Exploring Dorchester and Roxbury Through Neighborhood Institutions

For their third assignment, students in US24 visited a variety of 'third spaces' in Dorchester and Roxbury, such as libraries, coffee shops, bars, restaurants, community and religious centers, and other businesses.  As part of their assignment, students submitted a brief (2-3 paragraph) description of the place they visited and what they observed there, a photograph of that place, and, in some cases, audio from their visit as well. We used these submissions to build this collective online ethnographic map, which also served as the basis of section discussion about the neighborhoods and the sites where community comes together. 

Click on the bubbles to see student submissions about these gathering places.

Click Here to view a full screen version of the map.