Abstract
A new window of opportunity for disruption and change also opens the door to further growth and transformation possibilities. Parth Bhaka, student. Our struggles with Covid have not ended, and no one knows this reality more clearly than our students. Their writing – reflective; decisive; factual; nuanced; often heart-wrenching – demonstrates a keen recognition of how their lives have changed. As a small team of researchers in the Humanities we are proposing a multimodal, multimedia project that documents and explores students’ experience of Covid through their artwork, music, and writing. We are looking at ways they come to terms with this critical and often traumatic time of isolation and social fracture by exploring their engagement in HIPs that enable them to build communities and create meaning and a sense of security together, as “they see what they have become when the world seemed to give them a reason to slow down” (Kathryn, UWF junior). We propose a study and analysis of these stories as examples of High-Impact Practices because that is what these stories have turned out to be, created by our students themselves. We emphasize the vital importance of validating our students’ experience and establishing it as part of the public discourse, both in the classroom and the larger community beyond campus. In this respect these stories represent engagement and service beyond the self, and our student’s stories are replete with this sense of connection, despite their frequent solitude.
Presenters
Nancy Fox EdeleRhetoric and Composition Faculty, English, University of West Florida, Florida, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Past and Present in the Humanistic Education
KEYWORDS
Transformative Pedagogies, Digital Humanities, Online Forums, High-Impact Practices, Student Engagement
