Baltimore Traces is a collaborative teaching innovation that brings together UMBC classes from a variety of disciplines to create media focused on Baltimore residents and neighborhoods. It builds on previous interdisciplinary collaborations including Mill Stories (Michelle Stefano and Bill Shewbridge) and Mapping Baybrook (Nicole King and Steve Bradley). In addition to the videos, photos and oral histories collected on the project site, Baltimore Traces works with the Center for Emerging Media (CEM), a Baltimore non-profit founded by radio host Marc Steiner to create radio programming.
This began in spring, 2014, when students from four UMBC classes teamed up to produce Stories of Deindustrialized Baltimore, a five-part radio series aired on the Marc Steiner Show on WEAA 88.9 FM.
The project expanded in the spring 2015 as part of a Hrabowski Innovation Grant, “Baltimore Stories: Emerging Media Across the Curriculum.” The project continues to evolve, with new projects focusing on Baltimore’s many neighborhood developing each semester. During the current semester, the project is focusing on two designated arts districts in Baltimore: Station North and Highlandtown/Greektown. Students are once again creating radio programing along with short video documentaries, a website and an interactive map.
for more information visit http://baltimoretraces.org