HOW CAN WE HELP GATHER AND PRESERVE COMMUNITY STORIES IN ORDER TO DEEPEN CONNECTEDNESS AND SHARE MEANING IN OUR LOCAL LIVING?
Project Description:
Hamilton has a rich history and vibrant present of community-led action to make our city a better place to live. The stories of residents and communities coming together to make change can be easily lost after the project is complete, which represents a loss to Hamilton as a whole. As a city and a community, Hamilton needs stories that tell us who we were, who we are, and who we are becoming. The Core Capstone course at Redeemer is looking for one or more projects whose stories contribute to building the social good, and that may not have been told yet. What if we could help to tell these stories in print, art, or multimedia, and offer them back to the community as part of building local heritage?
This would be largely an interview-based project in which students gather and shape a narrative for the sake of others. City staff would be needed to identify the story-project, establish community connections, encourage and give input on the story shape, assist in sharing the finished story with its intended audience, etc.
Faculty: Karen Dieleman, Redeemer University
Course Code: CTS 410 Core Capstone Experience, Core Program, Redeemer University
Deliverables: Primary Research (ie. conducting surveys and/or collecting data) and/or Written story, visual art, multimedia.
Project Start Date/Availability: Fall semester 2020 (September - December)
Location: City-Wide
City Strategy Priority: Community Engagement and Participation, Healthy and Safe Communities, Culture and Diversity and Our People and Performance