Dedicated to furthering intercultural dialogue and understanding between the USA, the North Africa / Middle East Regions, and world-wide through multinational collaboration, research, and education.
Founded in 2009.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
CMI Founder, Director, Publisher
George F Roberson, Phd is Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in the Geography Human Dimensions Research Group; his work is focused on international collaborations and education and theorizing processes of engagement and change. His doctorate is also with that group culminating in an urban-humanistic dissertation on Tangier, Morocco.
Recent activities include: Fulbright Scholar to Tangier cultivating NGO’s with Dr Khalid Amine and the International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS); Founder and Director of Collaborative Media International (CMI) for the development of educational materials, cutting-edge technologies and innovative funding models; Publisher and Project Director of Moroccan Arabic (for learning the language); and Chair of Partners for International Collaboration and Education (PICE, pronounced peace, a.k.a. ‘partners for peace’) a collaborative effort of ICPS and CMI to further international programming, education, and exchange.
Roberson’s international experience reaches over fifty countries on five continents with a particular focus in the North Africa/Middle East and Mediterranean Regions with experience in more than ten Muslim-majority countries. In order to get boots-on-the-ground experience, one research trip included hitching solo from Morocco to Guinea-Conakry.
Prior to entering international research and education, he spent ten years as a social and business entrepreneur building sports marketing companies and ski coaching. He is also former Research Director at Colorado WINS, the state employee organization.
He splits his time between Denver, Amherst, and Tangier.
For additional information click here
Recent activities include: Fulbright Scholar to Tangier cultivating NGO’s with Dr Khalid Amine and the International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS); Founder and Director of Collaborative Media International (CMI) for the development of educational materials, cutting-edge technologies and innovative funding models; Publisher and Project Director of Moroccan Arabic (for learning the language); and Chair of Partners for International Collaboration and Education (PICE, pronounced peace, a.k.a. ‘partners for peace’) a collaborative effort of ICPS and CMI to further international programming, education, and exchange.
Roberson’s international experience reaches over fifty countries on five continents with a particular focus in the North Africa/Middle East and Mediterranean Regions with experience in more than ten Muslim-majority countries. In order to get boots-on-the-ground experience, one research trip included hitching solo from Morocco to Guinea-Conakry.
Prior to entering international research and education, he spent ten years as a social and business entrepreneur building sports marketing companies and ski coaching. He is also former Research Director at Colorado WINS, the state employee organization.
He splits his time between Denver, Amherst, and Tangier.
For additional information click here
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
News Release
Morocco-themed resources – Fulbright collaborations, proceeds to Morocco-based NGO. Proposals and partners sought.
Could there be a more important time to pay closer attention to Morocco and the North Africa / Middle East regions?
Please distribute --
Moroccan Arabic - a practical guide to learning Moroccan Darija - the Arabic dialect of Morocco (2nd edition). International Educational Resources Series. $20
Bowles / Beats / Tangier - Paul and Jane Bowles, the Beat Generation & the crossroads city of Tangier, Morocco. International Collaboration Series. $12
Shakespeare Lane - a contemporary reading of Tanjawi society - at the crossroads city of Tangier, Morocco - what will the citizens choose for their future? International Contemporary Voices Series. $10
For details, click here
(http://collaborativemedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome.html)
Proceeds to International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS) Tangier. Producers of the Annual Tangier International Conferences. Details click here
(http://icpsmorocco.org/new/)
An all-volunteer cooperative of Fulbrighters and others: academics, students, artists, writers, community advocates.
Proposals sought: institutional and/or individual partners, granting, books, translations, conferences, etc.
Collaborative Media International (CMI): people, planet, peace - profits for places Denver, Amherst, Tangier, Worldwide - collaborative.media@ymail.com
Facebook, click here
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Collaborative-Media-International/194579233009)
Could there be a more important time to pay closer attention to Morocco and the North Africa / Middle East regions?
Please distribute --
Moroccan Arabic - a practical guide to learning Moroccan Darija - the Arabic dialect of Morocco (2nd edition). International Educational Resources Series. $20
Bowles / Beats / Tangier - Paul and Jane Bowles, the Beat Generation & the crossroads city of Tangier, Morocco. International Collaboration Series. $12
Shakespeare Lane - a contemporary reading of Tanjawi society - at the crossroads city of Tangier, Morocco - what will the citizens choose for their future? International Contemporary Voices Series. $10
For details, click here
(http://collaborativemedia.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome.html)
Proceeds to International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS) Tangier. Producers of the Annual Tangier International Conferences. Details click here
(http://icpsmorocco.org/new/)
An all-volunteer cooperative of Fulbrighters and others: academics, students, artists, writers, community advocates.
Proposals sought: institutional and/or individual partners, granting, books, translations, conferences, etc.
Collaborative Media International (CMI): people, planet, peace - profits for places Denver, Amherst, Tangier, Worldwide - collaborative.media@ymail.com
Facebook, click here
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Collaborative-Media-International/194579233009)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Please support these fine institutions and Initiatives
American Institute for Maghrib Studies (AIMS), click here
Arabic Language Institute in Fez (ALIF) click here
Cadmus Editions, click here
Critical Language Scholarship ProgramFes, click here
Tangier, click here
Human Geography: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, click here
Friends of Morocco, click here
Fulbright Scholar ProgramGary L. Garrison (Assistant Director, Middle East/North Africa), ggarrison at iie.org, and on the web, click here
International Centre for Performance Studies (ICPS) Tangier, click here
Moroccan-American Commission for Educational and Cultural Exchange (MACECE), click here
Moroccan Arabic Verb Dictionary, Abdennebi El Haloui & Steve Bowman, eds. click here
Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site, click here
Tangier American Legation Institute for Moroccan Studies (TALIM), click here and hereMonday, April 18, 2011
Moroccan Arabic 2nd edition excepts
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Collaborative Media International
People, planet, peace - profits for places
Denver, Amherst, Tangier, Worldwide
- Introduction
- Table of contents
- Special thanks
Collaborative Media InternationalPeople, planet, peace - profits for places
Denver, Amherst, Tangier, Worldwide
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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- literature - drama, travel, criticism, translation, biography, autobiography
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- language instruction
- creative / innovative methods
- empowering the margins
- intercultural dialogue and engagement
- alternative methods
- regional foci - North Africa, Mediterranean, East Asia, North America
- theoretical - post-colonial, feminist, place, social
- multilingualism - English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Mandarin
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