Experiential Education
- 2022 Gateway National Recreation Area Summer Research Fellowship - Supported by the National Park Service in partnership with the CUNY Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay
- Working with the Flatbush African Burial Ground - Dr. Kelly M. Britt conducted an applied anthropology project with her ANTH 4635 Seminar in Museum Techniques class during the Fall 2022 semester.
Past Projects
Storytelling the Transformation of Urban Landscapes: Race, Racism, and the Legacy of Public Health Initiatives
Dr. Kelly M. Britt conducted this applied research project with her ANTH 3420 Urban Archaeology class during the Spring 2021 semester with the generous support of CUNY’s Research in the Classroom Grant. Working in partnership with Weeksville Heritage Center, students engaged in a variety of anthropological and archaeological methods to collect data they used to create group StoryMaps illustrating the changing landscape of Bed Stuy/Crown Heights Brooklyn through time focusing on cemeteries and mutual aid societies past and present.
See their StoryMaps here:
- Contemporary Mutual Aid Societies
- Mutual Aid Societies in Bedford-Stuyvesant
- History of Citizen’s Union/Mount Pleasant Cemeteries
- Citizen’s Union Cemetery - Past & Present
Who Owns 87 McDonough Street? An Introduction to the Tents
Brooklyn Public Library, Macon Street Branch and the African American Heritage Center, celebrated Women’s History month in March 2021 with the virtual event Who Owns 87 McDonough Street? An Introduction to the Tents. This event explored the legacy of Black women as organizers throughout history, with focus of the United Order of Tents, Eastern District # 3, a 154-year old benevolent society focused on abolition and caring for Black communities who calls the 158 year-old house at 87 McDonough Street home. The talk highlighted the history of the organization and the house through stories from the Tent sisters, community leaders, preservation advocates, such as Dr. Kelly Britt, and other Friends of the Tents, who are working to preserve the legacy of the organization and the home they are situated in. You can visit the Tents' website, made possible by BC Student Julia Leedy, for more information and to watch a recording of the event.
