{"id":3358,"date":"2016-08-25T15:52:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T19:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/?post_type=publications&p=3358"},"modified":"2017-11-17T17:10:49","modified_gmt":"2017-11-17T22:10:49","slug":"digital-shange","status":"publish","type":"publications","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/staging\/2435\/publication\/digital-shange\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Shange"},"content":{"rendered":"

About<\/a>\u00a0In the News<\/a>\u00a0Links<\/a>\u00a0Partners<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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About Digital Shange<\/h3>\n

The <\/span>Digital Shange Project<\/a> uses the works of Barnard alumna <\/span>Ntozake Shange<\/span><\/a> (BC \u201970) and her <\/span>recently donated archive <\/span><\/a>to offer students a broader understanding of African diaspora, women\u2019s history and feminist politics; an integrated study of the performing arts; and the potential for personal transformation. \u00a0While Shange is best known for her <\/span>choreopoem<\/span><\/a> for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enu<\/span><\/i>f, which took the theater world by storm when it premiered on Broadway in 1976, her rich oeuvre of over 36 published works and interdisciplinary collaborations with activists, dancers, directors, musicians, photographers and singers make her a rich and compelling subject for sustained student inquiry. <\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0five year project, gives Barnard students a unique experience of working collaboratively with faculty, archivists, and artists, made possible by Barnard\u2019s distinct location as a woman\u2019s college in Harlem. \u00a0Shange\u2019s works touch on a wide range of issues from the \u201cdouble bind\u201d of racial and gender oppression and domestic violence, the politics of cultural appropriation and modern minstrelsy to sexual and reproductive politics to the politics of food and food culture(s). \u00a0As such, her work provides a rich opportunity for students to become public intellectuals in their own right and for faculty to teach for transformation. Students who take the Worlds of Ntozake Shange & Digital Storytelling courses will emerge with arts based interdisciplinary training as well as enhanced digital skills, including a sophisticated grasp of social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

During the first two years of the project, students wrote Wikipedia articles on <\/span>Ntozake\u2019s works <\/span><\/a>and <\/span>intellectual milieu<\/span><\/a>. Africana Studies faculty members <\/span>Kim F. Hall<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Monica L. Miller<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Yvette Christians\u0205<\/span><\/a> guest-edited a special double issue of <\/span>S&F Online, The Worlds of Ntozake Shange<\/span><\/i><\/a> that included, in addition to scholarly essays, interviews and personal reflections, two original videos (<\/span>Her Pen is a Machete: The Art of Ntozake Shange<\/span><\/i><\/a> and <\/span>Moving Across Disciplines and Genres: Teaching Shange<\/span><\/i><\/a>) intended for classroom use.<\/span><\/p>\n

During years three and four, students are creating <\/span>digital projects<\/span><\/a> that teach their peers about Shange\u2019s relationship to the <\/span>Black Arts Movement <\/span><\/a>and WOC\/Third World Feminisms. With our professional partners we will produce videos and assignments on embodied knowledge, archival research and other teaching materials for faculty wishing to incorporate interdisciplinary arts techniques and\/or training in archival research to undergraduate students.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can follow Digital Shange on <\/span>Twitter<\/span><\/a> or <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a> @ShangeWorlds or through the Barnard Center for Research on Women Facebook page. Email us at DigitalShange [at] gmail [dot] com.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the News<\/h3>\n

The New York Times<\/span><\/i><\/a>, April 15, 2016
\n<\/span>Women in Higher Education<\/span><\/i><\/a> July 2016<\/span><\/p>\n

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Links<\/h3>\n

More on Ntozake Shange
\n<\/a>The Ntozake Shange Collection at Barnard College
\n<\/a>2016 Ntozake Shange & Digital Storytelling Projects
\n<\/a>\u201cUnexpected Intimacies: Using an Archive\u201d\u00a0[student-produced podcast forthcoming]<\/p>\n

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Partners<\/h3>\n

The International Center of Photography
\n<\/span><\/a>The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
\n<\/span><\/a>Sydnie L. Mosely Dances
\n<\/span><\/a>Barnard College Archives
\n<\/span><\/a>The Harlem Semester at Barnard College <\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to support from BCRW, the Africana Studies and English Departments at Barnard College, the Digital Shange Project has received funding from the Gildersleeve Fund of the Barnard College Office of the Provost, The President’s Committee on Online & On-Campus Learning (COOL) and the Mellon Barnard Teaches Grant. <\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Kim F. Hall<\/span><\/a> (on Twitter @ProfKFH), the creator of the Digital Shange Project, was named the inaugural Faculty Partner of the Year by the Barnard Library and received a Tow Award for Innovative Pedagogy for her work on \u00a0this project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Image Credit: Ntozake Shange Papers, Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard College<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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