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 students experience with formal DH academic research, programming and coding, and creating projects that contribute to online repositories, K-12 content, and social change in local communities.
Outcomes & Deliverables
Students in the Create Caribbean internship program at Dominica State College build professional skills and collaborations, and contribute to digital research projects across many disciplines.
A redesign of the Caribbean classroom and Caribbean Studies pedagogy.
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 related to Carnival.
Project Goals
To design and develop an interactive webpage with curated content about mobility (of people culture, ideas, etc.) in Carnival.
To engage scholars from Linguistics, Performance, Music, History, Communication, Library Studies and Digital Humanities in the planning of reliable and affordable archiving, and preserving and disseminating practices.
Participants attend four workshops to identify project materials and DH support, assess technical aspects, review funding options and draft proposals, and develop a two year work plan.
Outcomes & Deliverables
Collections added to archives, maintaining collaborative networks through oral history and family history archives projects.
Resources
Nadjah & Mirerza’s presentation
Dr. Ríos Villarini and Dr. González offered an overview of their work during the institute.
The Vieques Historical Archives (AHV) supports the documentation and preservation of audiovisual materials and artifacts related to the history, development, and sociocultural struggles of the island of Vieques off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico.
The Digital Community Archive for Culebra, founded by the Culebra Foundation, promotes the preservation and sharing of information on the island municipality of Culebra, through photos, artifacts, maps and documents.
Archivo de Respuestas Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR)
Omeka site supporting and showcasing the work and knowledge production of grassroots community organizations in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of natural and man-made disasters.
