2. OBJECTIVES
• Step 1: The Trinity student & Hartford resident:
mutual understanding of each other’s
backgrounds.
• Step 2 : How to efficiently organize our CLI
Public archive.
• Step 3 :Work together to make our home great!
3. RESEARCH & KEY FINDINGS
• Key Readings: “The Right to Research” by Arjun Appadurai,
“Varsity Letters” by Helen Samuels,“Theories of the
Archive from across the disciplines” by Marlene Manoff,
“Archives for All: Professional Responsibility and Social
Justice” by Randall Jimerson, Confronting Urban Legacy:
“Hartford: A Global History” by Andrew Walsh,“The Uses
of Sidewalks: Contact.” by Jane Jacobs. “History of Trinity
College in the Community” Center for Urban and Global
Studies. “Class Struggle on Avenue B:The lower East side
as Wild Wild West” by Neil Smith.
4. RESEARCH
• Creative Project: Billings Forge Community Works and a visit
to the Kitchen at Billings Forge with classmate Michael Natale
• FieldTrips: Walk through Frog Hollow neighborhood, tour of
downtown Hartford by Professor Gieseking, tour of Asylum Hill
neighborhood by Jennifer Cassidy, rush hour driving tour of
East/West Hartford, Chapel talk.
• Interviews with
former students,
Professor
Gieseking, and
Jennifer Cassidy.
5. Home CLI Program Search:
Students
News
Community Partners Hartford Residents FacultyOur Mission
Get Involved!
-History of Hartford
-Case Study Profiles
-Connect with Us
-A Unique Past: A
look at Frog Hollow
Neighbor hood.
- Our People
- A Brief History
- News andYearly Updates
- Current Projects
-Past CLI Courses
-Syllabi
-Our Leaders
-Contacts
- Student FAQ’s
- Involvement
- Case Study Profiles
History of Trinity College
6. WRAP UP
• Understanding both differences and similarities
between city and college.
• Creating an archive to access past projects,
findings, etc.
• Channeling both the city’s and school’s inner
strengths and perspectives to create a better
Hartford!
