BDN Features New Media Student Projects
The Bangor Daily News reported on a student digital narrative project in a University of Maine new media course taught by Associate Professor Joline Blais. The project was inspired by the BDN endeavor titled My Maine Culture. The student projects celebrated Maine’s sense of place and included memories of lobstering and becoming immersed in Maine’s art scene. Student Kevin Boucher described his childhood in Madawaska: “I grew up all the way up north where Acadian culture is everywhere and Frenglish is a language. I lived right next to the Canadian border so most of my family are Canadians and we went to Canada for a lot of things. It was like having a city that we didn’t live in but could visit anytime we wanted. I loved living in good old Madawaska because I had places I could feel like I was completely lost in the woods when only being a few steps away from being back in civilization.” To view the student entries, visit 443.nmdprojects.net/2015.