KPU ARTS 4800 Digital Practicum
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Title
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KPU ARTS 4800 Digital Practicum
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Description
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A poster presented at the DHSI 2021 – Online Edition Conference & Colloquium
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Creator
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Emily Beattie
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Roraigh Falkner
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Parmjot Guron
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Aleisha Hall
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Date
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2021
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Format
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JPG
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Rights Holder
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Emily Beattie, Roraigh Falkner, Parmjot Guron, Aleisha Hall
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Language
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English
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Abstract
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This interdisciplinary poster presentation showcases the Fall 2020 iteration of KPU’s ARTS 4800 Practicum, highlighting community-based projects completed by undergraduate humanities students. Over the course of a 48-64 hour virtual practicum, students engaged in service learning by creating digital artefacts to address, solve, and/or educate the public on social justice issues within the community. Students worked closely with their practicum hosts and course instructor, Dr. Greg Chan, on self-guided projects while learning skills of project management, report writing, audio-visual communication, and virtual presenting.
The projects that Parm, Aleisha, Emily, and Roraigh worked on include: educating the public and school-aged children on the story of Vancouver’s Historic Joy Kogawa House and its rescue from demolition; creating a virtual walking tour for the Vancouver Maritime Museum that focuses on Indigenous and environmental injustices in False Creek’s history; creating and implementing a digital public outreach strategy for the KPU Tiny Homes Project to the raise awareness amongst students and faculty; creating an online course for Amnesty International Canada, dedicated to educating youth activists on what it means to be anti-oppressive.
This poster will present the digital practicum experience of each student with an emphasis on the following themes and outcomes:
Social Justice: Students created digital artefacts to raise awareness of non-profit initiatives, history, and community-based social issues.
Community Activism: Students worked with grassroots and non-profit organizations to promote community activism and public education.
Digital Artefacts: Students used digital media platforms such as social media, websites, and digital design software, to create articles, courses, graphics, virtual presentations, reports, and more to serve as a legacy document for their organization.
Undergraduate Apprenticeship: Students worked directly with host organizations as an intern and liaison between their hosts and class cohort. Student-led research, guided by professional mentorship, provided students with pre-career training and a degree-relevant experience.
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Type
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Poster
