This course explores the working-class immigrant city, using language and culture as a lens for understanding how new communities form, evolve, and integrate. In focus are three of New York's fastest-growing but least-studied groups: Indigenous Latin Americans, Himalayans, and Central Asians. Students will have the chance to read and hear accounts directly from community members while also grappling with broader questions around urban space, education, policy, and the future of mobility, with site visits and field research wherever possible.
4 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
This course explores the working-class immigrant city, using language and culture as a lens for understanding how new communities form, evolve, and integrate. In focus are three of New York's fastest-growing but least-studied groups: Indigenous Latin Americans, Himalayans, and Central Asians. Students will have the chance to read and hear accounts directly from community members while also grappling with broader questions around urban space, education, policy, and the future of mobility, with site visits and field research wherever possible.