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Higher Education Session, Writing Workshops + more

Jan 24, 2023

PREPARING YOUR CHILD FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Join us for an info session on ‘Preparing your Child for Higher Education’ hosted by Dr Schuyler Esprit! The session will take place tomorrow, Wednesday 25th January at 6:30 pm AST. Register through the link below or scan the QR code on the flyer. Share with parents and friends who are looking to take that big step!

Create Caribbean Second Writing Workshop- Writing Through Change has begun!

On Monday 16th January, the session leader and our director Dr Schuyler Esprit began our second free online writing workshop on non-fiction writing. Participants will learn about the structure, style and elements of a story in non-fiction writing. The theme of the workshop calls for participants to consider experiences, observations and memories of transitions and transformations in one's life or sense of self.

Our first writing workshop Crafting Short Fiction led by Lisa Latouche was completed successfully with 15 certificates awarded to participants!

We have begun using moodle in connection to our Caribbean Writers’ Room to facilitate sharing of session material and to harbour the network of writers. If you have participated in one of our writing events and would like to join please send us an email! Reach us at info@createcaribbean.org.

The next writing workshop will begin in March 2023 and will focus on poetry. Please stay tuned to our social media and newsletter for updates! We look forward to the growth of our writing community!

Statement from writing workshop participant.

RTC Recruitment Drive- Rescheduled

Create Caribbean Research Technology and Community Internship Program Recruitment Drive Recruitment has been moved from January 23 to January 30-February 17 and February 27 to March 3 2023 in lieu of carnival celebrations. The team will be visiting high schools in Dominica with a focus on students in 4th Form and 5th Form.

CDSC

The Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute (CDSsi)

The Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective invites applications for its inaugural week-long residential digital humanities institute, to be held at the University of Miami in June 2023. The Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute (CDSsi) is generously supported by a Mellon Foundation grant and will be held annually for three summers.

Key facts

Dates: 11-17 June 2023
Venue: University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Application deadline: 31 January 2023
Acceptance notification: by 31 March 2023

In this first year of the CDSsi, the course offerings will be:

Minimal Computing for Caribbean Scholars
With Alexander Gil, Yale University, and Andreina Soto, Barnard College
Critical Digital Pedagogy
With Halcyon M. Lawrence, Towson University
Building Caribbean Digital Archives
With Nicole N. Aljoe, Northeastern University, and Sonya Donaldson, Colby College

For more information on the program, visit https://cdscollective.org/summer-school/cfp2022/

Application Form

Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective @caribbean_dsc

We are excited to announce our #CFP for the 2023 Caribbean Digital Scholarship Summer Institute (CDSsi)! The program aims to train scholars interested in approaching Caribbean Studies and digital scholarship as organically integrated fields of inquiry and engagement.

dLOC Workshop Series: Building Capacity for Caribbean Collections

The Digital Library of the Caribbean is launching its workshop series Building Capacity for Caribbean Collections for galleries, libraries, archives and museums this Spring 2023! The series is sponsored by the Revitalizing the Digital Library of the Caribbean initiative, a Mellon Foundation-supported program.

The series aims to provide a collaborative learning space for anyone working with Caribbean collections—whether in galleries, libraries, archives, museums, or other cultural organizations. Each workshop will provide tools, methods, and resources for addressing common obstacles and growth opportunities in the creation, development, management, and preservation of Caribbean collections. The first workshop takes place on February 1st 2023.

dLOC-Call for Participation: Open Educational Resources in Caribbean Studies

The Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC) invites proposals from individuals and groups seeking to develop open educational resources (OER) that build upon, enhance, or complement dLOC collections. This is brought to you by the generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

There will be three open calls for proposals awarding over $100,000 over the course of the program period. In this first round, proposals will be due on March 15, 2023.

Please view the following links to the CFP for information on the application process:

Call for Proposals 2022-2023 (English) Link to PDF

Convocatoria de propuestas 2022-2023 (Español) Enlace a PDF

Appel à projets 2022-2023 (Français) Lien vers le PDF

Journal of Folklore and Education Vol. 10: Teaching with Ethnographic and Folk Arts Collections: Challenging History

The Journal of Folklore and Education is seeking submissions for their 2023 issue, to be released in Fall 2023. Submissions are due on Saturday, April 1, 2023. The Guest Editor for this special issue is Alexandra Antohin.

See past issues at:

https://jfepublications.org/

About:

Primary sources from ethnographic and folk art collections go beyond historical
documents, and include photographs, recorded interviews, artifacts, recipes, music, maps, and more. This special issue of the Journal of Folklore and Education offers a deep dive into ethnographic primary source materials, organized around the theme “Challenging History.” The 2023 issue of the Journal of Folklore and Education invites submissions that call upon ethnographic archives with their documentation of diverse life experiences, perspectives, and vantage points as teaching tools for learning.
Submissions may show that folk collections:

Provide vital entry points for teaching across disciplines through ideas such as memory, meaning, and identity;
Inspire research and new documentation through inquiry-based methodologies;
Offer opportunities for vital engagement—and greater awareness and understanding–of culture, race, religion, and class.

For this JFE issue, submissions that explore learning activities, framework articles, case studies, and research that demonstrate the value of folklore, oral history, and other ethnographic primary source materials in K12 classrooms, higher education, and museums are invited. They seek submissions of articles, model projects, multimedia products, teaching applications, and student work accompanied by critical writing that connects to the larger frameworks of this theme.

For more information, visit https://jfepublications.org/for-authors/call-for-submissions/.

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