THEPEOPLINGOFNEWYORK
MACAULAYHONORSCOLLEGESPRING2016
FRESHMANSEMINARATHUNTERCOLLEGE,CUNY
Instructor
ClassSchedule
FatimaShama
Monday
[email protected]
6pm-8:30pm
@RooseveltHouse,47-49E65thSt
Room204
ClassWebsite
http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/shama16/
InstructionalTechnologyFellow
OfficeHours
MarissaBellino
IfyouwouldliketomeetwithFatimaorMarissaplease
[email protected]
emailusandwewillarrangeaspecifictimetomeetwith
you.
CourseDescription
Inthisseminar,studentsinvestigatetheroleofimmigrationandmigrationinshapingNew
YorkCity’spast,present,andfuture.Seminartopicsinclude:thefactorsthathavedriven
anddrawpeopletoNewYorksincethe17thCentury;thedifferentwaysthatreligion,race,
gender,andethnicityhaveshapedimmigrantencounterswithandwithinthecity;the
formalandsocialorganizationofimmigrantcommunitiesinsuchneighborhoodsasthe
LowerEastSide,Harlem,LittleItaly,Chinatown,Astoria,Flushing,SunsetPark,and
Stapleton;therelationshipbetweenimmigrantsandtheirrolewithinthecity’seconomy;
theimpactofsuccessivewavesofnewcomersonurbancultureandpolitics;andthe
continuingdebatesoverintegration,assimilation,andAmericanization.
Readingandwritingassignmentswillbeenrichedbyneighborhoodwalkingtours,guest
lecturers,filmscreenings,andmore.Theclasswillalsoreceivetrainingondocumentary
filmmakingandotheron-linemediumstohelpenrichtheculminatingproject.The
culminatingprojectforthissemesterisashortdocumentaryfilmthatwillbesharedinclassandexhibitedatafinalcommonevent.
CourseBooks
Nobooksneedtobepurchasedforthecoursesincethecoursewillborrowfrommany
books,andwillincludemanyarticlesandotherreadings.Manychapterswillbeincluded
fromOneOutofThree:ImmigrantNewYorkintheTwenty-FirstCentury,editedbyNancy
Foner.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress.Copiesofthechapterswillbeavailable
electronically.
Allthereadingswillbeaccessibleelectronically,underthe“Materials”and“Readings”
subsectionofourclasswebsite.Therewillalsoberegularreadingsinethnicand
communitypress,appropriatewebsitelinkswillbeprovidedforyou.Iwillalsoadd
readingsasthesemesterevolvesandthosewillbepostedandsenttoyou.
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PlagiarismPolicy
Ifyoudrawonmaterialwrittenbysomeoneelse,youmustacknowledgetheirworkby
enclosinganydirectquotationsinquotesandbycitingallresourcesproperly.Whenyou
drawuponaconceptoratheorydevelopedbyanauthor,evenwhenyoudonotquoteor
paraphrasethatauthor,citetheirworkappropriately.Whenindoubt,refertothe“Writing
fromSources”guidepublishedbytheHunterCollegeReadingandWritingCenterand
availablebothhere(http://rwc.hunter.cuny.edu/reading-writing/on-line/qpp.html)and
onourBlackboardsite.AllcasesofplagiarismwillbereportedottheDean’soffice.
Assignments/Expectations
ContributionsinClassandParticipationinTours*
15%
WritingAssignments
32%
Personalimmigrationandintegrationessay(3pages)
WeeklyPressHighlights—therewillbe3(1-2pages)
ResearchPaper&InterviewProject(10-12pages)
20%
GroupShort-DocumentaryFilm
18%
GroupPresentation
15%
ClassDiscussions&Participation
Wewillspendmostclassesdiscussingrequiredreadingsandhearaboutsomeofthe
weeklyassignments.Itisvitalthatyoudothereadingsontimeandcomereadytotalk
aboutthem.Inadditiontotakingnotes,Isuggestyoucometoclasswithacoupleof
questionsoropinionsaboutwhatyouread.Ifyoucometoclassontimeandcontribute
frequentlytoclassdiscussionsandparticipateenthusiastically,youcanexpectaverygood
participationgrade.
Tours
Wewilldoneighborhoodtoursatleasttwiceduringthesemester.Eachonewillbe
betweentwoandthreehourslong.Thetoursaremandatoryandanimportantpartofthe
class.Iwillkeepyouinformedonthedatesandclasses,andlocations.
