DIY Media Making

HumanitiesX, DePaul University's Experiential Humanities Collaborative, and the University of Arizona's Department of Public and Applied Humanities are delighted to share videos and resources related to our online professional development workshop series, Teaching the Publicly-Engaged Humanities to Undergraduates. The aim of these workshops is to connect faculty across disciplines and institutions to each other and with community practitioners, to share and discuss approaches to teaching project-based, applied, public, or community-engaged humanities assignments and courses. Presenters may teach in any discipline that engages humanities methods. DIY media forms are low-cost, accessible by design, and produced and circulated with a grassroots ethos. This session brings together educators and practitioners who have integrated DIY media-making into their humanities classrooms, engaging students in making audio stories for community radio, fieldwork-based comics, and zines. These genres encourage creativity and collaboration, and can serve as both modes of inquiry and tools for advocacy and knowledge sharing. Featured Presenters: Dr. Yoalli Rodríguez Aguilera, Assistant Professor of Latin American/Latino Studies DePaul University Dr. Kishauna Soljour, Assistant Professor of Public Humanities | Department of Classics and Humanities. Associate Director | SDSU Center for Public and Oral History Anjelika Deogirikar Grossman, Artist-in-Residence, Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital