PUBLIC LECTURES: CRUISE LINES

MOOC: Black Performance as Social Protest

A massive open online course developed by Anita Gonzalez, Louise Toppin and Scott Piper and available on the FutureLearn platform.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/black-performance-as-social-protest

MOOC: Storytelling for Social Change on EdX

The massive open online course has reached over 40,000 learners in 154 countries

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Digital Technologies: Interactive Ira Aldridge

The project is a part of the Academic Initiative at the University of Michigan

INTERVIEW about 19th Century Acts

The web-based tool integrates  geo-spatial mapping of Aldridge’s journeys, images of historical documents, network schemata, and video recordings of gestures that document 19th century acts. Team members Clara McClenon, Katy Robinson, Amana Kaskazi, and Allyson Mackay collaborated with students and staff in developing this digital humanities project that emphasizes visual interfaces. http://19thcenturyacts.com/

Conjuring the Caribbean (2015) was an immersive student learning experience. Artists, scholars and students converted a media studio into a Caribbean island landscape installation made of white paper. For one week we reimagined Caribbean plantations, histories, languages, carnivals, tourism and culture inside of the installation.

https://globaltheatremichigan.wordpress.com/conjuring-the-caribbean-how-sweet-it-is/