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Defining Moments An Interdisciplinary Project to Preserve the Historic Present for the Future

"I felt like someone could hear my story and my pain. Seeing how deaths are treated as a statistic and people are still going out, it feels like people don't understand the consequences of their actions. I feel like I have a platform to speak on." (UTSA Student)

The Process

The Performance

"I liked being able to read the experiences my peers went through, since it let me better understand what type of things they have experienced that are different from what I have experienced." (UTSA Student)
Background Information: Origin of the Project

Defining Moments: An Interdisciplinary Project

The Purpose

How to help students grapple with changes and movements that were affecting their lives while capturing the moment and preserving it for the future?
How to provide experiential learning that encourages deep thinking in a virtual learning environment?
How to promote unity and support amongst UTSA students and faculty during a time of social distancing?

The Project

It Took a Pandemic to Bring Us Together
Collaborative Team; 6 Disciplines
Projects Archived at the University in the Roadrunner Research Press

Participating Faculty

  • Arcolin, Claudia (claudia.arcolin@utsa.edu): Academic Innovation
  • Bagarozy, John: Architecture
  • Hernandez, Ernest: Academic Innovation
  • Howell, Jourdan Laine (jourdan.howell@utsa.edu): Music
  • Ivie, DeeAnn: Library
  • Johnson, Emily (emily.johnson@utsa.edu): Library
  • Jordan, Lila: Academic Innovation
  • McCoin, Mark: Art
  • Peterson, Jodi (jodi.peterson@utsa.edu): History
  • Rulewicz, Megan: Dance
  • Saenz, Humberto: Art
  • Vance, David: Creative Writing
  • Wickman, Ethan: Music

Credits:

Created with images by Anestiev - "covid-19 coronavirus mask" • romanen - "ballerinas dance ballet" • Alexandra_Koch - "students mouth guard corona" • sweetlouise - "sanitizing cleaning hands"

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