MW2006 BoW Nomination: Online Exhibition: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo [http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
Site: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo
URL: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
Institution: United States Holocaust Memeorial Museum
Designer[s]: Adele Medina O'Dowd (in-house)
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, chronicles the devastation unfolding in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The site, includes a teachers guide to aid educators in developing lessons on the country's situation.
The site features a travel log narrated by Angelina Jolie, who visited the region in September 2003 with John Prendergast, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group, and two photographers. Jolie, reading from her travel log, delivers commentary on the country's dire situation and details her meetings with affected populations: child soldiers, rape victims and civilian refugees. Observations are accompanied by extensive photographs of the trip and of the region. Prendergast provides historical context to the complex conflict engulfing the region.
Despite the horrors that continue to be perpetrated in the Congo, Angelina Jolie and John Prendergast returned from their trip with the overwhelming sense that "the Congolese people still hope and work for a better future." "There are solutions, but they require more international engagement. This can only happen if citizens in the U.S. and around the world tell their governments it is unacceptable to allow 1,000 Congolese to die every day."
The objective of the project is to raise awareness to the "after effects" of the Rwandan genocide in Congo and to motivate visitors to the site to action.
The main technical challenge was finding a way to bring Angelina Jolie's "journal" to life on the Internet through animation, sound, and photography. This was achieved through the creation of "online ephemera," and intimate recordings of Angelina and John Prendergast.
We were able to create the kind of unique online experience for which we were hoping. The first week of the site's life the Museum's bandwidth was inundated with traffic and comments to the Web site indicate that visitors are moved by the content.
Nominated by:
adele medina o'dowd
Creative Director for Web Projects
Outreach Technology
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
USA
www: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
See the Museums and the Web 2006 Best of the Web site http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/best/
for the results anytime after March 24, 2006.
All sites are reviewed by the Best of the Web judges. Nominating a
site multiple times does NOT improve its chances of winning an award.
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
URL: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
Institution: United States Holocaust Memeorial Museum
Designer[s]: Adele Medina O'Dowd (in-house)
Category: Online Exhibition
Explanation: Ripples of Genocide: Journey Through Eastern Congo, chronicles the devastation unfolding in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The site, includes a teachers guide to aid educators in developing lessons on the country's situation.
The site features a travel log narrated by Angelina Jolie, who visited the region in September 2003 with John Prendergast, Senior Advisor, International Crisis Group, and two photographers. Jolie, reading from her travel log, delivers commentary on the country's dire situation and details her meetings with affected populations: child soldiers, rape victims and civilian refugees. Observations are accompanied by extensive photographs of the trip and of the region. Prendergast provides historical context to the complex conflict engulfing the region.
Despite the horrors that continue to be perpetrated in the Congo, Angelina Jolie and John Prendergast returned from their trip with the overwhelming sense that "the Congolese people still hope and work for a better future." "There are solutions, but they require more international engagement. This can only happen if citizens in the U.S. and around the world tell their governments it is unacceptable to allow 1,000 Congolese to die every day."
The objective of the project is to raise awareness to the "after effects" of the Rwandan genocide in Congo and to motivate visitors to the site to action.
The main technical challenge was finding a way to bring Angelina Jolie's "journal" to life on the Internet through animation, sound, and photography. This was achieved through the creation of "online ephemera," and intimate recordings of Angelina and John Prendergast.
We were able to create the kind of unique online experience for which we were hoping. The first week of the site's life the Museum's bandwidth was inundated with traffic and comments to the Web site indicate that visitors are moved by the content.
Nominated by:
adele medina o'dowd
Creative Director for Web Projects
Outreach Technology
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
USA
www: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/congojournal/
See the Museums and the Web 2006 Best of the Web site http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/best/
for the results anytime after March 24, 2006.
All sites are reviewed by the Best of the Web judges. Nominating a
site multiple times does NOT improve its chances of winning an award.
Jennifer Trant and David Bearman, Archives & Museum Informatics
MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
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