It is designed to enable students to develop a theory and a set of practices effective in enabling diverse ethno-racial and class groups to build community by mobilizing their assets and capacities. Dynamics associated with the prison-industrial complex, transnational migration, and the housing crisis as they impact on contemporary neighborhoods and communities will be highlighted. Special attention will also be paid to the roles schools, colleges, and universities can play in community building processes. Graduate students enrolled in the seminar who are interested in mentoring undergraduates working in various community projects will be eligible to attend a mentoring training institute and receive a small stipend. HUM 340 -CGU Digital Humanities.
Enrollment is limited to two students from each humanities discipline.
Multimedia authoring and digital technologies are exciting tools that can be used to illustrate humanities-specific content. This course explores the fundamentals for how to apply these tools to your own specific content area. As such, this course will provide an introduction to the development and adaptation of literary content for electronic media, as well as an introduction to the computer software necessary to accomplish this task. Specifically, students will learn how to design and implement an academic Web suite, a Power Point lecture, a PowerPoint article review, and a multimedia project. The course will cover electronic publishing, electronic music, hardware and software considerations, and interface design.