The following are examples of projects that DS @ U-M has worked with in the past. Each listing has a description of the project along with information like funding sources, technical platforms used, and which people and department(s) were involved.
An interactive robot sculpture with “Scheherazade AI”, trained on contemporary immigrant narratives and traditional folktales. As you approach the robot its face turns to you, and it will tell you…
UKRAINE TESTIFIES is a collaboration between the Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia (WCEE) and The Reckoning Project, an international NGO dedicated to collecting fact-based, legally admissible testimonies from witnesses and victims of human…
The ACWWS’ Digital Archive serves as an open-access collection preserving the institutional memory of the Association of Caribbean Women Writers and Scholars (ACWWS) and showcasing the influence of cross-cultural connections…
The Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) brings those impacted by the justice system together with the University of Michigan community for artistic collaboration, mutual learning, and growth. We are a…
The Black Washtenaw County Collaboratory brings together local historians, community organizers, and cultural institutions with an interdisciplinary team of faculty, staff, graduate students, and undergraduates at the University of Michigan.…
Welcome to the Native Students’ Stories website from the University of Michigan. This website is a collection of the memories, photos, histories, and events made by Native American students at…
The Michigan-Mellon Project on the Egalitarian Metropolis is an Urban Humanities Initiative organized around a partnership of humanists, architects/urban designers/planners, and community leaders. A collaboration between the University of Michigan’s Taubman…
This project was one of six Anti-Racist Digital Research Initiative (ARDRI) awardees and led by Dr. Lorena Chambers, a Postdoctoral Fellow in History and American Culture at U-M, and Dr. Margaret Salazar Porzio, Curator…
Writer’s House Museum and Digital Collection Student projects in this collection come from a course taught by Prof. Magdalena J. Zaborowska in American Culture and Afroamerican Studies and each semester…
The Virulent Hate Project, led by Dr. Melissa May Borja, uses news media to research trends in anti-Asian racism and Asian American activism. We identify, analyze, and map incidents of anti-Asian…
The Star Spangled Music Foundation — a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable organization — was created on September 14, 2012 by dedicated musicians, scholars, and educators to recognize the 200th anniversary of…
This project began in 2020 supported by the ArtsEngine at the University of Michigan and works to make Korean art song accessible to English speakers. To date, we have collected nearly…