Since I had developed several connections through my work at Bike New York, I was able to design senior anthropology project and pursue my questions of biking and combine some of my own experiences with the accounts of my co-workers. By the end of my research, I found that biking in New York City is a much more complexly configured cultural activity than I had originally thought.
Cultural Divides in "Bike Friendly" New York City: Is Biking a Culturally Exclusive Activity?5/14/2014 Posted by Christine Hintze '14 During the summer of 2012, I biked across the country with a non-profit organization called The Ulman Cancer Fund 4K for Cancer. After that summer, I became extremely passionate about cycling. The following summer I worked for a non-profit in New York City called Bike New York. During the summer on Randall’s Island, I worked with children from the South Bronx who were from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and I taught them how to bike. This experience revealed to me the political structures that prohibit individuals from lower socioeconomic groups in New York City from having the access to biking, especially compared to individuals from middle and upper socio-economic groups. Since I had developed several connections through my work at Bike New York, I was able to design senior anthropology project and pursue my questions of biking and combine some of my own experiences with the accounts of my co-workers. By the end of my research, I found that biking in New York City is a much more complexly configured cultural activity than I had originally thought.
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Life and Work at the Woodlawn Estate Stables: Making Archaeology Public in Saratoga Springs4/22/2013
Posted by Sara Gross '13 As an anthropology student, I have been lucky enough to learn about many of the world’s cultures and about some of the ways anthropologists and archaeologists study them. I have greatly enjoyed learning about Mesoamerican archaeology, phenomenology, and the development of ancient cities (to name a few topics), but I have found it equally rewarding to study local Saratoga Springs culture. The town has a rich history, though it only spans a few centuries, and the local history community here is vibrant and thorough. Because of the efforts of local historians, we do know a lot about the people that have lived here over the years—we can read about their efforts and triumphs, infer details about their value systems, and reconstruct the built environment with which they interacted. However, because wealth and tourism were major factors of the town’s development, much of the historical record is dominated by those who were wealthy, played a role in tourism, or simply happened to get their name in the paper. |
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