3 10 41 https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/0826238b281e87252a8fb417e44300ec.jpg 5e1048ed96e415cdff9613c84461e49d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boston Riverfront by Kayak Description An account of the resource This project explores the character of the Boston riverfront through a look into the history of select rivefront buildings and their architecture. A photographic survey was conducted via kayak from Beacon Hill through Allston, from these images the luxury condominium building 180 Beacon Street, Boston University’s 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Genzyzme’s Allston Landing manufacturing plant, and Harvard Business School’s Tata Hall were selected for further discussion. These buildings are all relatively recent (<100 years) additions to the Boston skyline, and each tell an interesting story about what was, and what could have been in their place. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michael A Lukas https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/c7c338c65127962cfa768b8784273f91.jpg ff995f5809f50418207fa48bbcabc1ab Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Urban Gardens Grow A Community Description An account of the resource My paper is about the Fenway Victory Gardens and questions the continued promotion of its existence as an urban garden for the Boston community since World War II. Because it is obviously no longer in use as a World War II Victory Garden, I was curious about why gardeners might continue to be so passionate about its existence, even fighting movements to put important institutions such as hospitals and schools in this park area. My idea was that the group of gardeners who use this land for a sort of community, so using ethnography, I observed the interactions between gardeners and non-gardeners to find if there could be some social benefit from these gardens that is worth protecting and less obvious than its other benefits, such as aesthetic value and historic value. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Scout Leonard https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/98d064046e71594fc1157602b5b8e30d.png cfe1442f8433d423f1755bff9552cb3c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource COMMUNICATION ETHICS AS SHOWN BY TWO PEOPLE NAMED HAL -- AN ESSAY Description An account of the resource This paper looks at how Hal, a character in Infinite Jest, communicates with other people. It tries to figure out a good ethics for talking to faceless strangers and getting to know them, also looking at Infinite Jest’s literary precedent, Hamlet, for examples. Finally, the paper follows my own experiences with acting, struggling to interact with other people during and afterward. The paper suggests that communication is a constant struggle to avoid facelessness, and that communication itself can also become the object instead of the person or place underneath it, which is why a constant attempt to rediscover the territory underneath is necessary. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matt Krane https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/1f588cb81a6ddc2941045df0dc058ebc.jpg 25bf63a273bb680d3fa31d20235211ad Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource “Everything That Follows From Here On Out”: Choices in Writing the Walk in Sociology Description An account of the resource In my paper, I analyze the sociological use of the walk in a chapter of Small’s Villa Victoria by comparing it to other walks, including those of sociologists Robert Sampson and Elijah Anderson, Virginia Woolf’s walk in “Street Haunting: A London Adventure,” and the walk I took down Tremont Street. I start by contextualizing the walk and its mimetic difficulties with an overview of the tradition of writing about walks, which stretches from the Epic of Gilgamesh to contemporary novelists like Paul Auster. I then analyze the function of the walk in the work of Sampson and Anderson, before turning to Small to contrast his walk with that of these other sociologists. I end by highlighting the way in which Small is using the tools of literary nonfiction as outlined in Woolf’s essay to warn readers against the walk as sociological tool. https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/98754c76c272b3b848b30bfe6a655781.png 507e3c8585b4b8d432fb45d90ba22a2a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Place to Call Home: Policy Moving From Homelessness to Permanent Housing in Boston Description An account of the resource Though homeless shelters are a vital part of the livelihood, and survival, of many of Boston’s homeless, bouncing in and out of shelters is nowhere near a long-term solution to the problem of homelessness, or a stable lifestyle for homeless individuals. Additionally, the homeless shelter system is in itself flawed, as the vast majority of a shelter’s resources are taken up by the same repeated guests. For these reasons, and many others which I discuss in my paper, I advocate that long-term and permanent housing are the best solutions for homelessness in Boston, and I cite specific examples from the policy of Pine Street Inn, Boston’s most legendary shelter which now devotes much of its resource pool to housing, and Homes for Families, which advocates for financially stable and humane housing for Boston’s homeless families. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Annie Harvieux https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/7a066267b43b3176a0f95a51d23bca8a.png 32929cdd2b3a9f2424d2af4c24723f72 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Reading Libraries: A Study of Boston through the Codman Square and Honan-Allston Library Branches Description An account of the resource This paper presents a study of the City of Boston through two of its library branches. Insofar as ordinary people comprise the constituency of libraries, the premise of my research is that studying libraries and how they are utilized is a way of understanding local communities. This is a particularly fitting approach for studying Boston, a city that prides itself on its academic reputation and its rich library history. Boston was the home of the first free municipal library in the country, and was subsequently the first library system to establish branches in local neighborhoods. Local libraries have evolved to serve the unique needs of their communities. Whereas the Codman Square Library in Dorchester serves a population that is struggling to overcome poverty and violence, the Honan-Allston Library serves a neighborhood with less material need but more concerns about upcoming development in the area. My personal observations and my interviews with librarians at both the Codman Square and Honan-Allston Libraries lend insight into both the disparity between and the vibrancy of two distinct neighborhoods in Boston. