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From ‘More Than a Score’

"Science is about asking questions and learning how to find your own answers. It turns out that's not a bad way to approach literature, or mathematics, or history, or art, or social studies, or anthing else that you want to learn about. But formulating you own questions and then trying to figure out what you might do to answer them takes a great deal of time. And when you're dealing with a population of students whose natural intelligence, curiosity, creativity, and brilliance tend not to resgister so well on standartized tests, then, if the stakes attached to those test are high, time is one thing you don't have." - Brian Jones

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Thanks for posting!

FINISHED PRODUCT: “Life Dont Have to End”

(can’t believe I didn’t post these btw)

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(Philadelphia, 1200 block 15th street - 4:30am)

In the 1970’s cardboard production rose exponentially. At the same time hundreds of homes were gutted across the Bronx, leaving large chunks of linoleum flooring without a use. Both of these products were notoriously dumped throughout the Bronx. As social services were cut and federal, state and city disinvestment continued, the youth of the Bronx took these two discarded commodities, along with the funk, reggae, and disco music of the era to.manifest ‘breaking’ - a novel dance form with a historical legacy linked to colonial and imperial diasporas.

This begs the question, where are the new informal dumping grounds - and what are those living there doing for fun?

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Using fiction to explore social facts! Design often uses speculation as a way to imagine objects freed from constraints of time, technological limitations, and other aspects of present reality. What value might ethnographers find in utilizing speculative approaches? Answering this question...

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Short Labor History of Sparrow’s Point Final Copy for printing Copy *7/10 6:02 pm | Piktochart Infographic Editor

Infographic I made that is meant to be a brief labor history of Sparrows Point Steel Mill.

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A look at Sharp-Leadenhall’s youth cleaning up their neighborhood as a part of their summer jobs. The Clean and Green team is a South Baltimore Partnership p…

It was great to observe and interact with a group of young men that are willing to take an initiative in their community. It's by no means easy for guys in high school to publicly represent their neighborhood in a positive way, and these fellows are doing just that. Their eagerness to help clean up the community is a testament to the camaraderie which is woven into numerous urban neighborhoods, that more often than not, go unrecognized by mainstream media. Geographical location makes no difference when pressing for positive change, and these guys are definitely making great strides in that direction. Reflecting back on the seemingly "blink of an eye" time spent with the South Baltimore Partnership, I count each moment a blessing, that will not soon be forgotten. Big Up to the Clean & Green crew!

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Interesting. About a week ago I heard a guest on npr discuss how real-time data regarding athleticism of players during this years world cup have been utilized to see, just how well individuals match up against each other on the field. >http://www.npr.org/2014/07/02/327797221/from-missiles-to-the-pitch-the-story-behind-world-cup-tech

Baseball to Anthropology by the Wire

http://online.wsj.com/articles/billy-beane-on-the-future-of-sports-a-tech-driven-revolution-1404762964

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Switcharoo, looking professional too!

Members of the Clean and Green Team turning the tables on Anthropology by the Wire researchers.

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A day well spent with South Baltimore Partnership's Clean & Green crew

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Substance within Clean & Green

Time was spent during the end of Clean and Green's work day and all went went well. Claire, Raul, I arrived as the crew was taking a break from the heat to enjoy lunch. It was nice that we caught them on their break because it allowed us to kick back and have easy going conversations. Topics were sparked about college life, utilizing their flip camera's, and hashing over old sponge bob episodes, I'm a fan, I admit it. The importance of small talk I feel, opens the gates to more formal dialogue in the future, which is what ended up happening soon after lunch ended. After break, Sam led the guys to one of the playgrounds in Solo Gibbs Park that was in need of clean up. As the crew started working, we powered up our handycam and audio recorder making sure both pieces of equipment were in good working order. "Check, check" Raul calibrates audio quality, and Claire has the camera in hand. The boys know that we are filming a documentary about them but it doesn't necessarily dissolve the nerves that can disrupt a person's train of thought when an interview is being conducted. So to alleviate some of this pressure it helped to just talk about some other subjects that didn't pertain to C&G first, then slide into the interview. Edward was the lead off interviewee simply because he was the closest to us at the time, plus I was talking with him as we walked to the playground. I think it made him feel a bit more comfortable about speaking into the camera. He hit on a few good points about the C&G project, and I found out through the interview that it was his third year of involvement with this project. After Eddy's interview the ball kept rolling, and a few more interview's were recorded. It worked out well because as the interview process went along the crew was still cleaning the grounds which gave me the opportunity to snap some still shots of them working as well as the location we were in. Off camera the guys are more than willing to talk and just be who they are as individuals, allowing me to do the same. I'm looking forward to spending more time with the crew tomorrow to see where it takes us.

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Yes I love it! This should be seen more frequently on campus grounds!

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Active Connections

Summer in Baltimore is here, and the mercury tells no lies. The young men involved in Clean and Green are hard at work, as are we, engulfed with Anthropology by the Wire. As most of us know, when you work hard, it's necessary to get your mind off chiseling the tablet, and unwind a little. After spending some time with the C&G team on Monday, we followed up on a request to play a pick up game of baseball, a great opportunity to unwind, right? Moses, Crystal, Claire, Raul and I meet up with Darious and Edward, following them over to the diamond in Solo Gibb park, tucked away in a section of Sharp-Leadenhall. From the field, looking east, cars fill a large parking lot located underneath I-395. The light rail can be seen gliding along both north, and south from the Hamburg station. M&T Bank Stadium provides a moutainesque backdrop of concrete, steel, and purple accents. The scene has me captivated in a sense of wonder. The highway above acts as immense beams cutting across the sky. A massive billboard steals ocular depth to the south. I feel so small in the midst of structures that seem to constrict and wrap around us. In the midst of this space, the sun beats down relentlessly with clouds few and far between as the aging afternoon hours progress. Darious and Eddy break out their gear and we started warming up, both in temperature and, you know, tossing the ball around and taking some practice cuts with the bat. In the distance Stefon makes his way to join us. His brother Devin joined in a little later on as well. We split up into teams and started playing. Let me just say something, those guys in C&G, can crush a baseball! A chain link fence lined the back of the outfield which got throughly acquainted with the ball soaring over it. Come to find out, most of the guys have played on teams and it was no surprise. The whole game was lighthearted and produced some beneficial interactions between all of us. A sense of comfortability settled in as we played America's great pastime. Laughter for the most part can be useful when gauging the overall mood of a group, and there was a lot of that going on. It was interesting to see some passerby’s heading to the Oriole's game somewhat fixated on what we were up to. Although the game was nothing new to the black and orange fans, they still felt compelled to observe us as they walked along. Thinking back, I feel when positivity is in the air, people can't help but catch a whiff, and hopefully it leaves an impression which pollinates the hearts of others.

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Hot off the press. Featuring Ms Bland-Thomas and Dr. Durington