Greektown Voices was produced by UMBC students in American Studies and Media & Communications Studies during the Spring 2015 Semester.
Check out the podcast Greektown in Transition, which aired on The Marc Steiner Show on May 22, 2015.
The Marc Steiner Show host and producers worked with students at UMBC, the University of Maryland Baltimore County, on Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition, an interdisciplinary project that brought students into Baltimore City to study neighborhoods, where they conducted interviews with local residents and workers.
We’re excited to bring you the UMBC student-produced radio stories that came out of these courses. We take an audio trip through the East Baltimore neighborhood of Greektown and explore its history, identity and complexity.
American Studies 388 (Landscape and Culture) examines the relationships people have to place, and how places and spaces — from rural to urban contexts — are shaped by people’s cultural knowledge and traditions. In particular, the course is focusing on learning the history, culture, and changes of the Greektown neighborhood through ethnographic interviews with community members. Questions that will guide our research include: How have Greektown residents shaped the neighborhood over the course of the 20th century through to today, and What makes it a distinctive and significant place to those who know it best?
Media & Communication Studies 370 (Production Fellows) is an advanced seminar in field production techniques. Teamed with AMST 388 students, the production fellows spent time this semester working in the Greektown to capture the stories of its residents and the changing community.
Photos provided by the New Media Studio.