1. Field Notes and Photographs Macaulay Honors College Hunter College | Spring 2011 Karen Gregory ITF

2. Course Site & Flickr Add yourself to the course site: http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios peoplingofnewyork/ Then, create a Flickr account: www.flickr.com Next, add yourself to the course Flickrgroup: http://www.flickr.com/groups/eastharlemjournal/

3. Writing Exercise Take two minutes to jot down what the first floor of this building looks like. (On your way out, see what you’ve missed.)

4. What are field notes? Develop a working definition. General observations Details Patterns Anecdotes Questions Primarily a written method

5. What role can photos play? Memory Truthful or deceptive? Captions, notes, annotations, maps. Using the photos, rather than relying on them.

6. Scale and Types of Images The type of images you require depends on the types of questions you are asking. What types of images can you collect? (Other sources, i.e. internet, archives, collections.) What is possible during a site visit?

7. Site Visit The environment: Buildings, green space,the layout of the area. What is there, what isn’t? Social interactions: People, people and place, people and animals. Details that tell: Products, trash, graffiti, posted signs, religious items.

8. Buildings Green Street, Brooklyn Sunday, Feb 13, 2011 1:00 pm Note the ethnicity Manhattan at Freeman Sunday, Feb 13, 2011 1:10pm Who is selling/developing this?

9. Green Street, BrooklynMonday, Feb. 14, 2011 1:15pm Note the development and the architecture. The buildings themselves show change, new markets, gentrification, and changing demographics. This picture also shows the stalled “development .”

10. People Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Monday, Feb. 14, 2011 1:00pm

11. Manhattan Ave, Brooklyn Greenpoint Reformed Chruch 2/14/11 1:00pm Manhattan @ India Bus stop 2/14/11 1:00pm

12. Details Languages spoken Trash products

13. Images lacking information

14. Process for Flickr Upload images, add description, use notes to annotate, add to map, link to group. Things your photo notes must have: Time of day, date, specific location (use map) Additionally, anything interesting that you noticed, questions that came up for you.

15. Video If you take video, please upload this to the course site (embed video on Field Video page) Also include time of day, date, location, notes, etc.