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Probably the earliest and longest lasting creative projects relationship is between the Digital Academy and the Native American Resource Center.
A note from Dr. Stanley Knick, Director of the NARC...
What came to be known as the Digital Academy began as an idea: people in different disciplines, with divergent expertise and perspectives, can work together for the good of all. This spirit of collaboration has driven the evolution of the Academy, and as an anthropologist and museum professional I have been both a direct and indirect beneficiary of such collaboration.
Before there was a Digital Academy, Oscar Patterson (WNCP-TV) and I began working together on a video production about one of our museum exhibits (Keeping the Circle). When George Johnson came to WNCP-TV (which became part of the Mass Communications Department), he immediately became involved in this collaboration, and was instrumental in its completion. Since then, George and I have worked together on other video projects, including Lumbee By Grace and In The Heart Of Tradition. During this process, George provided instruction and technical assistance on how to edit video, and he also consulted on assembling a suite of video equipment for the museum. In many phases of these projects -- videography, editing and other elements of post-production -- the spirit of collaboration prevailed. The products of these projects have been beneficial to the University, as well as to the Native American community of North Carolina.
The idea of collaboration proved to be infectious, and members of other departments (Art, Music, University Computing and Information Services, etc.) have reached across departmental boundaries to help in one way or another in the evolution of the Academy and of the emerging digital capabilities on campus. The University is a better and more productive place to work as this idea -- inter-departmental collaboration -- is encouraged to grow.
Stanley Knick, Ph.D.
Director, Native American Resource Center
Interim Chair, American Indian Studies Department