WritingAssignments
PersonalImmigration&IntegrationEssay
Youwillwritea3-pageessayonyourfamily’simmigrationhistoryandintegration
experiences.Thisincludesgenerationsago.Youwilldiscusswhereyou/yourfamilycame
from,whyyou/yourfamilyimmigratedtotheUnitedState,andwhereyou/yourfamilyhas
settledsince.Youwillalsowriteaboutyou/yourfamily’sintegrationexperiences,
includinglearningtheEnglishlanguage,educationandschools,jobs,religion,identity
formation,andcivicandpoliticallifeintheUnitedStatesandabroad.Inparticular,Iwant
youtothinkabouthowwellyouthinkyouandyourfamilyhaveintegratedandwhathas
madetheintegrationprocessdifficultoreasy.Additionalguidelinesfortheassignmentare
providedattheendofthesyllabus.DUEDATE:February22ndatthebeginningofclass.
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WeeklyPressHighlights
Duringthecourseyouwillbeaskedtofindseveralnewsarticlesfromreputablenews
sourcesaboutanissueorissuesaffectingimmigrantsinNewYorkCity.Youwillthenwrite
a2pageessayincludingabriefsummaryofthearticleandhighlightingthecommunityand
issuebeingdiscussed.Youwillalsoincludewhyyouselectedthearticle,whenwarranted
takeapositionontheissueinthearticle,makeanargumentfororagainst,ifappropriate
andifpossible,drawsomeanalogiestothereadingsofthecourseorotherrelevant
discussions,learning,etc.Youarewelcometocompareandcontraststories,draw
analogiesofissuestodaytotheissuesofthepast,etc.Pleaseincludeacopyofthearticleor
thelinktothearticleselected.Wewilldiscusstheseinclass.
Therewillbeatotalofthreeweeklypresshighlightsassignments.
Belowaresomeideasforsitesornewspapersyoushouldvisittofindpossiblearticlesof
interest:
CUNYSchoolofJournalism’sCenterforEthnicandCommunityMedia’swebsite:Voiceof
NewYork:http://www.voicesofny.org/
TheNewYorkTimes
TheStatenIslandAdvance
ElDiarioLaPrensa
TheEpochTimes
CaribNews
TheJewishDailyForward
PleasechecktheClassAssignmentsfordatestheWeeklyPressHighlightsaredue.Theywill
becollectedatthebeginningofclass.
ResearchPaper&InterviewProject
Theresearchpaperandinterviewprojecttogetherwiththegroupshortdocumentaryfilm
willfocusonImmigrants:ContributorstoNYC.Theprojectwillincludetwoindividual
(interviewandpaper)componentstogetherwithagroupcomponent.
InclasswewilldiscussmanyaspectsofhowimmigrantscontributetoNYC,economically,
civically,socially,artisticallyandmore.Youwilllearnaboutthejobsandprofessional
fieldsimmigrantsparticipatein,havedominated,areengagedin,andthroughwhichthey
addtothecity’slocaleconomy,andfacenumerouschallenges.Thiswillincludebutnotbe
limitedtodomesticworkers,artists,streetvendors,taxidrivers,immigrantentrepreneurs,
techstart-upgurus,smallbusinessowners,governmentandelectedofficials,and
professionalslikebankers,doctors,andlawyers.
Theclasswillbedivided,ingroupsofthreeorfour,bydifferentcategories.Youwillselect
anaspectwithinthecategorytoresearch.Theresearchcomponentofthepapermaydraw
onscholarlyliterature,newspaperarticles,websites,reportsbygovernmentagenciesor
non-governmentalorganizations,personalinterviews,andfirst-handobservations.You
willalsoselectanimmigrantadultwithinthecategorytointerview.
Youwillconductoneinterview(ofabout35-45minutes)whichmustincludesomefilm
footagewhichwillbecomeyourcontributiontoyourgroup’sshortfilm.Youwillprovide
anoutlineofyourinterviewguide,conductandrecordtheinterview,andusesomeaspects
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oftheinterviewtohelpinformthehypothesisofyourresearchpaper.Wewilldiscussin
greaterdetailinclassbutyouwillusekeythemesfromtheinterviewandcomparehow
wellyourresearch,thetheoriesandtopicsdiscussedinclassmatchtheimmigrationand
integrationexperiencesofyourrespondent.
Wewillsetasideoneentireclasssessiontofocusontheinterviews,anoutlineofquestions,
howtoconsideryoursubjects,wheretofindthem,andhowtoperhapsbeginthinking
aboutaresearchtopicinalignmentwithyourthoughts.
