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Cuban Interactive Documentary Project:
Using New Media to Learn, Explore and Exchange Ideas
Jill ChisnellIntegrated Media & Design Librarian
Andres Tapia-UrzuaInstructor & Filmmaker
17 students majoring in:
Human-Computer Interaction
Entertainment Technology
Information Systems
Engineering
English
History
Psychology
Drama
Design
Art
Business
two filmmaking instructors,
a Spanish professor
and a librarian
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Screenshot: http://ideate.cmu.edu
• Project-based multidisciplinary class• Explored different forms of creating
narratives• Digital interactive media considering
broader issues• Sponsored by educational and
cultural institutions from USA and Cuba
Camagüey, Cuba
map image: https://www.mapsofworld.com/cuba
CEDINMCircuit for Exhibition, Development and Research of New Media
documentary about CEDINM
Screenshots from Camagüey: City of Artists
CAMAGÜEY: City of Artists
Screenshot: https://www.cmu.edu/strategic-plan
Header image: http://ideate.cmu.edu & Bottom image: Jesse Wilson
IDeATe (Integrative Design, Arts & Technology Network)
• Game Design
• Animation and Special Effects
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Learning Media
• Media Design
• Sound Design
• Intelligent Environments
• Physical Computing
ACRL Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
• Authority is Constructed and Contextual
• Information Creation as a Process
• Information Has Value
• Research as Inquiry
• Scholarship as Conversation
• Searching as Strategic Exploration
Source: Association of College and Research Libraries, http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework
Learning Objectives
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Students were exposed
to knowledge, concepts,
and experiences that reflected
a different cultural frame of
reference, and stimulated their
interest in cross-cultural,
international, and comparative
learning.
Learning Objectives
Students investigated and
addressed critical, conceptual,
and creative questions at the
heart of contemporary nonlinear
storytelling, while underlining
connectivity and historical
resonances with earlier media
formats.
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Learning ObjectivesIn
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Students became aware
of the implementation and
use of media technology
and art in traditional
societies and lesser
technologically developed
countries.
Learning Objectives
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Students learned different
modes of artistic and
technological experimentation
and innovation in interactive
storytelling and how to apply
them to non-fiction documentary
production.
I’m very interested in temporarily
breaking the cultural viewpoint
that is American college student
life.
- Maddiesenior, Humanities & Social Sciences
Cuba is a country that we have a
lot of history with in terms of
conflict and to be able to look at it
from a different perspective will be
extremely rewarding.
- Davidsenior, English
I wanted to be in an environment
where I was working with a group
of people that had skills that were
different than mine. Also I just love
telling stories.
- Julianafreshman, Humanities & Arts
We can challenge the medium along with
telling interesting stories. We already
have good subject matter by going to
Cuba. An experience that real and
intimate can be conveyed in the
documentary—not just feeding people
information through video, but making it
interactive so they engage and learn.
- Abhigrad student, Entertainment Technology
Be
fore
Cu
ba
My experience in Camagüey was a
very intimate one. I went as a
tourist, but was still able to connect
with the more sincere parts of what
Cuba actually is.
- Maddiesenior, Humanities & Social Sciences
What I enjoyed the most about the trip
was feeling more human. There was more
human interaction especially because we
had no Wi-Fi or technology. We interacted
with each other face to face. It was very
exciting to capture the moments and
stories of people.
- Junsujunior, Electrical & Computer Engineering
I don’t think I had ever visited a place
before and had to think of an audience
other than myself.
- Bronwynsenior, Humanities & Arts
Aft
er
Cu
ba As an Information Systems major, I
usually see technology as creating things
for businesses or building systems,
databases and software. To see the same
technology being used for a different
purpose and for creating art was really
exciting.
- Jennifersenior, Humanities & Social Sciences
Thank You
Documentary about CEDINM: https://youtu.be/7HLIXz1ll6U
Course LibGuide: http://guides.library.cmu.edu/76374
Jill [email protected]
Andres [email protected]
Unless specified all photography by course instructors, students and tour guides