Archived Project
Website: https://library2.utm.utoronto.ca/jubaproject/
Description: The Juba Project, named after early minstrelsy’s most famous and most unusual early practitioner, explores this phenomenon both from a historical and a dramaturgical perspective. Links on this page will take you to the different parts of the project, including a database that will allow you to trace the movements of performers around Britain from 1842-1852 (Search the Database), a closer examination of some of the documents and one group of performers (Featured Performers & Documents — a good place to start), a performance-practice site that will explore the responses of contemporary artists to the documents and traditions of minstrelsy (Artists Respond), and information about a book of original essays on minstrelsy’s traditions and legacy, edited by Juba Project Director Stephen Johnson (Burnt Cork).
Contributors:
- Stephen Johnson, Professor Emeritus, Department of English and Drama, University of Toronto Mississauga
- Beth Marquis, Database Coordinator, Juba Project Web Design Revisions and Updates, Graduate Research Assistant
- Alexis Butler, Research Coordinator, Graduate Research Assistant
- Anam Ahmed, Graduate Research Assistant
- Paul Babiak, Graduate Research Assistant
- Joel Benabu, Graduate Research Assistant
- Steph Berntson, Graduate Research Assistant
- Justin Blum, Graduate Research Assistant
- Jordana Commisso, Graduate Research Assistant
- Dave DeGrow, Graduate Research Assistant
- Carolyn Farrell, Graduate Research Assistant
- Melissa Hamilton, Graduate Research Assistant
- Thomas Jones, Graduate Research Assistant
- Karen Lazar, Graduate Research Assistant
- Laura MacDonald, Graduate Research Assistant
- James Mackinnon, Graduate Research Assistant
- Toby Malone, Graduate Research Assistant
- Diana Manole, Graduate Research Assistant
- Mladen Ovadija, Graduate Research Assistant
- Kim Radmacher, Graduate Research Assistant
- Alysse Rich, Graduate Research Assistant
- Birgit Schreyer, Graduate Research Assistant
- Danielle Szlawieniec-Haw, Graduate Research Assistant
- Mark Turner, Graduate Research Assistant
- Lydia Wilkinson, Graduate Research Assistant
- Karen Zaiontz, Graduate Research Assistant
- Emma Johnson, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Marisa Ship, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Ruth Yateman, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Laura MacDonald, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Nathan Bitton, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Andrew Ingram, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Sandra Klincov, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Shannon Shura, Undergraduate Research Assistant
- Sian Meikle, Database Design, Web Application Designer
- Robert H. Michels, Database Consultant
- Gordon Belray, Database Web Design
- Jenny Hu, Database Web Design
- Nick Marquis, Juba Project Web Design
- Justin Blum, Juba Project Web Design Revisions and Updates
- David Hall, Juba Project Web Design Revisions and Updates
- Byron Moldofsky, Interactive Maps Research and Design
- Marieange Beaudry, Interactive Maps Research and Design
- Justin Ngan, Interactive Maps Research and Design
- Sally-Beth MacLean, Consultant
Funders: SSHRC; Office of the Associate Dean, University of Toronto Mississauga; Office of the Dean, School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto; Office of the Vice-President and Provost, University of Toronto; The Jackman Humanities Institute; The Connaught Foundation