Drawing on four years of ethnographic research in Chiapas State (Mexico), Darién Province (Panama), and Texas, this project examines how U.S. border externalization and changing asylum regimes shape violence, human-rights protections, and community care across three critical border regions in the Americas. The final phase of this ethnographic research in the U.S. focuses on documenting shifting asylum and immigration protections that shape access to health and social services.
Southeast Queens, a majority Black region of New York City, has a disproportionate concentration of environmental hazards, including industrial pollution, sewage back-ups, and illegal dumping. Residents appeal to their state and local government for protection from and mitigation of these harms.
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Folk Dancing: Illustrating the Educational, Civic, and Moral Value of Folk Dancing
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This illustrated booklet discusses the moral value of folk dancing. Part I covers folk and national dances. Part II covers the use of folk dancing in a public school system, as shown by its use by the girls’ branch of the Public Schools Athletic League of New York City.
LUTHER H. GULICK was director of the Department of Child Hygiene at the Russell Sage Foundation.
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This booklet reports on the results of a survey on school social centers sent to 774 school superintendents. It includes charts on cities that reported having schoolhouse social or recreation centers at which there were some paid workers and that reported schools with libraries. The booklet also discusses civic aspects of recent social-center development.
CLARENCE A. PERRY was an urban planner, sociologist, and educator.