American Studies 371.01
Urban America
Roger Williams University
GHH 108
M, Th,  2:00 - 3:20 p.m.
Fall, 2016
Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D
Office: GHH 215
Hours:  M,  12:00-1:00
T-Th 9:30-10:50 or by Appointment
Phone:   (401) 254-3230
E-mail:  mswanson@rwu.edu
For  Monday, November 28
For Thursday, December 1
Streets which divide us rather than connect us
There really is a Division Street in Chicago.  You'll see it on the map above, running east/west through Humboldt Park.  Click on the map to reach a larger version on Google.  Take a look at the names of some of the neighborhoods you'll see:  Whiskey Point top left, Ukrainian Village to the left.  Cities always change, as we've learned so far.  I'd like to have you explore some of the areas here.  What is "Whiskey Point" like?  How about Ukrainian Village?  Some of your cities may have similar areas.  Check them on Google Maps.  Then go check them on City Data.  As it turns out, Ukrainian village does exist there.  Do they exist as "Neighborhoods" in your cities?  You can also get started listening to your Terkel assignments --you'll find they have been added to the menu to the left. Given that they were taped so many years ago, you may need to turn the volume up and listen more than once.  You don't have to listen to just the ones assigned to you.  (Hint, hint.)  Considering these interviews were taped over 40 years ago, I wonder if any of the interviewees are still living.  Terkel himself lived a very long, productive life.
We'll Start our discussion of the citizens of "Division Street" on Monday.  However, I do not think we'll finish that discussion.  We'll continue it on Thursday.
A School in Ukrainian Village, Chicago.  Click on it to prowl around a bit.