YouwillalsoreceivetrainingandsupportfromourITF,MarissaBellino,onhowtocapture
footage,whattoolstouseforyourfilms,waystocombinefourshortpiecesintoone,and
more.ITFMarissaBellinowillhostaworkshopwiththeclassaswell.
DUEDATES:
May16th–InClassFilmFestival–ALLFILMS/ALLGROUPSMUSTBEPRESENT
ALLFINALPAPERSDUE:
May23rd(aweekafterourfinalclass)by11:59pmviaemailtoFatimaShama.
*YouwillalltaketheCITIonlineHumanSubjectsResearchcourseandthereforehavesome
guidanceonthedo’sanddon’tsofinterviewing.(Detailsforthiswillbeprovided)
GroupShortFilmDocumentary&GroupPresentation:
Theclass,insmallgroupsasdescribedearlier,willcreatecreativeshortfilmsshowcasing
yourinterviewsandlearningandthestoriesofthemanyimmigrantNewYorkersfeatured.
Insmallgroups,i.e.samegroupsassectors,youandyourgroupwillputtogetherasection
ofwhatwilleventuallybeaseriesofashortsonImmigrants:ContributorstoNYC.(Youcan
comeupwithabetternameforyourfilms.)
Thefilmshouldbeinformative,creative,andhelpshowcaseyourlearning.Iencourageyou
tousetheinterviews,othercreative(andpermissible)footage,usehistoricalfactsand
statisticsaswellasphotos,maps,drawingsoranyothermaterialyougatherthroughyour
research.
Inthelastclass,youandyourgroupwillshowyourfilmsandpresentyourresearch
weavedintoshort(15minute)presentations.
Thegradingofthepresentationwillnotbeparticularlystrictsincethemainideaofthe
presentationistoshowcasethefilmandforyoutoshareyourinterestingresearchand
learningwitheachother.However,demonstratingequalparticipationandgroupsuccess
willinformyourgrade.
LateAssignments
Youmustinformmepriortoaduedate–viaemail–andofferavalidexcusewith
documentation,ifnecessary,ifanextensiononaduedateistobeprovided.
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Week1:February1st
Week2:February8th
Week3:
February15th
CLASSSCHEDULE
WelcomeandCourseIntroduction
Reviewofsyllabus,class,expectations,andgettingtoknowyou.
ExplainingInternationalMigration:WhyDoPeopleMove?
ComingtoAmerica:Why&Who?PartI
READINGS
Massey,DouglasS.1999,“WhyDoesImmigrationOccur?ATheoretical
Synthesis.”Pp.34-52inTheHandbookofInternationalMigration,editedby
CharlesHirschmanetal.NewYork:RussellSageFoundationPress.
Foner,Nancy.2000.FromEllisIslandtoJFK:NewYork’sTwoGreatWavesof
Immigration.NewYork:RussellSageFoundationPress
ReadIntroductionandChapters1
“WhoTheyAreandWhyTheyHaveCome.”Pp.9-35
WewilldiscussyourPersonalImmigration&IntegrationEssayassignment,
whichisdueonFebruary22ndatthestartofclass.
ComingtoAmerica:Why&Who?PartII
READINGS
Foner,Nancy.2000.“WhereTheyLive.”Pp.36-69inFromEllisIslandtoJFK:
NewYork’sTwoGreatWavesofImmigration.NewYork:RussellSage
FoundationPress
Foner,Nancy.2013“Introduction:ImmigrantsinNewYorkCityintheNew
Millennium.”Pp.1–34inOneOutofThree:ImmigrantNewYorkintheTwentyFirstCentury,editedbyNancyFoner.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress
⇔Inclass:VideoofIslandofHope,IslandofTears
NOCLASSES
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Week4:
February22nd
Week5:
February29th
GrowthandDiversity
READINGS
Binder,FrederickM.,andDavidM.Reimers.1995.“DynamicGrowthand
Diversity:TheCityandItsPeople.”Pp.33-58inAlltheNationsUnderHeaven:An
EthnicandRacialHistoryofNewYorkCity.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress.
Lobo,ArunPeterandJosephJ.Salvo.2013“APortraitofNewYork’sImmigrant
Melange.”Pp.35–63inOneOutofThree:ImmigrantNewYorkintheTwentyFirstCentury,editedbyNancyFoner.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress
InClass-WorkshopwithITF,MarissaBellino,onwebsiteandtoolsfor
interviews,workingwithphotosandtext.
