Digital Pedagogy and Methodology to Connect Diverse Communities
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2019-09-26
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Ortiz Baco, Joshua G.
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This panel will discuss the multifaceted collaboration between El Salvador’s Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen (Museum of the Word and the Image) and the University of Texas at Austin since the formalization of the partnership in 2014, thanks to the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Founded in 1999, the Museum (commonly referred to by its acronym MUPI) collects, preserves, and educates on El Salvador’s historical and cultural heritage. After the Civil War (1980-1992) and with the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords in 1992, journalist Carlos Henríquez Consalvi, directed a team initiative to rescue diverse archives and audio files on social movements; this conservation effort has been extended to include diverse themes regarding Salvadoran culture, identity, and history.
Joshua Ortiz Baco, LLILAS Benson Digital Scholarship graduate research assistant and doctoral student in the Spanish & Portuguese Department (UT-Austin), will discuss digital scholarship efforts that have built on digitized MUPI collections. These include the design of a distant viewing workshop using political posters; the transformation of Bordadoras de Memorias into a digital exhibition; and curated teaching resources for high school World History courses co-designed with the College of Education and Department of History graduate students at UT-Austin. Ortiz Baco will reflect on the ethical and practical challenges that have emerged alongside these opportunities.
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Digital Frontiers Session: Cultivating an International Partnership to Connect Diverse Communities
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Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, Museum of the Word and the Image, University of Texas at Austin, partnerships, social movements, El Salvador
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Ortiz Baco, J. (2019). Digital pedagogy and methodology to connect diverse communities. [Conference presentation]. Digital Frontiers Annual Conference, Austin, TX, United States.