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The Afro-American Slave Music Project: Building a Case for Digital History
Title
The Afro-American Slave Music Project: Building a Case for Digital History.
Creator
Cepero, Laura, French, Scot, Lester, Connie, Larson, Peter, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This public history thesis project experimented with the application of new technology in creating an educational resource aimed at twenty-first century public audiences. The project presents the history, musicology, and historiography of Afro-American slave music in the United States. In doing so, the project utilizes two digital media tools: VuVox, to create interactive collages; and VisualEyes, to create digital visualizations. The purpose of this thesis is to assess how the project...
Show moreThis public history thesis project experimented with the application of new technology in creating an educational resource aimed at twenty-first century public audiences. The project presents the history, musicology, and historiography of Afro-American slave music in the United States. In doing so, the project utilizes two digital media tools: VuVox, to create interactive collages; and VisualEyes, to create digital visualizations. The purpose of this thesis is to assess how the project balances the goals of digital history, public history, and academic history.During the production of the Afro-American Slave Music Project, a number of the promises of digital history were highlighted, along with several of the potential challenges of digital history. In designing the project, compensations had to be made in order to minimize the challenges while maximizing the benefits. In effect, this thesis argues for the utility of digital history in a public setting as an alternative to traditional, prose-based academic history.
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Date Issued
2013
Identifier
CFE0004663, ucf:49901
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004663
Colonization
Title
Colonization.
Date Created
1863
Identifier
DP0012741, E448.C65 1863
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012741
proclamation
Title
A proclamation.
Creator
Lincoln, Abraham
Date Created
1862
Identifier
DP0012652, E453.l725 1862
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012652
Baker's Delight Baking Powder
Title
Baker's Delight Baking Powder.
Identifier
DP0015375
Format
Image (JPEG)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015375
Seal of North Carolina
Title
Seal of North Carolina: Smoking Tobacco Marburg Bros.
Date Created
1840-1880
Identifier
DP0015390
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0015390
Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty (Pictorial envelope)
Title
Judas vile betrayed his master, I betrayed fair liberty (Pictorial envelope).
Date Created
1861-1865
Identifier
DP0012813
Format
Set of related objects
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/DP0012813
KING LEOPOLD II'S EXPLOITATION OF THE CONGO FROM 1885 TO 1908 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Title
KING LEOPOLD II'S EXPLOITATION OF THE CONGO FROM 1885 TO 1908 AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
Creator
Johnson, Steven, Walker, Ezekiel, University of Central Florida
Abstract / Description
This thesis argues that King Leopold II, in his exploitation of the Congo, dealt the Congo a future of political, ethnic, and economic destabilization. At one time consisting of unified and advanced kingdoms, the Congo turned to one completely beleaguered by poverty and political oppression. Leopold acquired the Congo through unethical means and thus took the people's chances away at self-rule. He provided for no education or vocational training, which would stunt future Congolese leaders...
Show moreThis thesis argues that King Leopold II, in his exploitation of the Congo, dealt the Congo a future of political, ethnic, and economic destabilization. At one time consisting of unified and advanced kingdoms, the Congo turned to one completely beleaguered by poverty and political oppression. Leopold acquired the Congo through unethical means and thus took the people's chances away at self-rule. He provided for no education or vocational training, which would stunt future Congolese leaders from making sound economic and political policies. Leopold also exploited the Congo with the help of concession companies, both of which used forced labor to extract valuable resources. Millions of Congolese died and the Congo itself became indebted through Belgian loans that were given with no assurance they could ever truly be paid back due to the crippled economy of the Congo. With the Congo now in crippling debt, the current president, Joseph Kabila, has little incentive to invest in reforms or public infrastructure, which stunts economic growth. For over a century the Congo has been ruled by exploitative and authoritarian regimes due to Leopold's initial acquisition. The colonization from Leopold lasted from 1885-1908, and then he sold it to his home country of Belgium who ruled the Congo from 1908 to 1960. Belgium helped prop up a dictator named Joseph Mobutu or Mobutu Sese Seko who ruled from 1965 to 1997. Afterwards he was overthrown by the Kabila family who has continued the exploitative rule and has made no significant efforts at democratization or reforms. Thus the ethnic conflicts, political oppression and economic woes that the Congo is facing today are inevitably linked to its Leopoldian past.
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Date Issued
2014
Identifier
CFH0004661, ucf:45304
Format
Document (PDF)
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004661