PersonalImmigration&IntegrationEssays–DUEatthestartofclass
ImmigrationLawsandAmerica’sFuture
READINGS
Meissner,Doris.2006.ImmigrationandAmerica’sFuture:ANewChapter.
MigrationPolicyInstitute.
“WhyisImmigrationImportant?”Pp.1-19
“WhatiswrongwithUSImmigrationPolicyandPractice?”Pp.19-27
Myers,Dowell.2008.ImmigrantsandBoomers:ForgingaNewSocialContractfor
theFutureofAmerica.“KnowingandMakingtheFuture.”Pp.19-35,and
“DemographicTransitioninCaliforniaandtheUnitedStates.”Pp.36-63.
NewYork:RusselSageFoundation.
“TheEconomicEffectsofAdministrativeActiononImmigration”
CongressionalBudgetOffice,ReportFebruary2015.
ImpactofDACA.“PreliminaryFindingsfromtheNationalUnDACAmented
ResearchProject.”ImmigrationPolicyCenter,August2013.
*WewilldiscussWeeklyPressHighlightsindepth–firstonedueonMarch
14th.*
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Week6:March7th
Week7:March14th
Week8:March21st
ChangingFacesofImmigrantNewYork
READINGS
TheNewestNewYorkers.2013edition.
Chapter2,“GrowthandCompositionoftheImmigrantPopulation.”Pp.9-22
Chapter3,“SettlementPattersofImmigrantsinNewYorkCity.”Pp.23-94
Yoshkikawa,Hirokazu.2011.ImmigrantsRaisingCitizens:UndocumentedParents
andTheirYoungChildren.“TheHiddenFaceofNewYork:Undocumented
ImmigrantParents’RoutestotheCity.”Pp.28-51.
NewYork:RusselSageFoundation.
⇔Inclass:Film“ILearnAmerica”
WeeklyPressHighlight#1–DUEatthestartofclass
Continued-ChangingFacesofImmigrantNewYork
READINGS
THENEWYORKTIMES
“NewYork’sShiftingMosaic”–readandwatchvideos
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/09/nyregion/new-york-citysnewest-immigrant-enclaves.html
AlsoonEPortfolio-PONY15under“PressHighlights”
Lehrer,WarrenandJudithSloan.2003.CrossingtheBLVD:Strangers,Neighbors,
AliensinaNewAmerica.
Studentswillbeassignedaseriesofchapterstoreadfordiscussioninclass.
Chapterswillbeassignedpriorto3/21.
*Youwillbeassignedyourgroups,wewilldiscussGroupProjects,watch
PONY2014and2015documentariesandbegintothinkaboutstrategyto
identifypeopletointerview,andreviewresourcestoconsider.*
ImmigrantsandTheirEconomicContributions
READINGS
Foner,Nancy.2000.“TheWorkTheyDo.”Pp.70-107inFromEllisIslandtoJFK:
NewYork’sTwoGreatWavesofImmigration.NewYork:RussellSageFoundation
Press
DysegaardKaalik,David.2013“ImmigrationandEconomicGrowthinNewYork
City.”Pp.64–89inOneOutofThree:ImmigrantNewYorkintheTwenty-First
Century,editedbyNancyFoner.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversityPress
Readthis:http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/new-york-immigrant7
Week9:March28th
Week10:April4th
Week11:April11th
Week12:April18th
entrepreneurs-innovation-and-welcoming-initiatives-empire-state
⇔Inclass:Movie:TheApplePushers
IN-CLASSWorkshopClasswithMarissaBellino
Discussiononinterviewsandprocessforshortfilms
FatimaShamawillbeoutoftown.
ImmigrantsandTheirEconomicContributionsPartII
READINGS
“AWorldofOpportunity”February2007ReportbyCenterforanUrbanFuture.
ReadPartIandPartII
“BringingVitalitytoMainStreet”January2015ReportbyFiscalPolicyInstitute
andAmericasSociety/CounciloftheAmericas.Readpages2–13
“TheRoleofImmigrantsintheNewYorkCityEconomy”November2013Report
byNewYorkStateComptrollerThomasDiNapoli.
“ImmigrantWorkersandtheMinimumWageinNewYorkCity”January2004
ReportbyFiscalPolicyInstitute.
WeeklyPressHighlight#2–DUEatthestartofclass
WALKINGTOURINQUEENSALONGTHEINTERNATIONALEXPRESS
ROUTE–Subway7LINE
Detailstofollow,butclasswillmeetatasetpointandtraveltoQueenstogether.
