International Studies – The Incubator

April 9, 2021

Personal Stories about Hip Hop or Home

In “INTS 344: Global Hip Hop Cultures” (Fall 2017), students were tasked with conducting oral histories and producing short films about Hip Hop pioneers in the city of Hartford. In familiarizing themselves with the Audacity audio application, students were required to share personal stories about their relationship to either Hip Hop or home. This assignment was meant to address technical...

History/International Studies

April 9, 2021

Hip Hop Beat Production Workshop

‘Out of Control’ is a Hip Hop beat produced by Kayla Armistead (Class of 2023). Kayla produced this beat as part of her final assignment for the course ‘FYSM 212: Introduction to Hip Hop” based on the technical training she received from DJ Stealth, a Hartford hip hop producer and DJ. “The Break” is a Hip Hop beat produced by...

History/International Studies/Music

July 14, 2020

across the pond and then some

Over the course of last semester, I created a Digital Story as part of my role as the Global Ambassador for the Trinity in Barcelona and Trinity in Cape Town study abroad programs. Through this experience, I was also fortunate enough to learn about the experiences of my peers who had also had transformative experiences in the respective cities and...

International Studies

December 9, 2019

My Study Away Journey

It is an assignment.

Anthropology/International Studies

April 3, 2019

Voces de la Migración: Archiving and Sharing the U.S. Latinx Experience in Hartford

When Américo Paredes said that castañas are where “our people put documents, things they have written, books they have read,” he did so with a sense of urgency. The reality is that much of Latinx history is not in archives or libraries. It is in old trunks, in the drawers of old desks, or in the recollections of people who...

American Studies/CHER/History/Human Rights/International Studies/Language & Culture Studies/Political Science/Public Policy and Law/Sociology/Unaffiliated/Urban Studies/Women, Gender, and Sexuality

April 2, 2019

Digital Essay Writing

INTS 344 Global Hip Hop Cultures (Summer 2017): Students engaged in workshops on how to use Trinity Portfolio Workshop. They were then required to pick a country, collect research on the hip hop movement in the country, and create a digital hip hop profile of the country of choice.

International Studies/Music/Urban Studies

March 28, 2019

Paris Digital Story

My digital story will be about my first time being overseas in a country where I was unaccustomed to the dominant language and trends. I will discuss how a positive outlook/mindset helped me traverse the city and survive the semester.

International Studies/Study Away

Category: International Studies