Project Title: Exploring the Perspectives of the 4 Main Ethnic Enclaves of Northern Brooklyn
BASIS Advisor: Mr. Hirsch
This project centers on gathering and analyzing the opinions of members of the four established ethnic enclaves in Greenpoint and Williamsburg. While other ethnicities and groups of people exist in the area, the Polish, Italian, Puerto Rican, and Jewish communities are the most defined and easily recognizable. However, in the past 30 so years, gentrification has become a complex socio-economic issue in the region, while little scholarly research has been done in the area specifically. As a result, my project aims to fill this gap by conducting interviews with members of each of the enclaves and recording their responses in a scholarly manner, to provide a scientific, organized historical record to be referenced in the future.
My Posts
Done with paper!
May 09, 2022
Hello Everyone, I am officially finished with my AP Research project! Granted, the process to reach the end goal was more than a little stressful, owing to the inevitable procrastination associated with any assignment. Regardless, I spent the last 3 weeks fervently typing away, presenting on friday and submitting my paper on the deadline itself: […]
CRUNCH TIME! AHHHHHHHhhhhh…….. phew
Apr 28, 2022
Hello everyone, a lot has been going on. I finalized my data, completed a rough draft of my paper, and created a workable presentation for submission tomorrow. I don’t have much to add at the moment, though I look forward to both discussing my personal findings regarding the ethnic enclaves I surveyed, and providing an […]
A two week project recap.
Apr 21, 2022
Hello everyone! I’m sorry for not posting last wednesday. A lot has been going on regarding me and my project progress. Essentially, I’ve made good progress regarding setting up interviews, and beginning to collect a sizeable amount of survey and interview data, which I can analyze to determine the similarities and differences in ethnic perceptions […]
An Update.
Apr 06, 2022
Hello everyone, time flies. I’ve been getting the ball rolling regarding interviews, and some other logistical stuff, all behind the scenes. Other than my grandma recovering from a serious heart surgery and thus preoccupying me the past few days, everything has been steady. -Till next wednesday, Stas.
An Update on My Progress.
Mar 30, 2022
Hello everyone, I just got back from Spring Break. As a result, not much has changed since my last blog post, barring some modification to the way I will collect my data. For now, the plan is to begin data collection late this week or early next week, and to go from there. Rest assured, […]
First Post!
Mar 03, 2022
Hello, I am Stas. My AP Research project revolves around cataloging the opinions of members of the 4 ethnic enclaves (Jewish, Polish, Italian, and Puerto-Rican) in Northern Brooklyn, regarding their perception on gentrification. I will be conducting interviews quite soon, the results of which I will be publishing here. After completing the information gathering stage, […]