By Breidy Santiago
My second semester at Create Caribbean has been some what exciting and I have finally come to understand the importance of Create Caribbean. Doing research and finding valued information about important events and persons of the past, and making it available to the wider public has to be done by someone, and I am grateful that we at Create are doing so. The old newspapers and files can easily fade away due to the wears and tears of this world. Create Caribbean has taken the responsibility to make this information available on an online platform, and in any event that the material may be destroyed, we have somewhere else to get them.
The new project assigned to me at Create Caribbean is “The Coloured Assembly in 1838”. This exhibit requires a lot of reading and factual information, and I have been enjoying this topic because I love to read and find out new things. Putting the information together may be some what challenging but with the guidance of Mia and Jada the task is not impossible. I have been enjoying my Digital Humanities class because I have been learning a lot of new ways to place information on sites as well as the different platforms that are used to make information available to users. When referencing books and websites, I can use Zortero and when working in a group setting to share information, we can use Google Drive.
Furthermore, I have also learned that if I want people to keep visiting the website, that I would need to always keep new content flowing or always engaging with my audience. I can share my work in different social media settings and get the attention of different people.
The topics I got for my digital humanities project are Economics and Politics. I think these topics are really interesting and I feel very excited about them because economics is one of my majors at the Dominica State College. I feel like I can go in-depth with the topic and find out information that I am very curious about. Each member of the group came up with questions they need to find information for, and to gather this information we are planning to visit the Roseau Library and websites such as ‘dloc.com’ and ‘jstor.org’. From past experiences I know that working in groups can be very challenging if we lack communication, however, my group members and I are trying our best to communicate and solve any disputes that may arise, and with this trend, we are sure to succeed.