Africana Studies Department
The Africana Studies Department has provided much financial and administrative support to AfroPulse and is vital in promoting our events and meetings to that part of the Bard community that has shown an academic interest in the continent. The department has collaborated with us in the past on our panel discussion "So You Want to Save Africa?", as well as on our Akwaba-Jambo fundraiser dinner and party.
"Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program that addresses the histories, cultures and experiences of African peoples on the African continent and around the world. Students develop a comparative perspective on these topics in order to understand the rich network of linkages and exchanges among Africa’s people, their descendants and the various 'new worlds' in which those descendants made their lives. A student should round out his or her theoretical experiences in Africana courses with community work; service-learning is an important component of the Africana Studies experience."
For more information about Africana Studies at Bard: http://africana.bard.edu/
"Africana Studies is an interdisciplinary program that addresses the histories, cultures and experiences of African peoples on the African continent and around the world. Students develop a comparative perspective on these topics in order to understand the rich network of linkages and exchanges among Africa’s people, their descendants and the various 'new worlds' in which those descendants made their lives. A student should round out his or her theoretical experiences in Africana courses with community work; service-learning is an important component of the Africana Studies experience."
For more information about Africana Studies at Bard: http://africana.bard.edu/
Bard On Television (BoTV)
BoTV presents a platform through which AfroPulse can advertise its events to the larger Bard community. It has in the past also filmed many of AfroPulse's events, which have then been uploaded to their Youtube channel. In this way, BoTV also helps AfroPulse to expand its reach beyond just Bard College. BoTV worked with us on a short interview promo for our Akwaba-Jambo fundraiser dinner and party, and also filmed the event.
BoTV is Bard's only official television network and is completely student-run.
For more information regarding BoTV:
BoTV is Bard's only official television network and is completely student-run.
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Black Students Organisation (BSO)
The BSO has been a partner of AfroPulse since we first started out, providing financial support in our first semester, and remaining an organisation we collaborate with to hold panel discussions, talks, parties and other events. Some collaborations with BSO include the Akwaba-Jambo fundraiser dinner and party, and the Diaspora Panel Discussion.
For more information regarding Bard's BSO: http://student.bard.edu/clubs/templates/template1.php?id=956
For more information regarding Bard's BSO: http://student.bard.edu/clubs/templates/template1.php?id=956
Caribbean Students Association (CSA)
The CSA is another long-time financial partner and collaborator. Some collaborations with CSA include the Akwaba-Jambo fundraiser dinner and party, the Diaspora Panel Discussion, and the Celebration of Afro-Caribbean Writers in honour of the late Chinua Achebe.
"The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) seeks to provide a sense of social solidarity and academic support among West Indian/Caribbean students at Bard, while promoting interactions with the Bard community as a whole. We hope to achieve this goal through (1) the education of Caribbean culture, society, and politics, (2) hosting events that celebrate the diversity which Caribbean students contribute to Bard and (3) raising awareness about issues past and present of importance to West Indians and the world. The CSA is inclusive to all Bard students, Caribbean or otherwise."
For more information regarding Bard's CSA: http://student.bard.edu/clubs/templates/template1.php?id=1255
"The Caribbean Student Association (CSA) seeks to provide a sense of social solidarity and academic support among West Indian/Caribbean students at Bard, while promoting interactions with the Bard community as a whole. We hope to achieve this goal through (1) the education of Caribbean culture, society, and politics, (2) hosting events that celebrate the diversity which Caribbean students contribute to Bard and (3) raising awareness about issues past and present of importance to West Indians and the world. The CSA is inclusive to all Bard students, Caribbean or otherwise."
For more information regarding Bard's CSA: http://student.bard.edu/clubs/templates/template1.php?id=1255
Difference and Media Project
AfroPulse is continuously indebted to the Difference and Media Project for the financial and administrative support that it provides. Over the two years AfroPulse has been active, the DMP has funded our trips to the Harvard African Development Conference, as well as to Yale's Sankofa54 Conference on Africa. The DMP was also a collaborator on the Akwaba-Jambo fundraiser dinner and party.
"The Difference and Media Project is an interdisciplinary, extra-departmental space for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Inspired by the interdisciplinary, problem-focused nature of the MIT Media Lab, which MIT describes as an “atelier” environment, the Difference and Media Project creates a multi-media laboratory space for “difference.” Difference, broadly speaking, includes race, sexuality, religion, national origin, class, or other ability, but is not restricted to those categories. Difference, of course, is not necessarily an idea that can be captured within these categories, which can only be preliminary and provisional. Media includes written texts, live performance, plays, digital artworks, conversation, art installations, or site-specific interactions with the landscape. The laboratory format allows for rigorous play, spontaneous interactions, and creative analysis."
For more information on the Difference and Media Project and its events: http://dmp.bard.edu/
"The Difference and Media Project is an interdisciplinary, extra-departmental space for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Inspired by the interdisciplinary, problem-focused nature of the MIT Media Lab, which MIT describes as an “atelier” environment, the Difference and Media Project creates a multi-media laboratory space for “difference.” Difference, broadly speaking, includes race, sexuality, religion, national origin, class, or other ability, but is not restricted to those categories. Difference, of course, is not necessarily an idea that can be captured within these categories, which can only be preliminary and provisional. Media includes written texts, live performance, plays, digital artworks, conversation, art installations, or site-specific interactions with the landscape. The laboratory format allows for rigorous play, spontaneous interactions, and creative analysis."
For more information on the Difference and Media Project and its events: http://dmp.bard.edu/
The Fashion Committee (TFC)
The Fashion Committee's annual Spring Fling Fashion Show has provided a platform through which AfroPulse has showcased African fashion and dance performances.
For more information regarding TFC: https://www.facebook.com/BardFashionCommittee/
For more information regarding TFC: https://www.facebook.com/BardFashionCommittee/