Welcome back fellow Commoners! It’s the beginning of a new semester and the changes around The Commons is pretty obvious. The recent push to make teaching on the Commons easier …
Author: Paul L. Hebert
Kristen Hackett is a PhD candidate in environmental psychology program and a GC Digital Fellow at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Justice For All Coalition. Her scholarship and activism focus on housing and community development. Learn more at http://kristenhackett.info.
In Common Spotlight: Interview with Michelle Zimmer, creator of The Bronx Was Brewing
Welcome fellow Commoners, I’m happy to bring you all another spotlight on a #maker here at the Commons, Michelle Zimmer’s project The Bronx was Brewing. In the years before prohibition, …
In Common this week: Interview with Ned Benton of New York Slavery Records Index
Dear fellow Commoners, I have another behind-the-scenes look for this week! Below, I present an interview with Ned Benton, Co-Director of the New York Slavery Records Index and Professor at John Jay College. …
Social Media…What’s at Stake Now?
Social Media…What’s at Stake Now? You are invited to attend a very special event organized by us, GC’s Program Social Media Fellows! Social Media in Theory & Praxis: What’s at …
In Common this week: “Departed but not gone”
Welcome fellow Commoners, This week I’m looking backwards at sites that have been left dormant on the Commons and offer a kind of “distant reading. The title of this post …
Social Media in Theory and Praxis: Chris Caruso
Social Media in Theory and Praxis: Chris Caruso In preparation for our upcoming panel discussion “Social Media in Theory and Praxis: What is at Stake Now?” we wanted to highlight …
