The UCF Cultural Heritage Alliance stands committed to engaging the community in many aspects of folklife research. Many of these ongoing projects seek out less traditional venues to inform the public, like the world wide web. These culture and technology projects include the following:
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The Cultural Heritage Alliance at the University of Central Florida is proud to host DoraMedia's i.V.E. video podcast collection in collaboration with the Orlando Museum of Art's current exhibition, "Divine Revolution: The Art of Edouard Duval Carrié". Visit the i.V.E. website.
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Painting from Altar of Nine Slaves,
by Edouard Duval Carrié |
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This project funded a pilot project to create an educational computer game using traditional folktales and folktale themes known as motifs. If consists of a "modded" (or modified) computer game made using a toolset and "HakPaks" (or
custom content created and shared online by fans of the game). A variant of Cinderella called "The Turkey Maiden" (from Kristin Congdon's book, Uncle Monday and Other Florida Tales) forms the narrative structure of the game, which has been further developed by integrating specific tasks that the heroine must successfully complete to advance in the game.
These tasks are based in lessons to be learned by the player about Florida history and culture. The project additionally resulted in the creation of a curriculum packet to be packaged with the game. The game is being tested at Oakridge High School's Digital Academy in Fall 2006. Learn more. |
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Rosa Sanchez stands outside of the
Centro Asturiano in 1930s Ybor City. |
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Open roads and sunny days foster Central Florida's thriving and diverse community of motorcyclists. Last summer, CHA began a digital collection of bikers' adventures and memoirs to coincide with the Orlando Museum of Art's 2006 blockbuster exhibition, "Art of the Motorcycle." One year later, "The Art of Motorcycle Stories" website hosts scores of personal accounts ranging from heartwarming family tales to backbreaking cross country treks. The astonishing array of stories, prose and poetry collected continues to grow and may be added to by anyone with internet access. |
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 In Fall 2005 Digital Media undergraduates enrolled in DIG 4526: Production 2 created a variety of documentary research projects using new media. During the course of the semester students learned ethnographic research skills including varied interviewing styles, observational techniques, and historical research.
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Me-TV: Ethnographic Digital Storytelling: This project pairs UCF Digital Media and Anthropology students to create digital stories drawn from original ethnographic research. Students work together to develop a cultural story and use elements of visual storytelling to create ethnographic digital stories. |
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"The ultimate goal of our work is to change the way we think about art and about how we present the stories of artists' lives and work. The four websites produced by our Folkvine Group use the experiences of four Florida artists and their communities to create online scholarship...." |
"While it is true that Orlando has experienced unprecedented growth in recent decades, the city has a wealth of history and a diverse cultural make-up. The Cultural Byways project developed out of a desire to make Orlando's past and present more visible to residents of and visitors to the city. The project places short folklife and history segments on local Lynx buses using ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)-mandated Global Positioning System technology...." |
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The East Mims Oral History Project Web Site is an effort to create a lasting record of the history and culture of east Mims, an historically African-American section of north Brevard County in Central Florida. Community elders are sharing their memories and knowledge of the region's citrus and other industries as well as the contributions to the community of local churches and local Civil Rights leaders Harry T. and Harriette V. Moore. Working with Mims residents, the Brevard County Historical Commission and the Moore Park in Mims, faculty and students at the UCF Cultural Heritage Alliance (part of the School of Film and Digital Media) have created an interactive exhibit to share the story of this community on the Internet. |
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