Video experiment: representation in theatre faculty

I chose to investigate the representation that Theatre students of color see within their own faculty. I’m exploring the symbolic violence perpetrated by lack of representation, and so I started my investigation within the staff. For my experiment, I copied all of the staff photos from the UMBC Theatre website, put them into iMovie in the order they are listed online, and trimmed them all to 2 seconds to see how long it would take to see a person of color. To find a currently active, regularly visible staff member took 40 seconds, and she — Dawn Kelley — was the last staff member listed.

A note from the editor: Media Experiments are attempts by students to understand difference through ethnographic and textual research. If you have any concerns about the above piece, please contact the instructor — Dr. Bryce Peake, bpeake |a| umbc.edu.