Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
- Keyword
-
- Motion capture (20)
- Oral storytelling (20)
- Orature (20)
- Fellowship (15)
- Movement Lab (15)
-
- Movement Lab Fellowship (5)
- Student reflections (5)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-101 (4)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-102 (2)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-103 (2)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-104 (2)
- Aesthetic (1)
- Class politics (1)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-105 (1)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-106 (1)
- Class presentation; FAV-1125-107 (1)
- Database; FAV-1125-101 (1)
- Ecstatic (1)
- Embody (1)
- Escape (1)
- Franchises (1)
- Interior (1)
- Maroonage (1)
- Revolution (1)
- Sacred (1)
- Songa (1)
- Syllabus; FAV-1125-101 (1)
- World-building (1)
- Publication
- Publication Type
Articles 1 - 22 of 22
Full-Text Articles in Africana Studies
The Maroon Cycle, Lloyd-Princeton Cangé
The Maroon Cycle, Lloyd-Princeton Cangé
Masters Theses
The key element that ties most of the major franchises together, whether the IP is a YA series or a videogame is the epic story or epic poem. From The Iliad and the Odyssey to Dragonball and Demon Slayer, the epic is a wellspring of endless iteration. Here, language does not merely buttress and support the work, as is often the case in contemporary art, but language is the narrative, the direct source material. The epic poem that is The Maroon Cycle will consist of both prose stanzas and images in the form of paintings, drawings, collages, prints, and photographs. …
Simone's Reflections, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Simone's Reflections, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Student Reflections
No abstract provided.
Billie's Reflections, Billie Wynn, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Billie's Reflections, Billie Wynn, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Student Reflections
No abstract provided.
Taira's Reflections, Taira Schurman, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Taira's Reflections, Taira Schurman, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Student Reflections
No abstract provided.
Sagian's Reflections, Sagian Shaw, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Sagian's Reflections, Sagian Shaw, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Student Reflections
No abstract provided.
Rise, Ning Yen, Omar Abdelhamid, Erin Xi, Nicole Xu
Rise, Ning Yen, Omar Abdelhamid, Erin Xi, Nicole Xu
Group Presentations
No abstract provided.
Raul's Reflections, Raul Falcon, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Raul's Reflections, Raul Falcon, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Student Reflections
No abstract provided.
Fatma's Promise, Husna Abubakar, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Clarissa Guzman
Fatma's Promise, Husna Abubakar, Simone Khanyi Hadebe, Clarissa Guzman
Group Presentations
No abstract provided.
Skeleton Man, Billie Wynn, Sagian Shaw, Taira Schurman
Skeleton Man, Billie Wynn, Sagian Shaw, Taira Schurman
Group Presentations
No abstract provided.
Wendigo, Raul Falcon, Zoe Gilmore
Motion Capture For Orature | Wintersession 2024 Syllabus, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Motion Capture For Orature | Wintersession 2024 Syllabus, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
This winter session course invites students to explore motion capture through the lens of traditional oral storytelling practices. Students will actively identify the unique and distinguishing features of orature, and leverage their own cultural backgrounds, personal perspectives, and idiosyncrasies to create motion capture data that can be used in crafting an immersive digital retelling of a folktale.
Session 3 | The Oral Storyteller, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 3 | The Oral Storyteller, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Songa: A Mocap Database, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Songa: A Mocap Database, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
No abstract provided.
Session 1 | Orature: Setting The Foundation, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 1 | Orature: Setting The Foundation, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 2 | Oral Storytelling Space / Place / Time, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 2 | Oral Storytelling Space / Place / Time, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 4 | The Talking Cloth As Prop, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 4 | The Talking Cloth As Prop, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 5 | Oral Storytelling Props And Costume, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 5 | Oral Storytelling Props And Costume, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 6 | Motion Capture For The Storytelling Performance, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 6 | Motion Capture For The Storytelling Performance, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 7 | Audience Role And Interaction, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 7 | Audience Role And Interaction, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 8 | Non-Verbal Storytelling: Facial Expressions, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 8 | Non-Verbal Storytelling: Facial Expressions, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Session 9 | Digital Immersion & Presence In Oral Storytelling: Being There, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Session 9 | Digital Immersion & Presence In Oral Storytelling: Being There, Melisa Achoko Allela, Movement Lab
Course Materials
Presentation for the Motion Capture and Orature course offered during the 2024 Wintersession.
Instances Of The Spirit (Glossary), Kamari A. Smalls
Instances Of The Spirit (Glossary), Kamari A. Smalls
Masters Theses
This thesis offers a performative methodology to engaging with the worlds and ideas that these words have generated in the form of a glossary. The list of words include: Ancestor, Anointing, Attune, Breath, Conjure, Conversion, Dance, Erotic, Ephemera, Ethervism, God, Girlhood, Hallelujah, Imagination, Improvisation, Jazz, Knowledge, Love, Liturgical, Magic, Memory, Performance, Prayer, Remnant, Repetition, Ritual, Root, Sacred/Secular, Silence/Stillness, Sound, Spell, Spirit, Testimony, Water, and Witness. Personal reflections, contemplations and expansions from other writing, and passages that come out of Black feminist thought, Black girlhood studies, and Black performance theory exist here simultaneously. This glossary demonstrates the theory, theology and lineages …