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LIVING LANDSCAPE: MAPPING COMMUNITY STORIES WITHIN UPPER MANHATTAN?S HISTORY [MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION?S ?LIVING LANDSCAPE? ILLUSTRATED ESSAY PROJECT USES THE GEOGRAPHICAL LENS OF THE FORMER BOUNDARY LINES OF THE MORRIS AND JUMEL ESTATES (ABOUT 50 BLOCKS OF TODAY?S WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND HARLEM NEIGHBORHOODS IN MANHATTAN) TO FRAME STORIES FROM THE LAND?S ORIGINAL INHABITANTS, THE LENAPE PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND TODAY?S DOMINICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. TOGETHER, THESE STORIES COMBINE WITH THOSE OF MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION, THE OLDEST REMAINING HOUSE IN MANHATTAN, TO REPRESENT A MICROCOSM OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WEAVING TOGETHER THE STRANDS OF MIGRATION, COLONIZATION, ENSLAVEMENT, URBANIZATION, AND THE EVER-CHANGING MEANINGS OF AMERICAN IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP. THE MUSEUM WILL WORK ALONGSIDE THREE KEY PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A ESSAYS AND AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES RELATING TO KEY TOPICS THAT ARE CENTRAL TO TELLING THE STORIES OF THE SURROUNDING LANDSCAPE AND EVOLUTION OF AMERICA.] [PURPOSE:?PRODUCTION OF A SERIES OF SHORT, ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS AND AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE ORIGINAL SITE OF THE MORRIS-JUMEL PROPERTY (FIFTY BLOCKS OF TODAY?S WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND HARLEM NEIGHBORHOODS IN MANHATTAN) WITHIN AMERICAN HISTORY.  ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: RESEARCH AND CREATE RESOURCES ABOUT THE DIVERSE PEOPLE WHO LIVED OR CURRENTLY LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ORIGINAL 1765 MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION PROPERTY INCLUDING THE LAND?S ORIGINAL INHABITANTS, THE LENAPE PEOPLE, MEMBERS OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, AND TODAY?S DOMINICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. WORK WILL BE CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LENAPE CENTER, BLACK GOTHAM EXPERIENCE, AND THE DOMINICAN STUDIES INSTITUTE.   EXPECTED OUTCOMES: CREATION OF A SERIES OF ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS AND AUDIO-VISUAL RESOURCES.   INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: VISITORS TO THE MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION, WITH EXPANDED OUTREACH TO CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS OF WASHINGTON HEIGHTS AND HARLEM.  SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES:?THE RECIPIENT DOES NOT INTEND TO SUBAWARD FUNDS.]