A Parade of Identities: Negotiation of Ethnic Identities in Three New York City Cultural Parades

Author

Julia M. Herrera-Moreno, The Graduate Center, City University of New YorkFollow

Date of Degree

2-2019

Document Type

Capstone Project

Degree Name

M.A.

Program

Liberal Studies

Advisor

Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis

Subject Categories

Migration Studies | Multicultural Psychology | Race and Ethnicity | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Sociology of Culture

Keywords

Cultural manifestation, Migration, Ethnicity, History, Acculturation, social movements

Abstract

“A Parade of Identities” is a digital project that applies social theories of international migration, psychology and cultural anthropology to ethnographic visual data in order to analyze ethnic identity and urban space appropriation found in three of New York City’s cultural parades. The project traces and analyzes the historical meaning and emerging directions in terms of ethnic identity construction, of NYC immigrant parades through the use of the author’s photography and video collections (2012-2018) of St. Patrick’s Day, Columbus Day and Chinese New Year parades, in association with a website and blog via digital humanities’ platform. Additionally, by activating the blog platform, the project looks to create a dialogue, about some of the aspects of the complexity of living in a global city such as New York City.

Comments

Online component: https://nyjhm.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

Recommended Citation

Herrera-Moreno, Julia M., "A Parade of Identities: Negotiation of Ethnic Identities in Three New York City Cultural Parades" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/gc_etds/3066