The New York Times examines an initiative that helps families in several US cities get out of poverty by fostering the creation of a network of peers and rewarding families for reporting their successess.
July 28, 2011
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Center for Urban Ethnography
University of California, Berkeley: Institute for the Study of Societal Issues
The Center for Urban Ethnography's broad mission is to promote and support interdisciplinary research on urban issues using participant-observation and allied techniques. In this regard, the Center has two mandates: research and training. The primary objective in the area of research is to provide in-depth understanding of issues and problems facing urban environments throughout the world. In the area of training, the primary goal is to instruct undergraduate and graduate students in the principles and techniques of various schools of ethnography.
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Report examining access to and satisfaction with organizations providing leisure time activities for kids in Phoenix.
July 31, 2012
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The classic 1979 documentary “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” is now available online.
October 18, 2011
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University of Pennsylvania Center for Urban Ethnography
University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
The Center for Urban Ethnography (CUE) was founded in 1969 with a major grant from the Center for Studies of Metropolitan Problems of the National Institute of Mental Health. CUE moved to the Graduate School of Education in 1976, where it undertook a series of funded research projects, including studies of urban literacy, urban neighborhood studies and research on a range of urban issues. The expertise of the staff and faculty associates of the Center for Urban Ethnography is nationally recognized in the areas of practitioner research, ethnographic research design, school/community studies, qualitative evaluation and technical assistance, and monitoring classroom instruction and learning environments.
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