Tag Archives: Northern Manhattan

“I Was Their Midwife”: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on Seventeenth-Century Slave Ships

“I was their midwife”: Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on Seventeenth-Century Slave Ships

By Dr. Andrea Mosterman

August 28th at 12PM
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Ships are usually seen as masculine spaces, and slave ships are no exception. But as the slave voyages database shows, about a fourth of the captives transported on board seventeenth and eighteenth-century Dutch slavers were in fact women. In this presentation, I explore the experiences of women on board these slavers, paying special attention to pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood in these spaces.

 

“Yo Fui su Partera”: Embarazo, parto y maternidad en barcos de esclavos del siglo XVII.

Por la Dra. Andrea Mosterman

28 de agosto a las 12PM

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Los barcos son usualmente vistos como espacios masculinos y los botes que transportaban esclavos no eran la excepción. Pero las bases de datos de esclavizadores holandeses de los siglos XVII y XVIII demuestran que un cuarto de todos los esclavos transportados eran mujeres. En esta presentación exploro las experiencias de estas mujeres a bordo de estas naves, prestando atención especial al embarazo, parto y maternidad en estos espacios.

Cabrini Shrine: Immigration and Prejudice with Author Paul Moses

“Immigration and Prejudice.” Paul Moses, author of An Unlikely Union: The Love-Hate Story of New York’s Irish and Italians, and The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia, speaks on what the New York story—and the personal experiences of Mother Cabrini and famed detective Joseph Petrosino—can tell us about trying to break the historical cycle of prejudice that confronts immigrants, even in this City of Immigrants.

Youth-Created Mural Unveiling & Oral History (2 dates / 2 locations)

 Unveiling of a youth-created mural at PS 368 the William Lynch School (1750 Amsterdam Ave) on Wednesday, August 14th, at 10:30am, and of the debut screening of a youth-created oral history multimedia project, created in partnership with Inwood Community Services and focused on local Inwood history, to be hosted at The Forum at Columbia University (601 W 125th St) on Thursday, August 15th, 3:30pm.

Creative Art Works is a 38-year old creative youth development nonprofit organization that empowers young people through the visual and multimedia arts. These public art projects are being designed, executed, and installed through our Public Art Youth Employment program, which is operated in partnership with the DYCD’s SYEP program.

Two teams of our Youth Apprentices (teens and young adults ages 16-24) have spent the last month conducting research and interviews, developing designs, pitching their concepts, and are now in the process of painting the approved mural and editing the oral history, which they will then present to their friends, family, and more at the August 14th and 15th events.

In total this summer, CAW Youth Apprentices will unveil four public murals and two neighborhood oral history multimedia projects across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens–details about each project unveiling can be found in the attached press release.

Youth-Created Mural Unveiling & Oral History (2 dates / 2 locations)

 Unveiling of a youth-created mural at PS 368 the William Lynch School (1750 Amsterdam Ave) on Wednesday, August 14th, at 10:30am, and of the debut screening of a youth-created oral history multimedia project, created in partnership with Inwood Community Services and focused on local Inwood history, to be hosted at The Forum at Columbia University (601 W 125th St) on Thursday, August 15th, 3:30pm.

Creative Art Works is a 38-year old creative youth development nonprofit organization that empowers young people through the visual and multimedia arts. These public art projects are being designed, executed, and installed through our Public Art Youth Employment program, which is operated in partnership with the DYCD’s SYEP program.

Two teams of our Youth Apprentices (teens and young adults ages 16-24) have spent the last month conducting research and interviews, developing designs, pitching their concepts, and are now in the process of painting the approved mural and editing the oral history, which they will then present to their friends, family, and more at the August 14th and 15th events.

In total this summer, CAW Youth Apprentices will unveil four public murals and two neighborhood oral history multimedia projects across the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens–details about each project unveiling can be found in the attached press release.

Dyckman Farmhouse: “Bled, Cupped, Blister’d and Purged”—Healthcare in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

“Bled, Cupped, Blister’d and Purged”—Healthcare in the 18th and Early 19th Centuries

By Dr. Gretchen Sorin

August 7th at 6:30PM

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Healthcare in the time of the Dyckman Farmhouse, the 18th and early 19th centuries, was dramatically different from healthcare and wellness today, although we can see vestiges of this time in some current practices. The people of the enlightenment made some moves toward cleanliness, but, the lack of indoor plumbing and body cleansing, the difficulty of finding clean water, and the lack of sewage systems contributed to a host of health problems, as did a limited number of effective medicines. Inspired by an exhibition developed by the Cooperstown Graduate Program, “Health and Hygiene at a 19th century Farmhouse,” this talk will highlight medical practices in this period and the care available to both wealthy landowners and the enslaved people who shared their households.

 

“Sangrado,ventosaterapia, ampollas y purgado”: ​​la atención médica en el siglo XVIII y principios del XIX

Por la Dra. Gretchen Sorin

7 de agosto a las 6:30 PM

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La atención médica en la época de Dyckman Farmhouse, el siglo XVIII y principios del XIX, era dramáticamente diferente de la atención médica y el bienestar actuales, aunque podemos ver vestigios de esta época en algunas prácticas actuales. Las personas del Siglo de las Luces hicieron algunos avances hacia la limpieza, pero la falta de plomería interior y de limpieza corporal, la dificultad para encontrar agua potable y la falta de sistemas de alcantarillado contribuyeron a una serie de problemas de salud, al igual que un número limitado de medicamentos. Inspirada en una exposición desarrollada por el Programa de Graduados de Cooperstown, “Salud e higiene en una granja del siglo XIX”, esta charla destacará las prácticas médicas en este período y la atención disponible tanto para los propietarios ricos como para los esclavos que compartían sus hogares.