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Full-Text Articles in Digital Humanities
Revolution And World War I Civil Rights?: Transnational Relations And Mexican Consul Records In Mexican American Educational History, 1910-1929, Victoria-María Macdonald, Gonzalo Guzmán
Revolution And World War I Civil Rights?: Transnational Relations And Mexican Consul Records In Mexican American Educational History, 1910-1929, Victoria-María Macdonald, Gonzalo Guzmán
Education's Histories
MacDonald and Guzmán demonstrate how the Mexican residents in the United States lobbied the Mexican government and Mexican consulates in the U.S. to secure their children's access to schooling from 1910-1929.
Mdocs Poster- 2017-12-06, Wspn An Alternative History, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster- 2017-12-06, Wspn An Alternative History, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Poster-2017-11-12, Pass The Mic, Op Excellence: Stories In Color, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-11-12, Pass The Mic, Op Excellence: Stories In Color, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Join Pass the Mic as we dedicate a night to celebrate the excellence and talent of documentary storytellers who are also shining members of the Opportunity Program community. In honor of their powerful work as filmmakers and photographers, there will be a screening of their pieces and a discussion afterwards, led by our very own co-hosts, Cristal and Bri. We hope to see you there!
Featured works of the night:
A Black Womyns’ self-esteem is terrorized before she is even made aware that she has one. "The Miseducation of the Black Womyn", directed by Maryam Dewitt '18, is a three-part …
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-24, Hi-Phi Nation With Barry Lam, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-24, Hi-Phi Nation With Barry Lam, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Philosophy through Sound and Story: Hi-Phi Nation with Barry Lam
Tue, October 24 @ 7pm, Davis Aud
Hi-Phi Nation is the first sound and story-driven show about philosophy, weaving philosophy with narrative storytelling, investigative journalism, and sound design. The first season was produced out of Duke University on the Humanities Writ-Large Fellowship by Barry Lam, associate professor of Philosophy at Vassar College. Now in its second season, Every Hi-Phi Nation episode begins with a story from everyday life, current events, the law, history, science, or the arts, and pulls the big ideas of philosophy out of the story.
Barry Lam …
Mdocs Publication-2017-10-13, Documentary On Human Trafficking Screened At Bow Tie Cinema, Wendy Liberatore
Mdocs Publication-2017-10-13, Documentary On Human Trafficking Screened At Bow Tie Cinema, Wendy Liberatore
MDOCS Publications
"Documentary on human trafficking to be screened at Bow Tie Criterion"
The Times Union
October 23, 2017
Author: Wendy Liberatore
Mdocs Publication-2017-10-22, Saratoga Springs Conference, Staff Report
Mdocs Publication-2017-10-22, Saratoga Springs Conference, Staff Report
MDOCS Publications
"Saratoga Springs conference, film screening to target sex trafficking"
The Saratogian
October 22, 2017
Author: Staff Report
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-19, The Video Interview Workshop, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-19, The Video Interview Workshop, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Master Class: The Video Interview
Thu, October 19, 4-6pm, Lib 113
Learn how to set up a video interview. Work with MDOCS instructor Ron Taylor from Skidmore Media Services to learn everything from a three-point lighting set-up to the basics of running a DSLR camera.
This is a hands-on workshop open to anyone in the Skidmore community.
This hands-on training session is a must-have knowledge base for all students planning on creating media work now and in the future Hosted by Media & Film Studies and MDOCS.
Mdocs Postcard-2017-10-18, Networking Night, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
Mdocs Postcard-2017-10-18, Networking Night, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-13, Poster Design 101 Workshop, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-13, Poster Design 101 Workshop, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Poster Design 101
Li 113
Friday, October 13, 2017
2:00pm-3:00pm
An intro to Adobe InDesign- Learn how to catch more eyes in Case Walkway!
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-10, Untouchable, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-10, Untouchable, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
"Untouchable" Film Screening with Meerkat Media
Tue, October 10 @ 6:30pm, Emerson Aud
Followed by a panel discussion led by Meerkat Media
ABOUT THE FILM:
When the most powerful lobbyist in Florida discovers that the nanny has sexually abused his daughter, he harnesses his extraordinary political power to pass the toughest sex offender laws in the nation. UNTOUCHABLE chronicles his crusade, and its impact on the lives of several of the 800,000 people forced to live under the kinds of laws he has championed.
Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig
Nicole Ludwig, Tsos, Nicole Ludwig
TSOS Interview Gallery
In September 2016, Nicole Ludwig led a group of her neighbors in Germany to assist newly-arrived Syrian and Afghani refugees. The volunteers collected clothing and toys, organized activities and field trips for the refugee children, and taught them German. Later, the volunteers offered homework support and led library reading groups. For the adult refugees, the volunteers provided cultural assimilation instruction and cooking classes. While there were occasional challenges to working together, the volunteers and refugees fostered a collaborative system and even hosted a Christmas party, during which one elderly Syrian man said, “This is one of the best memories I …
Layla, Layla, Tsos
Layla, Layla, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Layla left Ethiopia 10 years ago to look for work opportunities. She left behind a father and three brothers. She went to Syria on a three-year work contract. She worked in a house and learned Arabic. She then went to Turkey by boat and then went on to Greece for 5 years. She worked and learned the Greek language. When she became pregnant she had to stop working. She travelled to Serbia to Macedonia to Austria all on foot. Then the Red Cross moved Layla and her daughter to Giessen, Germany where a roommate periodically beat her baby. Seeking safety …
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-05, States Of Incarceration Poetry Lab, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
Mdocs Poster-2017-10-05, States Of Incarceration Poetry Lab, Jordana Dym, Jesse Wakeman
MDOCS Publications
POETRY LAB with Cara Benson, Sean Dalpiaz, and Johnny Perez Thursday, October 5, 7 p.m., Atrium
Join Cara Benson, a Skidmore graduate who offered poetry classes at Mount McGregor for eight years, for an evening of poetry-making and sharing. Former students Sean Dalpiaz and Johnny Perez join her.
Benson earned an MFA in creative writing from Goddard College and teaches creative writing in the graduate program at Prescott College and is program manager for the Millay Colony for the Arts. She has been a visiting writer for the New York State Writers Institute, Rhode Island School of Design, Evergreen College, …
Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos
Katja, Ketevahi 'Katje', Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
Ketevahi “Katja” is from Georgia. She’s in her late 40’s. She grew up on a farm in the country and became the financial support for her family after her mother died and her father became “emaciated.” When Putin came to power, diplomatic ties deteriorated between Georgia and Russia, which eventually led to war. She fled her country using forged documents and first worked in Turkey but has now lived in Naples for nine years and regularly sends money home to her brother, who cares for their father.
Katja expresses her feelings about war, government, liberty, and what it means to …
Fadel, Tsos, Fadel
Fadel, Tsos, Fadel
TSOS Interview Gallery
Fadel's family was originally from Palestine. However, for reasons he couldn’t recall, they moved to Libya, where Fadel was born, and he grew up there. He recalled that life inLibya used to be good, but that it became dangerous. Fadel came to Italy alone. His parents died and left him nothing seven years ago. His siblings died as well. He came to Italy 6 months ago seeking asylum by way of Tripoli to Sabratha, and then to Sardinia and Calabria. He has been living on the streets, and because he couldn’t provide an address, he was denied asylum
Felix, Tsos, Felix
Felix, Tsos, Felix
TSOS Interview Gallery
Felix is originally from Nigeria and has now been inItaly under a year. He came from a family with a polygamous father who “married” multiple wives illegally. After returning home from a service mission for his church, which his father supported, Felix began to study engineering. At some point conflict arose within the family that causedFelix to have to flee.He was smuggled through Niger to Libya, losing several friends along the way.There he was held for ransom, before taking a treacherous voyage across the sea in an overfilled boat, where he witnessed several drown. Now he lives in a camp …
Momo, Momo, Tsos
Momo, Momo, Tsos
TSOS Interview Gallery
When Momo was only nine years old, he returned home to find his parents and his six sisters and four brothers had been killed in their own home. Sometime after that, he and his uncle left Somalia together to live in Yemen. He stayed in Yemen until he was sixteen, but when things became unsafe there, he moved to Libya. He had hoped to get on a boat in Libya to go somewhere for a new life, but he was thrown in prison instead. He was harassed and told to ask his family to send money so that he could …
Mdocs Trifold-Fall 2017, Faculty Resources, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Trifold-Fall 2017, Faculty Resources, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
No abstract provided.
Mdocs Poster-Fall 2017, Course List, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-Fall 2017, Course List, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
MDOCS Fall 2017 Courses:
DS 110B: Storytelling Video
DS 113A: Storytelling Interview
DS 116A: Storytelling: Map Design & Spatial Visualization
DS 116B: Persuasive Interactive Media Design
DS 210: Intro to Audio Documentary
DS 251C: Documentary Storytelling
DS 251C: Documentary & Narrative Screenwriting
DS 381A: Skidmore Saratoga Memory Project: The WSPN Story
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-30, States Of Incarceration September 30th Events, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-30, States Of Incarceration September 30th Events, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
COMMUNITY CONVERSATION, States of Incarceration Saturday, September 30
9 a.m.–noon MASS STORY LAB: What is a prison for? Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
Work alongside community members to collaborate on creative strategies to strengthen communities while improving our criminal justice system.
Hear from storytellers who have been personally impacted by mass incarceration, and are interested in rehabilitation. Following the stories, audience members will be invited to participate in an interactive design process where community leaders and members collaborate on creative strategies to strengthen communities while improving our criminal justice system.
Through facilitated dialogue, we will form connections to create healing, …
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-30, What Is Prison For? States Of Incarceration, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-30, What Is Prison For? States Of Incarceration, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
9 a.m.–noon MASS STORY LAB: What is a prison for? Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
Work alongside community members to collaborate on creative strategies to strengthen communities while improving our criminal justice system.
