining for Brooklyn: Community Organizations in the Entrepreneurial City, sociologist Nicole Marwell explains: “Sociologists who study organizations sometimes use the term ‘field’ to describe a set of organizations linked together as competitors and collaborators within a social space devoted to a particular type of action—such as a market for certain products, the…
First Week with Pratt
I had a wonderful first week with the Pratt Center for Community Development. My supervisors had me jump right in taking notes on the Hunts Point Forward Vision Plan (HPF + HPVP) meetings and the East Side Coastal Resiliency project’s Community Advisory Group (ESCR CAG). Having been briefed on these projects, coupled with the time…
