My Nola, My Story
Dr. Shearon Roberts (Xavier University of Louisiana) These stories reflect snapshots of lived experiences of communities of color who have called New Orleans home. It serves as a testament that…
Kamau at 90
Dr. Aaron Kamugisha (University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados) Given the challenges for learning and online instruction during the pandemic, the course took a more traditional format…
Decolonizing Haitian Studies through Digital Scholarship
Natasha Joseph (Howard University, formerly University of Florida) What is most special about digital humanities is the ability to reach people and areas that may not have had access to…
Dutch Caribbean Digital Platform
Dr. Margo Groenewoud (University of Curaçao) This digital repository includes unrestricted and restricted materials from special collections such as the Dutch Heritage Collection, as well as collections from the University…
Language & the Caribbean
Molly Hamm-Rodríguez (University of Colorado Boulder) Framing language as a central site of social action, students will consider both the ideological formations that influence language policies and practices as well…
Digital Mapping Project & Presentation
Dr. Takkara Brunson (California State University, Fresno) Students will generate their own topic on Black/African experiences on the continent or in the diaspora, and map major locations using StoryMaps. Project…
Introducing Digital Humanities in Creole Language Teacher Education on Curaçao
Dr. Margo Groenewoud (University of Curaçao) Project Goals Catalyze innovation in the language education of a small and in many ways vulnerable Creole language, PapiamentuIntroduce a basic set of DH…
The Road to Independence: The Bahamas
Juliet Glenn-Callender (University of The Bahamas) Assignment Goals To identify social and economic conditions existing prior to independenceTo identify key personnel involved in the Women’s Suffrage MovementTo identify events leading…
Panama Silver, Asian Gold: Migration, Money, and the Making of the Modern Caribbean
Dr. Rhonda Cobham-Sander (Amherst College), Dr. Donette Francis (University of Miami), Dr. Leah Rosenberg (University of Florida) Students in the course undertake archival research, digital scholarship, and literary studies of…
Experiential Learning through Virtual Exchange (VE)- Global Perspectives
Dr. Mary Risner (University of Florida) Virtual Exchange is an economical way to collaborate across borders and bring diverse content and practicing experts into the classroom. Project Goals Engage group…
Exploring Caribbean Literature through Archival Research & Creative Writing
Dr. Rosamond S. King (Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York) The archive assignment for Caribbean Literature asks students to examine how historical constructions of race are…
A Connected Classrooms Project: Transoceanic Experiences of Indenture
Dr. Anita Baksh (LaGuardia Community College) and Dr. Laëtitia Saint-Loubert (Université de la Réunion) Students will study experiences of indentured labor in twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature from a transoceanic perspective…
Storytelling through Oral History & Digital Timelines in a High School English Class
Dr. Erin Zavitz (Bosque School) We’re focusing on learning more about ordinary people’s lives and understanding how everyone has a story to tell even if it’s not one that makes…
A Phenomenology of Gede: Thinking with the Dead in Haiti
Dr. Nathan Dize (Vanderbilt University) This course proposes a study of Haitian literature through the lens of Gede as authors transgress temporal, spatial, and linguistic boundaries to communicate with and…
Roots of the Commonwealth: Caribbean Provisions from the British Empire to the 21st Century
Dr. Keja Valens, Salem State University We will consider literary, historical, and archival materials as we work to chart the ways that provisions have been planted and transplanted, prepared and…
US Caribbean & Ethnic Florida Digital Newspaper Project
Melissa Jerome (University of Florida) Project Goals This project was developed through a partnership between the University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries, the University of Puerto Rico – Río…
Challenging Colonialism Through Archives & Digital Humanities
Margarita Vargas-Betancourt, Ph.D., University of Florida Project Goals To critically analyze the history of the University of Florida’s Latin American & Caribbean Collection (LACC) and Panama Canal Museum Collection (PCCM)…
3D Printing Grenada’s Petroglyphs
Brittany Mistretta (University of Florida), Jonathan Hanna (Heritage Research Group Caribbean), Mt. Rich Youth Culture and Environment Development Organization (MYCEDO) Project Goals To bring greater awareness to Grenada’s Indigenous heritage…
Using Digital Repositories to Teach DH and Caribbean Studies
Dr. Schuyler Esprit (University of the West Indies, Antigua and Barbuda) Project Goals To develop academic methodologies that incorporate research, technology, and community work.To build an internship program that gives…
Caribbean Diaspora & Carnival
Nadjah Ríos-Villarini and Mirerza González (University of Puerto Rico – Río Piedras) Panorama of Carnival Practices aims to explore migration and the Caribbean diaspora through the lens of cultural practices…
