MIIS Spotlight: Amity Malack

In the spotlight is 2nd year MAIPS student Amity Malack.  Amity has specialized in International Migration Policy Studies and will be heading off to the IOM in Bangkok for IPSS and will graduate in August.  The spotlight series is a project that Institute Development Officer Shirley Coly is working on.  

The video was shot and edited by Ryan Gonzalez of the Digital Media Commons using a high definition camcorder and iMovie HD.  This is the first of three video clips that will be sent to friends of the Institute during the upcoming holiday season.

Digital Storytelling Workshops

This last month we had workshops on Digital Storytelling, using Macs and PCs. Take a look!

For more information go to Digital Storytelling Resources.

In the Spotlight: Professor Nuket Kardam

Last week I had the pleasure of working with Professor Nuket Kardam of the International Policy School on a creative addition she wanted to use with a grant proposal for the Institute.  Her project is entitled “Visionary Women: Culture and Women’s Voices from Turkey” and she proposes displaying Turkey’s diversity and cultural richness through digital story telling.  The focus of her work will be women who are leaders that exude a communitarian spirit, that are trustworthy, humble, patient, and generous.

For the creative part of her project, Professor Kardam wanted to put together a slideshow of photos that included background music and a voiceover.  We used photos that were digitally scanned, a song from her iTunes library and iMovie 08 to put it all together.  

It was great to collaborate with Professor Kardam as she was very enthusiastic about incorporating digital media into her work.  After we finished the editing we uploaded the video to youtube.com so she could share this with her colleagues, students, family and friends.