{"id":237,"date":"2019-03-28T00:31:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T04:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/?p=237"},"modified":"2019-03-28T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T04:32:48","slug":"tracing-roots-rediscovering-my-own-first-introduction-to-diasporic-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/2019\/03\/28\/tracing-roots-rediscovering-my-own-first-introduction-to-diasporic-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracing Roots; Rediscovering My Own First Introduction to Diasporic Consciousness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no perfect way to neatly package the grim realities of a generational slave narrative. However, StoryMaps proved to be the best way for me to present the main contours of Alex Haley\u2019s historical fiction novel, <em>Roots<\/em>. I first read the novel in 6th grade and watched the miniseries not too long afterwards. While I never had any misconceptions about the realities of being a descendent of slaves, <em>Roots<\/em> was my first exposure to an <em>uncover-able<\/em> family history that can connect back to Africa. As it was my first stepping stone into Diasporic Consciousness, I felt it appropriate to make it the focus of this assignment. My presentation is an overview of the physical movement forced upon the narrative&#8217;s characters and a brief revisiting of their life experiences. I was seeking a platform that would display a path from one place to another and simultaneously provide a format for storytelling and visual aid. I found that StoryMaps allowed this; smoothly transitioning from continent to continent, carrying along the story arc along the way. The format allows the viewer to see a \u201cbird\u2019s eye view\u201d of the transport as well, an easy way to visualize the plot arcs. The text accompanying the markers allows for a personal touch, necessary for such a sensitive subject matter, lest the presentation verge on the dry and clinical. I speak more about why I chose to feature Haley\u2019s novel, and the television miniseries that it inspired in my StoryMaps presentation. <a href=\"https:\/\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/72b3b862cc40cc263cd709970f927a84\/tracing-roots-tracing-the-diasporic-history-within\/index.html\">Check it out!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no perfect way to neatly package the grim realities of a generational slave narrative. However, StoryMaps proved to be the best way for me to present the main contours of Alex Haley\u2019s historical fiction novel, Roots. I first read the novel in 6th grade and watched the miniseries not too long afterwards. While<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/2019\/03\/28\/tracing-roots-rediscovering-my-own-first-introduction-to-diasporic-consciousness\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1095,"featured_media":241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-accessing-the-past","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1095"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions\/239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/commons.princeton.edu\/aas303\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}