Miami-directed video on infant mortality in permanent online gallery
Miami University students and faculty created a digital narrative on infant mortality that won them recognition from the National Academy of Medicine’s Community Art Project.
The Academy of Medicine chose the video to be permanently featured on the Visual Health Equity Community’s online gallery. The gallery went live Thursday, Nov. 9.
The video captures the everyday struggles of families. It is the first story emerging from Miami’s infant mortality project, PRIMED for Action, a partnership with Butler County’s PRIM, an organization that works to reduce infant mortality. Cameron Hay-Rollins, professor and chair of anthropology, leads the project, in collaboration with Paul Flaspohler, associate professor of psychology, and Ann Elizabeth Armstrong, associate professor of theatre, who guided the digital storytelling process.
The resulting video was a collaboration among the College of Creative Arts and College of Arts and Science faculty and students, the Butler County Health Department and community members. It received pilot funding from Miami’s Office for the Advancement of Research and Scholarship.
