About the Project

The project, "Art Is A Weapon In The Struggle Of Ideas," is an educational website created to inspire readers to actively protest for social equality within a scholarly environment, aiming to legitimize these important issues by using power of education.

In this context, I created the website to honor the legacy of Amiri Baraka. During the creation of the project, I utilized some digital tools. Here's a closer look at the ones I used.

• Hypothesis: A free, user-friendly annotation tool that helped explain the symbols, themes, and phrases in the play.

• Google Sites: The platform I chose to bring the play into a digital format.

• Disqus: I created the "Endless End" section to encourage viewers to share their comments about the play. Unfortunatly, Google Sites do not have a comment section to enrich the website. This leaded me to meet with Disqus and used it for my project. I believe that after exploring the play, it's nearly impossible not to feel deeply moved, and this space allows for responses and discussions.

"Black Arts Movement." Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 15 Nov. 2023, https://www.britannica.com/event/Black-Arts-movement. 

"Dutchman." Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/topic/Dutchman. 

Baraka, Amiri. "American Sexual Reference." UH2307 WordPress, 2011, https://uh2307.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/baraka_americansexualreference.pdf. 

"Flaying Dutchman: Masochism, Minstrelsy, and the Gender Politics of Amiri Baraka's 'Dutchman.'" Project MUSE, Johns Hopkins University Press, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/643421. 

https://nauticalchannel.com/new/the-flying-dutchman

Baraka, A. (1964). Dutchman. New York: New York Review Books.

Giles, R. (2002). Racial Identity and the Modern American Play. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Grundy, David. Amiri Baraka 1934-2014. The Poetry Foundation, 2014, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amiri-baraka. 

Baker, Christopher. "A Trip with the Strange Woman: Amiri Baraka's 'Dutchman' and the Book of Proverbs." Project MUSE, Johns Hopkins University Press, https://muse.jhu.edu/article/633542. 

"Amiri Baraka Poems." Poetry Verse, https://www.poetryverse.com/amiri-baraka-poems. 

Flying Dutchman (1887), Albert Pinkham Ryder (American, 1847–1917). Image sourced from Artvee. 

"30 Amiri Baraka Poems on YouTube," Cultural Front. 

"What is the Black Arts Movement," Jewel The Artist. 

Note: Screenshots from the play featured in the Youtube playlist have been used.