Monday, 31 October 2011

Graphic novels, places & learning

http://cmes.hmdc.harvard.edu/outreach/events/graphic-novels

During the 2010-2011 school year the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies explored how the medium of comic arts and “graphic novels” can be used to teach and learn about the Middle East and Muslim communities. Anyone writing today about uses of comics in the classroom does not have to spend much time defending this medium as a valid form of art or an important pedagogical tool; thankfully, many creative minds have done this work already.

This introduction will focus on works and strategies of particular relevance to ME studies, including suggested uses of resources in The Outreach Center's lending library.
Highlighting the unique features of "sequential art" to combine visual, text-based, and cultural literacies, these workshops and events approached the subject from a variety of perspectives, ranging from exploring depictions of Muslim identity in superhero comics to grassroots comic collectives in Cairo and Beirut. We are developing a curriculum catalog of these materials.

Web-based resources

Using Comic Arts to Teach and Learn about the Middle East: Introduction to Pedagogy

Archive of interviews with independent and grassroots comic artists in the Middle East Region.

Panel Presentations on Comics and Muslim Identity

Our on-going blog on Graphic Novels and the Middle East

Programming Information and Archive

Comic Making Workshop

Panels on Comics and Muslim Identity

A Graphic Novelist's View of the Middle East and Israel Palestine

Using Comics to Enhance Global Studies in the Classroom

Graphic Novels, the Middle East, and Muslim Communities: Introduction to Content and Resources

On-Line Book Group

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