By Jodine Robin
My journey continues over the past two years I have been at the forefront of the Carisealand project. As we know, this project is environmental friendly where sustainable and conservative organizations, businesses and natural sites are exhibited. My main role is to gather and organize the resources, however this semester I am also interested in mapping and plotting that data onto the site. Although each aspect of the project has its importance, being involved in this part is vital since that is what viewers will see.
Additionally, this semester I am enrolled in a Digital Humanities (DH) course that coincides with the work done at Create Caribbean. The University of Southern California (USC) defines Digital Humanities as ” A collaborative and interdisciplinary research. It comprises a broad collection
of scholarly activities that apply new technologies to humanities such as History, Literature, Philosophy while expanding traditional forms of scholarly communication”. Create Caribbean in itself is a Digital Humanities organization where the projects are digitized, which is a major factor for all DH projects. There are about eight types of Digital Humanities Projects including a digitized version of text project, like the Road to Independence and a mapping project such as Carisealand.
In teaching students how to create and develop Digital Humanities projects, there must be a project to work with. Hence the class project is Resistance and Caribbean Reality: History of Dominica’s Resistance in a Global Context. The main goal of the project is to put Dominica on the ‘map’, in terms of pertinence to worldwide issues. The topic is broad, therefore in order to narrow it down, there are six sub-topics including religion and science which my group is responsible for. I am very much looking forward to working on this project because we decide everything about the assignment with guidance from Dr.Esprit, the lecturer, and director of Create Caribbean.
This semester at Create will be unlike like any other since it is my last semester at DSC, however, I do not believe that my time at Create will end there. Create Caribbean has always been an organization where I could be myself. I am always open to new experiences, lessons, and people, which is the door and path set at Create. So as my time a college dwindles I am certain that my journey as an intern at Create Caribbean will continue.
‘Each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.’— Matsuo Basho