Visit Project Project Details
MaCleKi is a website that explores the history of Kisumu, Kenya, through location-based storytelling. The project is a product of two National Endowment for the Humanities grants that supported an investigation of how to optimize Curatescape for use in developing-world contexts where particular technological, financial, and other considerations necessitated further innovation. Built on an experimental Curatescape plugin for WordPress and a data-light theme, the project reflects the collaborative research of students from Maseno University in Kenya and Cleveland State University. It includes stories that combine interpretive text with curated images and a map location. MaCleKi is maintained by the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at Cleveland State University.
Subjects or Themes
Kisumu (Kenya), Kenya, agriculture, colonialism, education, environment, gender, health and safety, labor, politics, race, religion, trade
Project Language(s)
English
Time Period
Geographic Location
Project Categories
Content Type
Images, Text, Mapping
Target Audience(s)
Creators
Project Co-Directors: Dr. Meshack Owino and Dr. J. Mark Souther, Cleveland State University; Lead Developer: Erin J. Bell, Cleveland State University; Consulting Partners: Gordon Obote Magaga and Benard Busaka, Maseno University
Year(s)
2014–2018
Host Institution / Affiliation / Project Location
Center for Public History + Digital Humanities, Cleveland State University
Software Employed
Labor and Support
MaCleKi is a digital storytelling project co-directed by Meshack Owino and Mark Souther of Cleveland State University in consultation with Gordon Obote Magaga and Benard Busaka of Maseno University. Erin Bell is the lead developer. Hundreds of Cleveland State University and Maseno University students worked virtually in research teams to produce the project’s stories. They were supported by staff at the Kisumu Museum. Stipend support was provided to defray transportation, data, and other basic costs incurred in fieldwork by Maseno students.
Project Cost
Partnerships, funding sources, or grant-funding acknowledgement
Department of History and Archeology, Maseno University, with support from Kisumu Museums (National Museums of Kenya). Major support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Cleveland State University.
