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Recalibrating Queens

Recalibrating Queens

Re-examining the past, re-situating the present, re-envisioning the future
Recalibrating Queens
  • Project Info
    • Track 1 – Recent History
    • Track 2 – Longue DurĂ©e
  • Data & Analysis
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  • Resources
    • for Tenants’ Rights
    • for Digital Projects
    • for Activist Scholarship (forthcoming)
    • for Alternative Futures (forthcoming)
    • for Social Movement History (forthcoming)

Category: Data & Analysis

Data & Analysis Phase 1

Understanding Change in Context

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“Change” has come to define Long Island City, and increasingly Western Queens, as new buildings – and land values – go up, and working-class tenants,…

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Data & Analysis Phase 1

“A Tale of Two Cities”: Racialized Geographies in Western Queens

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The following four deductions gleaned from the spatial visualization of changes in Western Queens from 2000-2017. They are not conclusive or endpoints, nor do they…

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Data & Analysis Phase 1

Five Fast Facts: A Spatial Look at Western Queens

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The following are five observations gleaned from the spatial visualization of changes in Western Queens from 2000-2017. They are not conclusive or endpoints, nor do…

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Series of 12 maps side-by-side layered in 3 rows. Showing different data points; but not labeled. Only for decoration.
Data & Analysis Phase 1

Index of Maps 2000-2017

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This series of maps speaks to population and housing trends in western Queens over the last two decades. The images of select datapoints are stark,…

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Screenshot of Spreadsheets of datasets collected and reviewed
Data & Analysis Phase 1

Data & Methodology – Phase 1

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Overview/Goal: To collect data that could speak to how the region of Western Queens had changed over time, specifically with respect to population density and…

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Planning Map of LIC. Decorative purposes. Also on front page of report.
Data & Analysis

Report: Rezoning, New Development & Jobs

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This report was initially created for a Community Meeting organized by the Justice For All Coalition in January 2018. It examines how economic opportunities have…

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Map of LIC showing new development, from Recent Changes in LIC Report Cover.
Data & Analysis

Report: Recent Changes in LIC

admin December 18, 2017 No Comments

An examination of recent changes in LIC.

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Description

Recalibrating Queens is a digital history and activist scholarship project focused on publicly excavating and exploring the historical development and change in Queens. It aims to reexamine the past, resituate the present and reimagine a more just and community-centered future for western Queens.

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Text reading our data, our histories, our futures.

Author Information

Kristen Hackett is an activist, scholar, and educator working towards decolonized, anti-racist, and just urban futures in New York City. She is a member of the Justice For All Coalition and a PhD Candidate and Fellow at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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About

Recalibrating Queens is a digital history and activist scholarship project focused on publicly excavating and exploring the past century of development and change in western Queens.

Conceived & Created by Kristen Hackett

Special Thanks

The Justice For All Coalition

Environmental Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Especially my committee members, Susan Saegert, Michelle Fine, and Tarry Hum.

 

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Digital Initiatives at The Graduate Center

Especially the other GC Digital Fellows and Directors Lisa Rhody and Matt Gold.

New Media Lab at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Contact

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  • @RecalibQns
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