Digital Technology and Culture 475 (Digital Diversity), WSU Vancouver: Storytelling Project, 2013
Scope and Contents
The collection includes 16 DVDs or compact discs and one USB thumbdrive containing video and mixedmedia produced by students from a 2013 WSU Vancouver Digital Diversity (DTC 475) course. The content highlights narratives from studentes of diverse backgrounds involved in the course's Storytelling Project. Each contribution is approximately three minutes long. Some of the discs that were submitted to the archives are blank.
Dates
- 2013
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
Conditions Governing Use
Portions of the collection may have copyright restrictions. Not for reproduction.
Biographical / Historical
According to the official WSU Catalog description, Digital Diversity (DTC 475) studies the cultural impact of digital media in cultural contexts; issues of race, class, gender, sexuality online. The Storytelling Project is a component of this course, highlighting the backgrounds of students prior to and during their enrollment at WSU Vancouver.
Extent
.417 Linear Feet (Storytelling project release forms, 16 compact discs or DVDs and one thumb drive.) : The collection contains digital files.Some files are absent from the media.
Abstract
This collection contains DVDs, compact discs and one usb memory drive (thumbdrive) containing video recordings from students in WSU Vancouver's Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) program. The recordings entail mixmedia for digital storytelling projects produced by groups of students enrolled in Digital Diversity (DTC 475) taught by Michael Rabby in 2013. There are a total of 17 audio files.
Arrangement
The collection includes 16 discs and one USB thumbdrive enclosed in separate folders and contained in one document box. The folders are arranged in the order they were received with the students' names provided the folders coinciding with each digital project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was transferred to the Archives by Digital Technology and Culture instructor Michael Rabby in 2013. The transfer of project storytelling files to the Archives was planned prior to his teaching the Digital Technology and Culture (DTC) 425 course. A total of 17 group projects were submitted.
Physical Description
There is no uniform digital format for this collection. Files are preserved in the format in which they were submitted. These are most commonly in MP4, MOV and WMV formats.
- Title
- Digital Technology and Culture 475 (Digital Diversity), WSU Vancouver: Storytelling Project, 2013 WSUV.Archives.010
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Robert Schimelpfenig
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Washington State University Vancouver, Archives and Special Collections Repository