{"id":8462,"date":"2018-07-06T12:12:05","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T12:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/cel\/?p=8462"},"modified":"2018-07-06T12:14:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T12:14:33","slug":"look-more-excited-nicole-reflections-on-carnival-u-at-carnival-expo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/flie\/2018\/07\/06\/look-more-excited-nicole-reflections-on-carnival-u-at-carnival-expo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLook more excited Nicole!\u201d Reflections on Carnival U at Carnival Expo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carnival U at the Carnival Expo in Kia Oval, London<\/p><\/div>\n

Regular readers of the CEL blog will already know Carnival U. For those who don\u2019t, they are a team of 9 MSc events management charged with co-creating a Carnival University for the Carnival Expo at the Kia Oval which is part of a project led by Dr Nicole Ferdinand, BU Learning and Teaching Fellow 2017\/18. \u00a0Just over a month ago Carnival U hit a major development milestone when they delivered 4 education seminars on history, fashion, rum and masquerade making and achieved some amazing results.<\/p>\n

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Carnival U in numbers. Follow Carnival U on Twitter @carnival_u<\/p><\/div>\n

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Surprises<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the big surprises was how successful the students were in developing workshop content that was simple and appealing to Expo attendees. For example, they proposed a \u201cFashion Workshop\u201d rather than one titled \u201cCarnival Costuming\u201d or \u201cMasquerade\u201d, which broadened the appeal of the workshop, as well as provided unexpected content to attendees. \u201cMake Your Own Carnival Mask\u201d was a very popular workshop and it was a workshop of the students\u2019 own design.<\/p>\n

Lessons learned<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the big lessons I took away from the experience was the importance of non-verbal communication. I was challenged by my students to deliver a history workshop that wasn\u2019t boring. I had never done anything related to history, despite speaking at many Carnival-related events, precisely because I have struggled with making a history lesson on Carnival interesting. I got some simple tips from the Carnival U students that proved to be really effective.<\/p>\n