‘History Project’ comic

After Michelle Keown (Project Lead) received a University of Edinburgh Innovative Initiative Grant, a collaboration between Michelle, Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner and Maori-Niuean artist Munro Te Whata began in order to adapt Kathy’s antinuclear poem ‘History Project’ into a comic. Michelle did the storyboarding and textual adaptation, and Munro produced the comic panels, with Kathy overseeing and approving the final version. A two-page appendix to the comic was produced, which outlines the research that went into the project, and the roles of various collaborators, including Island Research and Education Initiative, a non-profit Micronesian publisher that produced hard copies of the comic for free distribution to Marshallese young people. Printing and distribution costs were covered by a grant from the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh.