Public Humanities Collaborative Students Present at Summer Research Symposium

#ICYMI last week Trinity College Public Humanities Collaborative students presented at the Summer Research Symposium! Scroll through the photos below for details on the projects they worked on this summer (and upcoming events). Thank you to Director of Community Learning and PHC Coordinator Megan Faver Hartline for making this all possible 👏

• Yisbell Marrero ’20 presented on creating a Transatlantic food database comparing food regulations and norms in the US vs. EU with Prof. Thomas Lefebvre, and research on Coltsville National Historical Park with Andrew Long National Park Service. (Not pictured, team member Kaylen Jackson ’21) Read more at https://cher.trincoll.edu/phcpresentations2019/
• Manny Rodriguez ’20 presented on an Oral History Podcast project on LGBTQ+ Life in Hartford with Prof. Nick Marino and community partners at Chez Est. (Not pictured, team member Hendrick Xiong-Calmes ’22) Read more at https://cher.trincoll.edu/phcpresentations2019/

• Jocelyn Alejandra Zaldivar ’20 and Brenda Piedras ’21 presented on their Oral Histories of Latinx Hartford / Voces de Migracion project with Professor Aidalí Aponte-Aviles and community partner Jasmin Agosto ’10 at Hartford History Center. (Not pictured, team member Stephanie Cerda-Ocampo ’21). Read more at https://cher.trincoll.edu/public-humanities-collaborative-students-hold-voces-de-migracion-pop-up-at-hartford-public-library/

• Kyre William-Smith ’21 presented on archiving the Watkinson Library‘s new science fiction collection with Professor Chloe Wheatley, and helping to create the new Afro-Cosmologies Exhibit with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and The Amistad Center for Art & Culture. The exhibit opens October 19th and Kyre and Remi Tupper ’20 will help to facilitate! Read more at https://cher.trincoll.edu/phcpresentations2019/

• Ali Kara ’20 presents on collecting oral histories for the “Settlement and Housing in Post-War Hartford” exhibit with Dr. Fiona Vernal of the West Indian Social Club of Hartford, Inc., and on creating an interactive website on Caribbean Anti-Colonial Thought with Professor Maurice Wade. (Not pictured, team member Esther Appiah ’21). Read more about their project on our blog “Migration, Chain Migration, and Black Flight in Post-War Hartford” https://cher.trincoll.edu/phc2019westindiansocialclub/

• Carlson Given ’20 and Emma Sternberg ’21 presented on transcribing sermons from Mohegan Preacher Joseph Johnson with the @Connecticut Connecticut Historical Society Museum and Library. Take a look at their work and see a publicly available version of their transcription guide at https://cher.trincoll.edu/phcpresentations2019/

• Sophia Lopez ’22 presented on working with Professor Alexander Manevitz on data visualization of social networks in Seneca Village — a free black community that was destroyed to build Central Park — and on creating a digital tour of urban renewal in Willimantic with Fionnuala Darby-Hudgens and the Connecticut Fair Housing Center. (Not pictured, team member Kaytlin Ernske ’20). Read more about their project in our blog post “Forgotten Pieces of Seneca Village” https://cher.trincoll.edu/phcsenecavillage/

Congratulations to all the teams and presenters! If you’re interested in learning more about Community Learning at Trinity College or the Public Humanities Collaborative, visit http://cher.trincoll.edu/community-learning.