how we arrived...list of topics

list of possible topic:


-New School Gym:
The fact that the New School does not maintain a
gym is a great issue for many who attend the university.

-New School Cafeteria problem:
The New School lacks adequate dining facilities and
needs to explore expanding the current “cafés.”

-Transportation,
limitations of public transit, rising costs, compensation for students
who live in the far-off dorms and are forced to take public transit.

-Global warming, impacts on NYC, rising sea levels,
climate change, green living, a greener New School.

-Economic turmoil, falling real estate prices, mortgages,
NYC small business, New School loans/financial aid.

-Personal identity, concept of “self,” heritage,
social/economic status, ethnicity, religion, personal defining characteristic.

-Stereotypes
and misconception, labels, minorities, the “isms” (racism, sexism,
ageism etc. etc.) how that factors into and affects large and small
communities.

-Identity of community, cultural diversity, history,
economic history, influences, demographic

-Diversity and culture, NYC the “melting pot,”
how diversity affects a community.

-Gentrification,
the destruction of unique communities, affordable living conditions,
forcing low-income/minorities out, undermining of sense of “community,”
how to reverse gentrification, how to incorporate new
investments/money/residents back into the community, avoid economic
stagnation, restoration/preservation of historic/community significant
sites.



we were interested in the ideas of personal Identity and of
Stereotypes- misconceptions and labels and that type of deal, but found
it to be too broad.

That we focused on the idea of the Identity of a community and how we
are interested by the diversity that each community, especially the ones
in NYC, possesses.

we decided on gentrification because it threatens that
diversity and the sense of a community Identity and how we are
interested in exploring areas that have either been gentrified, are in
the process of it happening, or might be future areas of gentrification.

Times Square and Hells Kitchen are pretty good examples of where
gentrification has already taken place
Williamsburg is a community where it is currently taking place.