One Day in New York City
S07
Eileen Scully
January 25, 1929—this was not a day of any grand consequence in the scheme of time and history. What was this lived day like for an individual living in New York City? What difference to that day’s demands and experiences arose from the fact of this individual’s gender, race, age, heritage, location in the city? How were these individual experiences on this one day the same or at odds with experiences 50, 100, 200 years earlier? What changes came in daily routines over the next five decades? What was “democratic” in the thinking, doing, routines, expectations, and frustrations of this individual? Using an experimental “one day” methodology for exploring larger histories, the course engages readings from a variety of disciplines and time periods. Written work (exposition, analysis, first-person historically grounded fiction), independent term projects (individual or collaborative), presentations to the group, and field trips are expected.