Teaching Team
Ivan Al-Azm, Gloria Bouis, Dr. Gladys Brown, Dr. Katrien
Jacobs
Curriculum
UMD's -ISM(N.) course was offered through the Comparative Literature
department at the university. It was titled, "Expressions of Diversity
and Community Through Video".
The course was designed to introduce students to the intersections of
video making, community building and diversity. It provided an analysis
of the concept of community and diversity related to race, gender, sexual
orientation, class, religion, disability, national origin and age through
experiential workshops, discussions, and hands-on tools, reports, videos
and documentaries. The course also focused on how students can be
effective member of a diverse group or a community. A variety of
community building skills were taught, such as cross-cultural
communication, conflict management, ally building and shared leadership
and decision making.
The course was a forum for discussion of the concepts of diversity in
relation to aspects of the video documentary process: technique,
aesthetics, theory, economics, and social and political issues. A primary
goal was to de-mystify the production of video, film, and television and
to empower students to produce their own unique vision of diversity and
community.
Community Educational Activity
The University of Maryland at College Park plans to develop a
multicultural, multi-racial, and multi-generational planning committee of
local community leaders and university representatives. This committee
will work to implement a community forum in Lakeland tentatively
entitled: "Race Relations: An Action Plan". This forum, open to both the
university and Lakeland community will draw upon the resources in the
area to explore identified community needs from a community building,
solution oriented perspective. In addition, the forum will allow an
opportunity to showcase and discuss the videos produced as part of the
Spring 1996 -ISM (N.) course at the University of Maryland. Student
producers of -ISM (N.) videos will address the diversity issues,
conflicts, and community issues which arose in connection with the
creation, production, and consumption of the videos in discussions with
students at local schools and community centers.
Contact: Gladys Brown, gbrown@umdacc.umd.edu
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Resources Used In Course
Lederach, John Paul. (1995). Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures. Syracuse University Press. (UMD)
Atwell, Lee. "Word is Out and Gay USA", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (UMD)
Barnouw, Eric. "Hiroshiman-Nagasaki: The Case of the A-Bomb Footage", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988.(UMD)
Burton, Julianne. "Toward a History of Social Documentary in Latin America, " The Social Documentary in Latin America. Ed. Julianne Burton, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. (UMD)
Chanan, Michael. "Rediscovering Documentary: Cultural Context and Intentionality", The Social Documentary in Latin America. Ed. Julianne Burton, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. (UMD)
Erens, Patricia. "Women's Documentary Filmmaking: The Personal is Political," New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (UMD) (Loyola)
Fischer, Michael. "Ethnicity and the Post-Modern Arts of Memory," The Poetics and Politics of Ethnography, Eds. Clifford and Marcus, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.(UMD)
Johnson, David and Johnson, Frank. "Effective Groups and Effective Group Skills", Joining Together: Group Theory and Group Skills, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1978. (UMD)
Juhasz, Alexandra. "A History of the Alternative AIDS Media", AIDS TV: Identity, Community and Alternative Video. Alexandra Juhasz, Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1995. (UMD)
Kaplan, Ann E. "Theories and Strategies of the Feminist Documentary Film," New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (UMD)
Kleinhans, Chuck. "Learning Together: Synthesizing Economic and Cultural Analysis in the Marxist Study of Third World Film and Video." Jump Cut. No 33: 89-90. (UMD)
Lesage, Julia. "Women Make Media: Three Modes of Production", The Social Documentary in Latin America. Ed. Julianne Burton, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. (UMD)
Loden, Marilyn and Rosener, Judy. "Dimensions of Diversity", Workforce America: Managing Employee Diversity as a Vital Resource. Homewood, IL: Businee One Irwin, 1991. (UMD)
Nichols, Bill. "Documentary Modes of Representation", Representing Reality. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1991. (UMD)
Nichols, Bill. "Telling Stories with Evidence and Argument", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (UMD)
Nichols, Bill "The Voice of Documentary", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (Pitzer) (UMD)
Peck, Scott. "Stages of Community Making", The Different Drum: Community Making and Peace. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987. (UMD)
Pryluck. "Ultimately We are All Outsiders", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (Pitzer) (UMD) (Loyola)
Ranucci, Karen. "On the Trail of Independent Video", The Social Documentary in Latin America. Ed. Julianne Burton, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990. (UMD)
Winston Brian. "Documentary, I Think We're in Trouble", New Challenges for Documentary. Ed. Alan Rosenthal, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. (Pitzer) (UMD) (Loyola)
"Diversity and Community, A New Vision on the Drama of Diversity and Democracy: Higher Education and American Commitments." Association of American Colleges and Universities, Washington, D.C. 1995. (UMD)
"Reformulating the Experiences of Diversity", Chapter IV in the Diversity Project, Final Report, Institute for the Study of Social Change, UC Berkeley, 1991. (UMD)
Deep Dish TV (1991).The Gulf Crisis TV Project. Boulder, CO: Deep Dish TV and Paper Tiger Television. (UMD)
Field, Connie. (1987). The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter. Los Angeles, CA: Direct Cinema. (UMD)
Gray, Lorriane. (1977). With Babies and Banners: Story of the Women's Emergency Brigade. Washington, DC: New Day Films. (UMD)
McElwee, Ross. (1991). Sherman's March. New York: First Run Features. (UMD)
Office of War Information, Domestic Branch,Bureau of Motion Pictures. Japanese Relocation. Washington DC: National Audiovisual Center. (UMD)
Rafferty, Kevin. (1993) The Atomic Cafe. Archives Project, Inc. First Run Features. (UMD)
Riggs, Marlon. (1986). Ethnic Notions. San Francisco, CA: California Newsreel.(UMD)
Riggs, Marlon. (1989). Tongues United. San Francisco, CA: Frameline. (UMD)
Student Video Topics
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