Queens College Department of Urban Studies Urban Studies 107 Immigrant Communities in Queens

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1 Queens College Department of Urban Studies Urban Studies 107 Immigrant Communities in Queens Course Description New York City s status as a global city reflects, in part, its diverse and dynamic population. This course will focus on immigrant community formations in the borough of Queens, where racial and ethnic diversity is unparalleled. Students will examine the changing demographics and intercultural relations that mark multicultural Queens. They will see how these communities are addressing issues ranging from economic struggles to the formation of new socio-cultural identities to new forms of civic and political participation. This course provides an opportunity for students to analyze their individual identity in the context of the cultural diversity of Queens and to perceive their own community within an increasingly globalized world. Course Objectives 1. Understand current debates and key research topics in immigrant incorporation and urban development, especially in a post-1965 political economic context. 2. Gain familiarity with a range of contemporary theories on the immigrant experience including the concepts of ethnic succession, segmented assimilation, transnationalism, enclaves, and ethnic economies. 3. Gain facility in presenting and discussing complex ideas in class and in written work. 4. Prepare and present a research project that utilizes mixed methods including ethnographic fieldwork, participatory action research, archival research, and visual sociology. General Education This course fulfills two general education requirements. Through its discussion of the racial and ethnic diversity of Queens, it fulfills the US Experience in its Diversity requirement. As it places the individual within this complex social context, it can also be used to fulfill the Individual and Society requirement. Course Grading Attendance and Class Participation 30% Student Discussion Leadership and Reading Synthesis Paper 30% Research Paper/Project 40% 1

2 Course Schedule Week 1 Week 2 Introduction Immigrant Neighborhoods in Global Cities Samers, Michael Immigration and the Global City Hypothesis: Towards an Alternative Research Agenda. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 26, 2: Marcuse, Peter "The Enclave, the Citadel, and the Ghetto: What has Changed in the Post- Fordist US City." Urban Affairs Review, 33, 2: Hum, Tarry Chapter 1, Immigrant Places: Toward a Theory of Global Neighborhoods, Making a Global Immigrant Neighborhood: Brooklyn s Sunset Park, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Week 3 Immigrant Enclaves Zhou, Min Chinese: Divergent Destinies in Immigrant New York, in New Immigrants in New York, ed., Nancy Foner, New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Smith, Christopher and John R. Logan Flushing 2000: Geographic Explorations in Asian New York, in Wei Li, ed., From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb: New Asian Communities in Pacific Rim Countries, University of Hawaii Press. Li, Wei Beyond Chinatown, Beyond Enclave: Reconceptualizing Contemporary Chinese Settlements in the United States, GeoJournal, 64, 1: Week 4 Latino Urbanism Miyares, Ines M From Exclusionary Covenant to Ethnic Hyperdiversity in Jackson Heights, Queens. The Geographical Review, 94, 4: Ricourt, Milagros and Ruby Danta Introduction and Chapter 1. Hispanas de Queens: Latino Panethnicity in a New York City Neighborhood. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Jones-Correa, Michael Chapter 1. Between Two Nations: The Political Predicament of Latinos In New York City. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. Film: My American Girls Week 5 South Asians in Queens 2

3 Khandelwal, Madhulika Introduction, Chapters 1 and 7. Becoming American, Being Indian: An Immigrant Community in New York City. Cornell University Press. Maly, Michael Chapter 4, Beyond Segregation: Multiracial and Multiethnic Neighborhoods in the United States, Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Chhaya CDC Deepening Roots and Creating Space: Building a Better Future for New York s South Asians. Week 6 Black and Afro-Caribbean Queens Gregory, Steven. Chapter 2. Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community, Princeton University Press. Sutton, Constance The Caribbeanization of New York City and the Emergence of a Transnational Sociocultural System. Center for Migration Studies, 7, 1: Roberts, Sam Black Incomes Surpass Whites in Queens. New York Times, October 1. Powell, Michael and Janet Roberts Minorities Affected Most as New York Foreclosures Rise. New York Times, May Powell, Michael That Comeback Trail for the Economy? Here, It s Littered With Foreclosures. New York Times, February 6. Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project What s Going On? Week 7 Community Boards and Urban Governance Sanjek, Roger Color-Full before Color Blind: The Emergence of Multiracial Neighborhood Politics in Queens, New York City. American Anthropologist, 102, 4: Hum, Tarry Planning in Neighborhoods with Multiple Publics: Opportunities and Challenges for Community-Based Nonprofit Organizations. Journal of Planning and Education Research, 29, 4:

4 Week 8 Migrant Civil Society and Political Incorporation McAlevey, Jane Make the Road New York: Success Through Love and Agitation. The Nation, Theodore, Nik and Nina Martin Migrant Civil Society: New Voices in the Struggle over Community Development. Journal of Urban Affairs, 29, 3: Su, Celina "Whose Budget? Our Budget? Broadening Political Stakeholdership via Participatory Budgeting," Journal of Public Deliberation, 8, 2, 1, Week 9 Immigrant Integration and Citizenship Rights Bloemraad, Irene and Els de Graauw Immigrant Integration and Policy in the United States: A Loosely Stitched Patchwork. April, University of California Institute for Research on Labor and Employment Working Paper Series -- Vimo, Jackie and Chung-Wha Hong. A Vision for a Stronger Immigrant New York. Toward a 21 st Century City for All: Progressive Policies for New York City in 2013 and Beyond, ed. by John H. Mollenkopf, The Center for Urban Research, CUNY Graduate Center. Week 10 Immigrant Entrepreneurship Min, Pyong Gap Chapter 3 and 4. Caught in the Middle: Korean Communities in New York and Los Angeles. University of California Press. Kim, Dae Young Beyond Coethnic Solidarity: Mexican and Ecuadorian Employment in Korean-owned Businesses in New York City. Ethnic and Racial Studies 22. 3: Queens Bowles, Jonathan. Immigrant Entrepreneurism: An Engine for Economic Recovery. Week 11 Immigrant Labor Markets Ness, Immanuel Chapters 1 and 2. Immigrants, Unions, and the New U.S. Labor Market. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. Hum, Tarry Persistent Polarization in the New York Workforce: New Findings of Labor Market Segmentation. Regional Labor Review, Center for the Study of Labor and Democracy, Hofstra University, Spring-Summer, 13:

5 Week 12 Remaking Queens: Downtown Flushing Framework Moses, Robert From Dump to Glory. Saturday Evening Post, January 15. Hum, Tarry From Dump to Glory : Flushing River and Downtown Transformation. CUNY Forum, 1, 1: New York City Economic Development Corporation and New York City Department of City Planning Development Framework: Downtown Flushing. queensalive.org/pdf_boa/downtown_flushing_framework.pdf. Paul, Brian and Tom Angotti Flushing Commons: An Analysis of Impacts on Local Business. s%20impact%20-%20final.pdf Vatner, Jonathan For Flushing and Its Waterfront, Time to Think Big. New York Times, April Week 13 Remaking Queens: Flushing Meadows Corona Park Fairness for Queens Coalition - Pratt Center Queens Triple Play: Willets West, Major League Soccer, and the National Tennis Center. _queens_triple_play_final_2.pdf. Meadows, Sarah Flushing Meadows and the Battle for the Real New York. Sánchez, Arturo Ignacio Flushing Meadow Corona Park: Immigrant Civic Engagement or Marginalization? English Language Version, Originally published in QueensLatino.com, November. Sánchez, Arturo Ignacio MLS Soccer Stadium and Community Economic Development? English Language Version, Originally published in QueensLatino.com, December. Week 14 Student Presentations 5