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Down Germantown Avenue
A Visual Introduction to Elijah Anderson's Code of the Street

This twelve minute film, created by Rutgers-Camden students James Flatley and Etienne Jackson in association with Professor Robert Wood, is designed to assist readers of Elijah Anderson's award-winning and widely-read ethnography, Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City, in visualizing the urban terrain that Anderson describes in his introductory chapter. Anderson leads his readers down Philadelphia's Germantown Avenue as a "cross section of the social ecology of a major American city." The film project grew out of Professor Wood's social stratification course in spring 2004 and was carried out by the students during the 2004-5 academic year. The film was first publicly presented at the Eastern Sociological Society meetings in March 2005 (click here for newsletter article). It was also the subject of a nice article by staff writer Vernon Clark in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which included a related slideshow.

Students and faculty are welcome to view the film online as a streaming video or to download the file.

Play Streaming Video (Real Player) Requires Real Player; best with broadband internet connection. Left click on link to play.
Play Streaming Video (Windows Media Player) Requires Windows Media Player, best with broadband internet connection. Left click on link to play.
Play Video at You Tube in two parts Somewhat lesser quality video, but does not require any specific player. Divided into two parts: Part One and Part Two

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Questions or problems? Contact Robert Wood.

 

 
June 11, 2009