LSS Consulting Supports CREECA Digital Stories

October 15, 2009 by David Macasaet

LSS recently provided production support to CREECA (Center for Russia, East Europe & Central Asia)  for a series of audio lectures and "digital stories". The audio content is part of Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates, a new-media initiative that seeks to challenge misconceptions and stereotypical perceptions about Islam and Muslims worldwide.

The series producer, Fatima Sartbaeva, used a simple-to-use, high quality audio recorder from the AV Pool called the Zoom H2 Handy Recorder in order to record interviews with a variety of scholars. Fatima then worked with LSS staff to capture, optimize, edit and arrange the audio files, add music, record intro and outro credits, and to provide final files for delivery on the Inside Islam website.

At LSS we've found that Instructors often times have volumes of excellent raw material, but they may need assistance in order to take the next step. The digital stories produced by CREECA  are good examples of how LSS can help faculty and staff take the next step with their multimedia projects.

View the webpage and listen to the stories

Inside Islam: Dialogues and Debates is a collaboration between UW-Madison’s nine area and international studies centers, Wisconsin Public Radio, and the public. Inside Islam is funded by a grant from the Social Science Research Council’s “Academia in the Public Sphere Grants Program,” which in turn is supported by funding from the Carnegie Corporation.