IntegrationinNYC’sImmigrantCommunities
READINGS
Oppenheim,Mark.March18,2011.NewYorkTimes“MappingReligiousLifein
theFiveBoroughs,WithShoeLeatherandaWebSite.”
Guest,Kenneth.2003.GodinChinatown:ReligionandSurvivalinNewYork’s
EvolvingImmigrantCommunity.“WalkingonWater”Pp.1-13.
Bakalian,AnnyandMehdiBozorgmehr.2009.Backlash9/11MiddleEasternand
MuslimAmericansRespond.“BacklashagainstMiddleEasternandMuslim
Americans.”Pp.1-31.
CreativeNewYork.June2015ReportbyCenterforanUrbanFuture.Read
“CreativeVoicesfromAroundtheWorld,”Pp.32-34.
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Week13:April25th
Week14:May2nd
Week15:May9th
Week16:May16th
Immigration:Arts,CultureandMedia2010:ACreativeChangeReport.August
2010.ReportbyTheOpportunityAgenda.Pp.5-31.
NOCLASS–SPRINGBREAK
TheNextGeneration
READINGS
Kasinitz,Philip,JohnH.Mollenkopf,andMaryC.Waters.2013“TheNext
GenerationEmerges.”Pp.267-281inOneOutofThree:ImmigrantNewYorkin
theTwenty-FirstCentury,editedbyNancyFoner.NewYork:ColumbiaUniversity
Press
Smith,RobertCourtney.2013“Mexicans:CivicEngagement,Education,and
ProgressAchievedandInhibited.”Pp.246-266inOneOutofThree:Immigrant
NewYorkintheTwenty-FirstCentury,editedbyNancyFoner.NewYork:
ColumbiaUniversityPress
Jimenez,Tomas,“ImmigrantsintheUnitedStates:HowwellaretheyIntegrating
intoSociety?”
http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/integration-jimenez.pdf
⇔Inclass:Movie:LightintheDarkness:NotinOurTown
In-ClassFOCUSonFILMSandFINALPROJECTS
In-ClassWorkshopwithMarissaBellino
In-ClassEditing/GroupworkonDocumentaryFilms
In-ClassDiscussionsonFinalResearchPapers
WeeklyPressHighlight#3–DUEatthestartofclass
FinalClass&GroupPresentations
In-Class–FILMFESTIVAL
FinalResearchPapersDUEMONDAY,MAY23RDby11:59pmviaemailto
[email protected]
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PersonalImmigrationandIntegrationPaper DUE2/22/16
Thegoalofthisassignmentistogetyouthinking,fromapersonalperspective,aboutthe
manyissueswewilltreatinamoreacademicfashionthroughoutthesemester.
Writea3-pageessayinwhichyoudiscussyourpersonal,ifyoumigrated,oryourfamily’s,
ifyourparentsorgrandparentsmigrated,immigrationhistoryandintegrationexperiences
intheUnitedStatesandNewYorkCity.Iencourageyoutotalktorelativesaboutthese
issuesandincludetheconversationsintoyouressay.
Herearesomequestionstoconsider:
1. Wheredidyou/yourfamilyimmigratefrom?When?
2. Whydidyou/yourfamilyimmigratetotheUnitedStates?
a. Whatfactors“pulled”you/yourfamilytotheUS?
b. Whatfactors“pushed”you/yourfamilyfromyournativecountry?
c. Wasmigrationachoiceorforced?
3. Whathaveyou/yourfamily’sintegrationexperiencebeenlike?
a. Wheredidyou/yourfamilysettle?Whythere?
b. Howeasyordifficulthasitbeenforyou/yourfamily?
• TolearnEnglish?
• Toenrollinschool?
• Tofindwork?
• Tomaintainculturaltraditionsandritualsassociatedwithyou/your
family’snativecountry?
a. Doyou/yourfamilyparticipateincivicorganizationsintheUS?Areyou
membersofareligiouscommunity?Oralaborunion?Oranyother
organizationorcommunitythatwouldhelpinfluenceyourintegration
experience?
b. Haveyou/yourfamilyeverexperiencedprejudicebecauseofyourorigins,
accent,race/ethnicity,andordocumentationstatus?Doyou/yourfamily
participateinpoliticalaffairsintheUS?IsyourfamilyNaturalization?
Elections?
4. Overall,howwelldoyouthinkyou/yourfamilyhasintegratedintoUSsociety?
Pleaseexplainwhatfactorsyouthinkhelpedorharmedtheprocess?Personalor
societal–helpfromfamily,orhelpfromgovernmentoranyotherentity.
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