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Becky Gould https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/80d75b198fd43641235d8afb637739fb.png 7c27eede123cb0a7d4437b499e4dee97 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Fenway Park in the Context Fenway Description An account of the resource With my paper, I am examining Fenway Park in the greater context of the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood. I originally hoped to hear from someone on the Fenway Community Development Committee, but no one returned my correspondences in time. So, I substituted by looking for older news stories about the Fenway CDC’s most recent revitalization efforts. After writing about that for a bit, I will move on to talking about my trip to Fenway. I went down during a game to examine that neighborhood and how the stadium fits in, but also the overall atmosphere of the people at the time. Finally, I would go to a bar during the game to see more of the atmosphere and how the game itself feeds into it (without spending the money on an actual game ticket). I visited during a Tuesday night home game, and after surveying the perimeter, went into The Lansdowne. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Theo Gerome https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/41256b1a436de6e6750642b188537f20.jpg 8c9592208df387575a6cf107b5128335 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Retention of young Professionals in Boston Description An account of the resource Research question – is Boston actually unappealing to young adults, specifically recent college graduates? The interviews and personal point-of-views from the four individuals offer some insight into the young professionals’ minds but they are by no means representative of all young professionals. The inclusion of these four individuals was simply to shed light on the thought of some Ivy League educated individuals and their retention. The decision of the Harvard University students to remain in the Boston area both serves as contradictory to the idea that Boston is unappealing to young professionals because they chose Boston as their post-graduate destination, but their long term plans demonstrate that Boston has not been and will not be appealing enough to remain here long term, which draws validity to the ideas that many professionals hoping to improve Boston have suggested and the initiatives to improve Boston. These individuals demonstrated short-term appeal for Boston because of opportunity or circumstance, but eventually plan to move away. The interesting addition was the Columbia University student who finds Boston appealing and would consider relocating to the Boston area at some point in the future. Nonetheless, among the reports demonstrating a higher than expected retention of young professionals and the idea that the “brain drain” exists, there is an inconsistency and room for improvement. A single conclusion cannot be drawn from the retention of young professionals in Boston. Many professionals believe more can be done to make Boston nightlife more appealing, affordable, and accessible in addition to providing more transportation for the suburb dwellers who cannot afford the city’s rent. The “brain drain” has not been disproven even though BRA / UMass report demonstrates that retention is higher than previously perceived, but as Hopper’s blog mentions, the report could be stronger if it included more comparison and more sources. There are initiatives in place but they require civic engagement, meaning they require more motivation from the busy young adults, and although the individuals I interviewed are staying or have stayed in Boston, their intentions are short term and Boston is weeded out by other options because their initial reasons for staying in Boston came out of circumstance or opportunity. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Erika Garcia https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/445bb2bb3cae3d1b7eace62db8ca715e.png 22b7bb2b938590c9f51bacd229b94757 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Exploring Public Transit as a Case Study for Language Policy in Boston Description An account of the resource I report on research to investigate the availability of information and services in languages other than English at six M.B.T.A. subway stations, and frame these results with data regarding language usage in Boston. I then analyze the problem (almost complete lack of available services in foreign languages) and finish with policy recommendations for the M.B.T.A. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jake Freyer https://s3.amazonaws.com/atg-prod-oaas-files/usworld24/original/670f95a7d5bd15094ffd3aeb38ae3980.jpg 2420d7fab88e5c4ca6b6ef206ab48699 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Final Projects Spring 2015 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Through Other Eyes Description An account of the resource This project was done in an effort to reconnect with a lot of my friends that I have made within the Latin American community here in Boston, and elsewhere. The idea behind the project was to develop an overarching idea, if that was possible, of how this particular community viewed Boston. Are there opinions to be skewed one way or the other? Will their opinions of the city depend heavily on their personal experiences within their community or will it depend on this ‘imaginary’ Boston that they carry around with them? All-in-all, I was a little surprised at how little was said about the food (sea-food), museums, symphonies, and historical significance of the area which is to say that 0 of the 18 people that I interviewed mentioned any of those things. A lot of the focus was on the weather, which is understandable, and the sports teams, mostly the Red Sox. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jordan Ellett