The Culturalist » Small World Project http://www.theculturalist.org perspectives of an artist slash activist slash culturalist Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:27:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Small World Project revisited http://www.theculturalist.org/2010/05/02/the-small-world-project-revisited/ http://www.theculturalist.org/2010/05/02/the-small-world-project-revisited/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 13:24:54 +0000 Raquel Wilson http://theculturalist.org/?p=1144 In 2008 I started The Small World Project.  A project where I set out to count the number of new people I would meet over the course of one year.

As things got busier, I soon stopped making notations of all the new faces I was meeting and the project fell by the wayside.  I've decided to pick the project up again.  I will document the number of new people I meet form 1 May 2010 - 30 April 2011.

And the count starts with the amazing young people I met yesterday at The Stoop (who, incidentally, have inspired me to create a short project about teenage love):

I apologize in advance for not remembering all the names of the students, but I will follow with their names soon.

#1 - Stooper young lady #1
#2 - Stooper young man #2 who is dating Stooper young lady #1
#3 - Stooper young man #3 who loves to sing and do dance routines from old R'n'B artists
#4 - Tevin, a Stooper who loves to dance and asked me, "you got any moves?"

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February 21, 2009
#94 - Blue
#95 - Li
#96 - Chad
#97 - Nishette
#98 - Nishette's sister
#99 - Gary
#100 - Gary's business partner
#101 - Kristen

March 4, 2009
#102 - Rachel Falcone

March 12, 2009
#103 - Pino
#104 - Ever Martinez
#105 - Edita
#106 - Oscar
#107 - Diplomat from the United States Embassy in Honduras
#108 - Diplomat's oldest daughter
#109 - Diplomat's youngest daughter
#110 - Diplomat's husband
#111 - Shirley

March 15, 2009
#112 - Stephanie
#113 - Patrick
#114 - Hermando

March 16, 2009
#114 - Tynesha McHarris
#115 - Jabril
#116 - Elena

March 11, 2009
Special note: My roommate had a small party for her birthday on this date. I met several of her friends. Unfortunately it was such a good time, I've forgotten most of their names. So I'm going to count fifteen new people as a group for this date.
#117-#132 - Jamie's friends

February 27-March 4, 2009
For my 37th birthday, I went to Atlanta to visit with family. These are the people I met while there.
#133 - Tammy Carter
#134 - Tammy's son
#135 - Tammy's nephew
#136 - Sherlyn
#137 - Auntie Ann's business partner and friend
#138 - Evangelist

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February 6, 2009
#66 - Tiffany Denise
#67 - Daru Jones
#68 - Neycha
#69 - Kristina Marino
#70 - Jwa's friend
#71 - Music fan from Texas
#72 - Sax player in Beyonce's band
#73 - Jack
#74 - Jack's friend
#75 - Deity security guard #1
#76 - Deity security guard #2
#77 - Deity bartender
#78 - Deity general manager
#79 - Deity owner
#80 - Deity owner's girlfriend
#81 - Mary's friend from DC

February 7, 2009
#82 - Helen, TAP Project Coordinator
#83 - NJ school teacher
#84 - NJ high school student
#85 - Bianca Baquerizo
#86 - Rachel Lloyd
#87 - Head of the MSW program at Hunter College
#88 - Lani's boyfriend

February 12, 2009
#89 - George Martinez's nephew
#90 - George Martinez's neighbor
#91 - George Martinez's neighbor's friend
#92 - Guy from The Hip-Hop Project

February 15, 2009
#93 - Adebisi

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January 19, 2009
#43 - Uncle Bernard
#44 - Steve Carter
#45 - Robyn Robb]]> I'm sure I've forgotten some of the people I have met since my last post, but I will give it a try.

