Session Type
Individual Paper/ Presentation (generally grouped with 2-3 others into a 75 minute session)
Topic
Technology and Teaching, Innovative Teaching Strategies
Session Abstract
The “Question Bridge: Black Males” is an interactive, transmedia dialogue among a critical mass of black men. The project began in 2012 as a documentary and has since evolved into an interactive website and mobile app in which black males of all ages and backgrounds ask and respond to questions about experiences via a video camera. The project is designed to breakdown the negative perceptions of black males and create a safe space for honest dialogue and healing. Winthrop University Galleries hosted an exhibit of this project in the Fall 2014 semester in conjunction with a larger roundtable discussion on black male identity
This exhibit further evolved into a partnership between the Department of Social Work and the Winthrop University Galleries. During the semester, social work students learned about issues around race, gender, and identity through traditional, classroom-based presentations and through interactions with the Winthrop University Galleries and the "Question Bridge: Black Males” exhibit. This collaboration was the first in an ongoing partnership between the Winthrop University Galleries and the Department of Social Work.
The presentation will explain the step-by-step process in developing a collaboration across disciplines, including strategies and recommendations on how to connect university projects and opportunities into the classroom experience. Included in this talk will be a discussion about the impact of the "Question Bridge" project on broadening students' critical thinking around privilege and oppression.
As part of the presentation, participants will be introduced to the "Question Bridge" and will learn about how this transmedia project can enrich classroom content on issues around diversity and the black male experience. Participants will also learn how creative and innovative partnerships across disciplines can strengthen and enhance the classroom experience. Finally, the presenters will explore the impact of this multidisciplinary collaboration in terms of both engagement and faculty connections.
Keywords
Innovative Teaching, Multidisciplinary Partnerships, Race and Identity
Location
DiGiorgio Campus Center 114
Start Date
6-2-2016 2:55 PM
Included in
African American Studies Commons, Interdisciplinary Arts and Media Commons, Social Work Commons
The Question Bridge and Multidisciplinary Education: Building an Innovative Partnership
DiGiorgio Campus Center 114
The “Question Bridge: Black Males” is an interactive, transmedia dialogue among a critical mass of black men. The project began in 2012 as a documentary and has since evolved into an interactive website and mobile app in which black males of all ages and backgrounds ask and respond to questions about experiences via a video camera. The project is designed to breakdown the negative perceptions of black males and create a safe space for honest dialogue and healing. Winthrop University Galleries hosted an exhibit of this project in the Fall 2014 semester in conjunction with a larger roundtable discussion on black male identity
This exhibit further evolved into a partnership between the Department of Social Work and the Winthrop University Galleries. During the semester, social work students learned about issues around race, gender, and identity through traditional, classroom-based presentations and through interactions with the Winthrop University Galleries and the "Question Bridge: Black Males” exhibit. This collaboration was the first in an ongoing partnership between the Winthrop University Galleries and the Department of Social Work.
The presentation will explain the step-by-step process in developing a collaboration across disciplines, including strategies and recommendations on how to connect university projects and opportunities into the classroom experience. Included in this talk will be a discussion about the impact of the "Question Bridge" project on broadening students' critical thinking around privilege and oppression.
As part of the presentation, participants will be introduced to the "Question Bridge" and will learn about how this transmedia project can enrich classroom content on issues around diversity and the black male experience. Participants will also learn how creative and innovative partnerships across disciplines can strengthen and enhance the classroom experience. Finally, the presenters will explore the impact of this multidisciplinary collaboration in terms of both engagement and faculty connections.
