PUBLICATION
HomeBeats: Struggles for Racial Justice
A multimedia CDROM for Windows and Macintosh computers
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HomeBeats is a multimedia journey through time, from Africa, the Caribbean and Asia, to the making of modern Britain. The first CDROM on racism and the black presence in Britain, it fuses music, graphics, video, text and animation into a stunning voyage of personal and historical discovery for every user. Through a series of fully interlinked sections - Memories, Places, People, Visions, Images - HomeBeats makes the links between past and present accessible to young people in a way possible in no other medium. It covers the history of the struggle for racial justice, tracing the connections between slavery, the colonial experience and modern day racism. The story of how black communities were built in the UK is told through the stories of eight locations in Britain: Birmingham, Bradford, Brixton, the East End of London, Glasgow, Liverpool, Notting Hill and Southall. Easy and fun to use, with a soundtrack by Asian Dub Foundation, HomeBeats lets you learn at your own pace.
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"HomeBeats is anti-racist and interactive education at its best." The Guardian "An impressively put together CDROM... using video clips, interviews and music to inform and educate - without being preachy or patronising." Time Out "The whole disc is extremely easy to navigate and there is an incredible amount to explore... a wonderfully rich resource." PC Guide "Blends history, education, struggle, information and advanced technology to produce an exciting and invaluable CDROM that has something for everyone." Lord Ouseley, former Chair, Commission for Racial Equality "Excellent graphics and a smooth user interface; engaging, informative, stimulating and challenging; HomeBeats explores an important subject on an extremely well-made disk." British Interactive Multimedia Association "Activists and workers will wonder how they managed without such a resource." National Youth Agency |
- Sugar and slavery
- India's freedom struggle
- The scramble for Africa
- The Civil Rights Movement
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Images of black people
- Fascism in Europe
- Biographies and portraits of 50 key individuals from John Archer, the first black mayor in Britain, to Angela Davis, a leader of the US Black Power movement
Features include:
- Quiz game
- Search facility
- Fully indexed
- 200,000 words of text articles
- Glossary of keywords
- Hundreds of photographs
- Over 20 video clips
- Over 1 hour of audio material
HomeBeats is suitable for ages 13 and upwards, for use in schools, colleges and youth centres or at home. It meets requirements for key stages 3 and 4 of the National Curriculum, as well as for post-16 education. Produced to the highest professional and educational standards, HomeBeats' in-depth, comprehensive coverage makes it ideal for adult training courses too.
System requirements
- Windows 3.1/95/98/2000/NT4/XP or Mac OS 7/8/9 or OS X in classic mode
- 16Mb RAM memory
- 10Mb hard disk free space
- Any Pentium, PowerPC or faster processor
- CDROM drive
- VGA or better display with at least 256 colours and a sound card
A dedicated technical support line is available to assist with any problems that users may encounter.
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| Winner, Education Category, British Interactive Multimedia Awards 1998 | Shortlisted, One World Media Awards 1998 | Finalist, 7th Prix Mobius International 1998 | Finalist, European Academic Software Awards 1998 |
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The HomeBeats CDROM is registered with the UK government's Curriculum Online project and is eligible for eLearning Credits (Code: IRRE-HomeBeats).