Student Work: Human Rights Violations in the Balkans
Applied and experiential learning are an important part of what we do here at the Human Rights Program and are often featured in our communications. We are extremely proud of the work our students do to advance human rights in our community and around the world.
No less important, but often harder to portray is the work our students do in their classes. In celebration of the Human Rights Program’s 20th anniversary, we will be showcasing some of the work completed by our students in their courses.
We hope you enjoy exploring and learning from these projects.
This series of Story Maps was created in Prof. Amelia Shindelar’s PA 5885: Human Rights Policy - Issues and Actors during Fall 2020.
PA 5885 is a graduate-level introductory course on human rights. Students in this course learn about international and domestic human rights systems as well as specific human rights topics such as the right to health and the role of civil society organizations in promoting and protecting human rights.
Story Maps is a software platform that integrates spatial thinking with storytelling to present information in a compelling, interactive, and easy-to-understand format.
For this class assignment students formed teams of 3-4 based on interest in a common geographic space. Students were asked to explore the relationships between geography, physical space, and the realization of human rights. The resulting Story Maps provide compelling examples of how we can use newer methods of communication to promote and protect human rights.
