Options Potential for UROP Funding Overview This project investigates the demographic realities behind redlining by analyzing HOLC maps across select U.S. cities and tracing how the practice evolved over time. While the racial bias—particularly against Black neighborhoods—is well documented, less attention has been paid to the extent to which redlined areas also included working class […]
Options Potential for UROP Funding Overview Work with BU faculty member and Swedish Anthropologist to translate book from Swedish into English. https://www.bokus.com/bok/9789198610932/italiensk-amerikaner-i-bostons-north-end-en-omanalys-av-william-foote-whytes-faltanteckningar/ Student should be proficient in Swedish and English. Goal is to produce working translations of each chapter with help of Google or other AI translation machines which will then be revised by proficient […]
James Pasto teaches seminars on Dream Theory, Boston’s North End, and Cultural Anthropology. He is a co-founder of the North End Historical Society and editor of its journal.