Event Title

SSA04 - Humanities Heart

Presenter Information

Jeffrey Suttles

Location

CB1-308

Streaming Media

Start Date

4-11-2017 1:45 PM

Description

This project will examine the power of creativity by challenging students and faculty to raise their voices and talents, while taking a stand for social justice and equality. Our objective is to enlighten our collegiate community, through a digital platform (blog), as we engage students and faculty throughout the tri-state area. This project is designed to examine qualitative research through contemporary creative arts pedagogies. This project was conceived to provide assessments (how our new students feel about social inequality), as well as a therapeutic platform for students and faculty to share through art, literature, and music. Our goal is to provide a creative space for students to present their work, as we incorporate non-traditional pedagogical methods of learning through analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Strategies such as minor debates, abstract jigsaw puzzles, and problem-based learning will help develop solutions to issues associated with the study of social justice. HASTAC would be an ideal place to present a 5-8 minute soapbox to broaden the awareness of this project. Although we are based in New York City, we believe that this project will eventually spread throughout the United States of America, and then the world. In our presentation we plan to address issues such as (technology and education, communicating knowledge through publishing, conversations in digital humanities, the power of creative thinking, and building awareness in our communities). My vision is to cultivate creative expression on topics associated with social justice, while creating a digital platform for students and faculty to engage through productive dialogue. I believe that this project has the potential to provide healing as well as insight to the growing social issues in our society. By providing a voice and a platform for students, we not only encourage constructive ways to deal with frustration, but we empower our students to express themselves articulately through digital humanities. The possibilities for implementing several pedagogical methods through research findings could prove to be a quintessential aspect of this research, as we build awareness in collegiate communities. Finally my passion for this project leads me to this theme, "Create works that ignite emotional power, as we build integrity for the future!