Teaching Team
Dr. Mary Childers, Mike Murray, Sandra Spiegel
Curriculum
Dartmouth's -ISM (N.) course was offered through the Film Studies
department and was titled, "Creative Video".
The course focused on the topic of diversity, in particular the use of
video to explore the role that various "isms" play in student's lives.
The course aimed to teach students how to address diversity issues using
the video documentary process; to help students become more reflective
about their attitudes towards diversity and their own self-interests; to
develop students' skills at fostering constructive public dialogue on
diversity issues and at building better relationships among various
groups of students.
Community Educational Activity
Dartmouth, working jointly with Society Organized Against Racism in New
England Higher Education (SOAR), will build its Community Educational
Activity around the annual SOAR Conference, located this year on
Dartmouth College's campus. The conference will unite approximately 200
people from different ethnic groups, personalities, communication styles,
and backgrounds in an effort to work together, share expertise, and learn
from one another. Workshops will be organized to familiarize conference
participants with video tools that may help them address diversity issues
on their campuses.
Contact: Mary Childers, mary.m.childers@dartmouth.edu
Resources Used In Course
Gitlin, Todd. (1995). The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars. New York: Metropolitan Books. (Dartmouth)
Sidel, Ruth. (1995). Battling Bias: The Struggle for Identity and Community on College Campuses. New York: Viking Penguin. (Dartmouth)
Bennett, Christian I. "Research on Racial Issues in American Higher Education", Handbook of Research on Multicultural Education. Ed. James A. Banks, New York: Macmillan Publishers, 1995. (Dartmouth)
Garr, Shauna. (1994) The Ride. Road Trap Productions, Inc. (Dartmouth)
Reynolds, Debbi. (1995) Black like Who. University of Southern California School of Cinema and Television. (Dartmouth) (Cal)
Williams, Marco. (1992) In Search of Our Fathers. Conjure Films. (Dartmouth)
Student Video Topics
narcissism ... gay
pride ... self-identity through personal tragedy ... West Indian
pride ... music and its transcendence of culture and race ... Native American
self-identity ... self-image and pride for African American women ... Cape
Verdian pride ... sex and virginity