Archiving at a Crossroads

Introduction In fall 2024, as part of the Eugene Lang College’s Social Science Fellowship, I interned in the curatorial department at the Museum of the City of New York. One of my responsibilities involved sourcing archival images for the Urban Stomp: Social Dance in...

Going Analog in the Digital Age

A selection of zines made by students in GNS 210. The front cover of a zine created by London Huser, an MFA graduate student at UW-Madison. Originally from Oklahoma, Huser creates art that explores themes of home, mass production, foodways, regionalism, and more. Her...

Collaborative Ethnography

I had no experience in any sort of documentary filmmaking, and I was worried the process would be intense or heavily academic—the sort of thing you need a sociology degree to fully understand. Everything fell into place pretty quickly, though. The explanations on how...