January 19, 2009
#43 - Uncle Bernard
#44 - Steve Carter
#45 - Robyn Robb
#46 - Lexy Carter
#47 - Le Roy from the UK
#48 - Natasha from the UK

January 20, 2009
#49 - Labor organizer from Chicago who use to work with President Obama
#50 - Pilot from Australia

January 27, 2009
#51 - Young girl from Namibia

January 28, 2009
#52 - CTE Instructor Theresa
#53 - Susan
#54 - Mary
#55 - Ceceila
#56 - Dan

January 29, 2009
#57 - Interviewer #1
#58 - Interviewer #2
#59 - Interviewer #3
#60 - Interviewer #4
#61 - Interviewer #5
#62 - Cecelia Quirino
#63 - G. Kofi Annan

January 30, 2009
#64 - Maria's cousin from Namibia
#65 - Maria's friend from Namibia

]]> http://www.theculturalist.org/2009/01/31/small-world-project-its-been-a-long-time/feed/ 0 Small World Project: Looks like a good year http://www.theculturalist.org/2009/01/17/small-world-project-looks-like-a-good-year/ http://www.theculturalist.org/2009/01/17/small-world-project-looks-like-a-good-year/#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:49:15 +0000 Raquel Wilson http://theculturalist.org/?p=574 The new year has introduced many new characters into my autobiography.  Emcees, opera singers, filmmakers, activists, fashion designers, DJs, alternative healers and co-conspirators have all crossed my path so far this month.

10 January 2009
#26 - Whitney Mero
#27 - Ajamu
#28 - Eternal
#29 - D
#30 - Beatrice
#31 - John
#32 - Beatrice's Roommate
#33 - Beatrice's Sisterfriend
#34 - LaMay

11 January 2009
#35 - Atlas
#36 - Bless Roxwell
#37 - Paris
#38 - Quincey
#39 - FFT Owner
#40 - DJ Chela

15 January 2009
#41 - Dr. Francis
#42 - Dr. Francis' assistant Martha

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I met a total of sixteen people.  See who I now know below:

December 10
#10 - Margaret's neice from Uganda
#11 - Gertrude's friend from Kenya (lawyer from AU)
#12 - Maria's boyfriend
#13 - Maria's subletter
#14 - Elderly man on the bus who asked if I was always "this nice" because I moved so he could sit down and warned a lady that she was losing her passport out her pocket

December 17
#15 - Anthony Santgati

December 24
#16 - Jean-Claude

December 26
#17 - Eric, my sister's friend's husband
#18 - Two of my sister's friend's cousins
#19 - My sister's friend

December 30
#20 - Cab driver from JFK (look up name in phone)

January 4
#21 - Laurie Markiewicz
#22 - Meghan Stabile
#23 - Nakia Booth

January 5
#24 - Roommate's brother
#25 - Roommate's brother's friend

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#6 - James the artist
#7 - Sharif Salaam from Jersey
#8 - Wes from the Y who was kind enough to give me a ride home

Tuesday wasn't a lost for the project.  I met a wonderfully friendly native New Yorker while waiting on the bus after work.  We discussed how beautiful the falling snow was with the lights on 42nd Street and reminisced about growing up in the winter in both New York and Chicago.

#9 - Friendly native New Yorker at bus stop

I have a party for a friend who finally decided to quit her 9 to 5 tonight, so I'm sure I will meet new and old friends there.  Come back for the update.

]]> http://www.theculturalist.org/2008/12/17/small-world-project-party-planner/feed/ 0 The Small World Project: Update http://www.theculturalist.org/2008/12/14/the-small-world-project-update/ http://www.theculturalist.org/2008/12/14/the-small-world-project-update/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:44:53 +0000 Raquel Wilson http://theculturalist.org/?p=360 It's winter so I'm not getting out much, but here are a few people to add to my list in the Small World Project.

Thursday:

#4 - Coworker, whom I see in the office often, but never spoke to until today.  She is also an artist.

Friday:

#5 - My roommate's college friend.

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Thus the Small World Project is born with today's entries:

#1 - A young woman from Uganda, who is the niece of a colleague. I was lucky enough to have lunch with her today. She is brilliant and full of energy and life.

#2 - The friend of a colleague who is from Haiti.

#3 - The friend of a friend who is an attorney with the African Union.

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