https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/andrewp1018/activity/ Activity feed for Andrew Poccia. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 efe508a3e4dcae631c69b8500c040f43 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=81509 Tue, 26 Nov 2019 16:17:04 -0500 Before our meeting with Mrs. Essie Gregory last week I was unsure of what to expect of what a United Order of Tents member would be like. I thought whoever we would be meeting would be much less open about their experience inside the organization. This was based on what I have learned about the organization, being a more secretive and exclusive…[Read more]

]]> 582b40ae5a8854c4c7a0db59c4a9b7c7 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=81310 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 05:31:14 -0500 Each article from this week gives us an understanding of how graffiti can provide us with cultural information in certain areas when viewed through an archaeological lens. When reading this week I couldn’t help but to think about my encounters with graffiti growing up in my neighborhood or in school, on the train, etc. When thinking about graffiti…[Read more]

]]> fdac2127d2f20db7aa15036363740b41 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=80878 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 04:10:48 -0500 This weeks articles show us what can be discovered about a society based solely the garbage left behind. In Jessica Leigh Hester’s “Exploring a Hidden Archive of New York City’s Historic Trash” she explores the history of the garbage items found in in the city that are now artifacts. Items from a specific time period can show a lot about the ways…[Read more]

]]> f8d0fcc7def7ac2852ea7c1e7c15d834 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=80466 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 05:02:47 -0400 I visited the Stonewall Inn on Tuesday during the afternoon around 3 pm. It was pretty quiet around that time which was expected. The Stonewall Inn is definitely a place that I have learned about in history class and even passed by many times while walking around the village. Something that immediately struck me about the place was the old feel…[Read more]

]]> 39d56a49209fcf1be4af442a869621ef https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=80048 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 04:21:08 -0400 “Sacred Dinners and Secular Teas: Constructing Domesticity in Mid- 19th- Century New York” by  Diana Di Zerega Wall explores some findings from Greenwich Village homes dating back to around the mid 1800s. It is very fascinating to learn about the process of discovering some of the history of the pieces like the ones discussed in the article. The…[Read more]

]]> edb49e01a7440ffdf9ec62be9004f264 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=79486 Fri, 04 Oct 2019 20:38:23 -0400 Thursday’s lecture given by Jaskiran Dhillon coincided well with one main theme that we have been discussing as a class over the past few weeks that being, displacement. Dhillon shared some of the work she had done as well as her experience involving the protests at the Standing Rock Reservation. After talking about her interactions and time spent…[Read more]

]]> 54af0fd38c64320c201f970a2087cad9 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=79039 Tue, 24 Sep 2019 04:10:31 -0400 Both Kathryn Kuranda’s chapter in A Companion to Cultural Resource Management and Michael Allen’s “What Historic Preservation Can Learn From Ferguson” focus on the goals and intentions behind Cultural Resource Management and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Kuranda presents us with the a more concrete and fact based understanding of…[Read more]

]]> 2b18e17db96a25008d13db08a3de867b https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=77834 Sat, 31 Aug 2019 00:49:22 -0400 In Paul Mullins’ “Race and Prosaic Materiality: The Archaeology of Contemporary Urban Space and the Invisible Color Line” and Craig N. Cipolla’s “Native American Historical Archaeology and the Trope of Authenticity” both authors shed light on some issues in regard to race culture that have been overlooked throughout history and deserve more attent…[Read more]

]]> f6880025a8bfc58c9c522c722703b07f https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/587915/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:29:13 -0400 ed7cba8ff5b6275f990cc4efc150fe56 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/587913/ Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:28:35 -0400