{"id":443,"date":"2016-06-20T20:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/?p=443"},"modified":"2016-06-26T19:16:22","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T23:16:22","slug":"exploring-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/week-4\/exploring-identities\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"

For this week\u2019s blog, I chose to review Identities: Understanding Islam in a Cross-Cultural Context<\/em> which is hosted on an Omeka platform. It can be found at http:\/\/marb.kennesaw.edu\/identities\/.<\/p>\n

The project was created by Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad (MCAA).\u00a0 Its aim was to use a variety of sources to create an exhibit that examined the cultural similarities and differences between the materials (especially oral histories and photographs) in a museum in Morocco and the materials from a museum in Georgia.\u00a0 MCAA planned to analyze these materials and infer how identities are formed in immigrant communities, both in Morocco and Georgia.<\/p>\n

Though not explicitly stated, it seems like the site is meant to appeal to a general audience, and especially highlight and connect with immigrant Muslim communities.\u00a0 The central question the project asks is how identities are formed in these communities, both in Morocco and Georgia.\u00a0 The project also centers on the idea of integrating community in general\u2014by featuring community input in the exhibit, the project becomes a community itself.<\/p>\n

Identities<\/em> is an easy project to explore. My favorite aspect is that it\u2019s structured, but still allows the user to take their own path through the website.\u00a0 The homepage uses a slideshow tool to draw in the user and highlight various parts of the exhibit. Because the slideshow never goes in the same order twice, users can expect to explore a different part of the exhibit each time they visit. The writing on the website is informative and interesting without being dense, especially with regard to the photo captions.<\/p>\n

The website features an about page that provides a comprehensive overview of the project and all the museums and organizations that helped to make it. However, there is not information about the specific digital tools they used to make the website. The metadata on the website is comprehensive and follows dublincore formatting.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Identities<\/em>\u2019s most compelling feature that distinguishes it from a traditional research paper or exhibit is how easily a user can bring themselves into the website\u2019s narrative. A tab on the home page named \u201ctalk back\u201d allows users to either share their story or answer a survey that asks questions about how the user views Islam or what further topics they\u2019d want to see included in the exhibit. Instead of being a passive experience, Identities <\/em>is active because it fully immerses and incorporates the user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this week\u2019s blog, I chose to review Identities: Understanding Islam in a Cross-Cultural Context which is hosted on an Omeka platform. It can be found at http:\/\/marb.kennesaw.edu\/identities\/. The project was created by Museums and Community Collaborations Abroad (MCAA).\u00a0 Its aim was to use a variety of sources to create an exhibit that examined the … Continue reading “Exploring Identities”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions\/444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dssf.musselmanlibrary.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}