Hear from storytellers who have been personally impacted by mass incarceration, and are interested in rehabilitation. Following the stories, audience members will be invited to participate in an interactive design process where community leaders and members collaborate on creative strategies to strengthen communities while improving our criminal justice system.
Through facilitated dialogue, we will form connections to create healing, strengthen community, and increase civic engagement.
Click to …
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Ventana A Mi Comunidad, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Ventana A Mi Comunidad, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Eleuterio Martinez Ramirez: Doc Photo Exhibit
October 24, 2017
During the summer, dozens of Skidmore students undertake internships and other opportunities to advance their academic and other interests off campus. In summer 2017, the Megan McAdams-Roldán '08 award for International Community Service, which encourages students to recognize "the value of participating in a summer community service project abroad, " went for the first time to fund a homecoming 'abroad.' Eleuterio Martínez Ramírez applied for and was awarded funds to return to his home community in Mexico to begin to share the skills he had developed in Saratoga Springs as a …
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Mass Story Lab Workshop, Interviewing For Social Justice, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-29, Mass Story Lab Workshop, Interviewing For Social Justice, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
September 29, 2016, 10 a.m-–noon, LIB 113, Scribner Library
MASS STORY LAB WORKSHOP: Interviewing for Social Justice
In this two-hour workshop, Mass Story Lab founder Piper Anderson will provide guidance and an opportunity to practice interviewing and oral history skills when the goal is achieving social justice and the topics may be difficult or traumatic for participants and partners. Workshop will be held in LIB 113, Scribner Library.
Mass Story Lab is a participatory storytelling project designed by storyteller, educator, and cultural organizer Piper Anderson. Mass Story Lab aims to make stories an instrument of justice. In a Mass Story …
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-18, Stories That Speak To Us, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-18, Stories That Speak To Us, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Mass Story Lab with Piper Anderson September 28–30
September 28, 2017, 7 p.m., Davis Auditorium, Palamountain Hall
DISCUSSION: Stories That Speak to Us: Piper Anderson and Sylvia Ryerson
Join Piper Anderson, founder of the Mass Story Lab, and documentarian Sylvia Ryerson as they discuss the power of storytelling as an instrument of justice.
Piper Anderson is a writer, educator, and cultural worker who has spent more than 16 years leveraging the tools of art-making and community engagement to create social impact. Her work has taken her to over 30 U.S cities, Mexico, and Rwanda delivering creative responses to racial …
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-21, Kekla Magoon: Behind The Headlines, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Poster-2017-09-21, Kekla Magoon: Behind The Headlines, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
Behind the Headlines: With author Kekla Magoon
Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 7PM-9PM, Gannett Auditorium
Behind the Headlines: New Perspectives and Empathy in How It Went Down and the 21st Century Civil Rights Movement
To open a newspaper today is to encounter endless stories about police shootings, protest marches, and unabashed white supremacy on display. In this challenging landscape, how can we go "behind the headlines?" Join author Kekla Magoon to better understand the impact of race and bias on individuals and communities, and how social and political context inspire and continues to inform her novels.
Kekla MagoonHow it Went …
Mdocs Postcard-2017-09-02, States Of Incarceration, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
Mdocs Postcard-2017-09-02, States Of Incarceration, Jesse Wakeman, Jordana Dym
MDOCS Publications
States of Incarceration at Skidmore College
Sep 2 - Oct 11, Exhibition: Tang Teaching Museum, Payne Room
A “National Dialogue of Local Stories” developed by the New School's Humanities Action Lab, States of Incarceration is the first national traveling exhibition and coordinated public dialogue to explore the history and future of mass incarceration in the United States. The exhibition and project, the culmination of two years of planning and discussion engaging 20 campuses and communities, is a national public reckoning with one of the most pressing issues facing our country. At Skidmore College, Eric Morser (History) and students draw our …
Mdocs Publication-2017-09-02, States Of Incarceration, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli
Mdocs Publication-2017-09-02, States Of Incarceration, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli
MDOCS Publications
"States of Incarceration: Mount McGregor stories are part of national exhibit"
The Post Star
September 2, 2017
Author: Kathleen Phaeln-Tomaselli
Mdocs Publication-2017-08-31, Exhibit Spotlights Mass Incaceration, Indiana Nash
Mdocs Publication-2017-08-31, Exhibit Spotlights Mass Incaceration, Indiana Nash
MDOCS Publications
"Exhibit spotlights mass incarceration"
The Daily Gazette
August 31, 2017
Author: Indiana Nash
Editor's Introduction, Marc Roscoe Loustau
Editor's Introduction, Marc Roscoe Loustau
Journal of Global Catholicism
Introduction to African Catholicism: Contemporary Issues: Volume: 1, Issue 2 of the Journal of Global Catholicism
Mdocs Publication-2017-07-20, Radio Dreams, Anonymous Anonymous
Mdocs Publication-2017-07-20, Radio Dreams, Anonymous Anonymous
MDOCS Publications
"Radio Dreams: Skidmore Radio Offers Youth Program"
The Saratoga Today Newspaper
July 20, 2017
Author: