July 17, 2024
The Revitalizing dLOC project team is delighted to announce a second round of awards to educators creating and sharing open educational resources (OER) in Caribbean studies.
A big thank you to the OER Advisory Committee for performing the difficult task of selecting projects from yet another large pool of excellent applications. Below, in no particular order, are the recipients in the second year of the program. Congratulations!
Zombies, Vampires, and Spirits in the Francophone Caribbean
Nathan H. Dize, Washington University in Saint Louis
Nathan H. Dize will contribute materials from his cultural studies course “Zombies, Vampires, and Spirits in the Francophone Caribbean,” which teaches students how to analyze cultural, literary, and visual references to Caribbean folklore and religions. Materials will include a syllabus, a searchable database of the “Art Column” in the Haiti Sun, and an art gallery project.
Caribbean Signed Languages and Deaf Histories
Ben Braithwaite, University of the West Indies
Maya K. Ramesar, University of the West Indies
Ben Braithwaite and Maya K. Ramesar will share a series of educational materials for Deaf teachers. Materials will include short syllabi, lesson plans, signed and captioned mini-lectures, and accessible digital assessment tools. The teaching materials will draw from documents available in dLOC but not currently accessible to Deaf Caribbean teachers.
The May 30th Workers’ Uprising of 1969, Curaçao
National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management Foundation
The National Archaeological Anthropological Memory Management Foundation in Curaçao will create a series of open educational modules on the May 30th workers’ uprising of 1969, a pivotal moment in Curaçao’s contemporary history.
The Morant Bay Rebellion: A Comprehensive Guide
Mabel Susan, Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Mabel Susan will create a comprehensive resource guide on the Morant Bay Rebellion in 1865, Jamaica. This guide will include a running bibliography of primary and secondary materials on the subject and contain notes on the different aspects of the rebellion.
Desempacando historias: Género, migración, y violencia
Elithet Silva Martínez, Universidad de Puerto Rico
Elithet Silva Martínez, junto al Centro de la Mujer Dominicana en Puerto Rico, presenta el cortometraje documental “Desempacando historias: Género, migración y violencia,” que invita a atestiguar la historia de mujeres inmigrantes que sobreviven la violencia de género. Materiales educativos incluirán guías de sensibilización y discusión desde una perspectiva descolonial y una bibliografía específica a cada tema.
Imagining Alternative Historical Trajectories in the Anglophone Caribbean
Stephanie Bent, University of Maryland
Stephanie Bent will share materials from her course leveraging AI image generators and speculative methods to help students imagine decolonization in the Caribbean.
Biography and Bibliography of Edmond Paul (1837-1893)
Emilio Travieso, Université Notre Dame d’Haïti
Emilio Travieso will write a biographical and bibliographical essay on the Haitian intellectual and statesman, Edmond Paul, for use in university courses on Haitian history and economics. The essay will also be useful to researchers, and will be available in Haitian Creole, French, English, and Spanish.
