Trip Details

• Location:  Northern Ireland, UK
• Cost: $3400
• Term: Postponed until 2024
• Sponsor: Division of Communication and Theatre

For more information contact amy.smelser@indwes.edu or mark.perry@indwes.edu

Trip Description

This class will incorporate mobile journalism techniques in Northern Ireland, telling the stories of people who lived through and continue to deal with issues from The Troubles, Northern Ireland’s traumatic ethno-nationalist conflict. Through cultural immersion and experiences, students will tell the stories of others using cosmopolitan communication theory and emerging digital storytelling platforms, including web, audio, video and social media. This course is eligible to fulfill the IWU general education intercultural experience requirement.

*Cost of trip does not include tuition; students can take the trip for 0-3 academic credits.