This semester, I'm working with a new program, the East St. Louis Digital Humanities Club. The members of the club, or better yet, the production team, are high school students from East St. Louis, though many of our sessions take place at on the campus of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). Four undergraduate students and a graduate student facilitate the sessions.
One overall goal of the project is to increase interest among African American students in projects and careers that involve technology. To do that, we'll involve them in a series of projects. For the next few months, we are working with the students on audio production.
[Related: The East St. Louis Digital Humanities Club]
Summaries of activities:
• Preparation weeks
• Week 1: September 13
• Week 2: September 20
• Week 3: September 27
• Week 4: October 4
• Week 5: October 11
• Week 6: October 18
• Week 7: October 25
• Week 8: November 1
• Week 9: November 8
• Week 10: November 15
• Week 11: November 29
• Week 12: December 6
• Weekly reflections by Rae'Jean Spears
Observations
• Conversations about technology with black boys
• Scenes from the East St. Louis Digital Humanities Club: Weeks 1 - 8
• Scenes from the East St. Louis Digital Humanities Club: Weeks 9 - 12
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This after-school DH club is an outgrowth of our larger Digital East St. Louis, a collaborative project between SIUE's STEM Center and the IRIS Center. The project is supported by a National Science Foundation ITEST grant. The project is directed by STEM Center director Sharon Locke, and involves Jessica DeSpain, Liza Cummings, Georgia Bracey, and Matthew Johnson.
Related:
• Fall 2017 Programming
• Notebook on Digital East St. Louis
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