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Faculty Collaborative Research Projects

Florida International University and Miami Dade College invited faculty members, librarians, students, and museum curators at both institutions to propose collaborative research projects in the humanities. Grantees were encouraged to speak to the urgency of diversifying scholarship in the humanities through pedagogical innovation and cross-institutional collaboration. Each project included faculty and students from both institutions.

Grants were awarded to projects with considerable reach and impact, especially as it related to the core values of the grant including valuing and leveraging diversity to deepen and broaden scholarship in the humanities, sharpening the caliber of our humanities programs and crystalizing the humanities value proposition – in education, scholarship, advanced-degree attainment, and employment outcomes.

2022-23 Collaborative Research Projects

  • Little Haiti Confronts Gentrification, Dislocation, and Evictions

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    The collaborative research project, Little Haiti Confronts Gentrification, Dislocation, and Evictions, sought to address the question: How do Little Haiti’s families, small businesses, and community at large attempt to cope with the neighborhood’s rapid gentrification, including dislocations and evictions? The research team was led by FIU Associate Professor of Sociology Richard Tardanico, MDC Associate Professor of Arts & Philosophy Joseph Tamargo, and FIU Adjunct Photography Instructor Peggy Nolan.

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  • Visualizing Grand Avenue, the Main Street of the Black Community of Coconut Grove, in the 1960s

    This collaborative research project, led by Professors Gray Read, FIU Architecture, and Bobby Walker, MDC Architecture, centered on constructing a digital architectural model of the buildings along Grand Avenue when it was the thriving center of the Black community in Coconut Grove and presenting that model in several venues. The grant funds supported a field trip, speakers, workshops, a presentation to the community, and a trip to an academic conference where the students presented their work.  

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2021-22 Collaborative Research Projects

  • Flying Solo: Ethics + the Activist-Artist

    Professor Darrell Arnold, MDC Department of Arts and Philosophy, along with two MDC students, led the audience through a thought-provoking journey debating art and ethics and other challenging questions in a pre-performance forum and Q&A featuring guest panelists Chire Regans and Marianne Lamonaca. 

    The forum was followed by the performance of “Flying Solo with Artist X.” Through the shared lens of drama, music, poetry, and dance, “Flying Solo” examined the life and work of Xavier Cortada. Written and directed by Phillip M. Church, Associate Professor, FIU Theatre, the performance brought together FIU alumni and students in a tribute to one of Miami’s most compelling activist artists. 

2019-20 Collaborative Research Projects

  • Flying Solo: Ethics + the Activist-Artist

    This collaborative research grant began with the questions: “Is all art political?” “How do artists engage in cultural criticism to shape our world views?” “What ethical perspectives are we most in need of today?

  • Little Haiti Confronts Gentrification, Dislocation, and Evictions

    The collaborative research project, Little Haiti Confronts Gentrification, Dislocation, and Evictions, sought to address the question: How do Little Haiti’s families, small businesses, and community at large attempt to cope with the neighborhood’s rapid gentrification, including dislocations and evictions? The research team was led by FIU Associate Professor of Sociology Richard Tardanico, MDC Associate Professor of Arts & Philosophy Joseph Tamargo, and FIU Adjunct Photography Instructor Peggy Nolan.

    Download the digital booklet