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THE BARBARIC COUNTRY

INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT I INNOVATION WEEK

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THE BARBARIC COUNTRY website (2013, Mexico) I Designers: Marlyn Chacón / Karla Ramírez, students for Innovation Week - Semana i at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Chihuahua Campus, Mexico I Coordinator: Virginia Aceves, Head of Media Department I Project designer/director: Pedro Valiente, PhD

OVERVIEW The Barbaric Country website was produced in five days during Innovation Week 2013 with students mostly from Architecture, Engineering, and Law. No students from Media/Communication or Design/Arts. The ideas was to create a website with content created by students including fiction and non-fiction writing, photography, digital media as well as music curating. The website and logo were designed by Marlyn Chacón and Karla Ramírez with art direction by Pedro Valiente. . Barbaric refers to is a historical/sociological name to honor the brave people living in the harsh land of Chihuahua in Northern Mexico. The Barbaric Country is Chihuahua City and State. The Barbaric Country is a transmedia project connected with other online platforms and productions including videos on Vimeo and music on YouTube.

INNOVATION WEEK Semana i nurtures "global vision, entrepreneur spirit, and human awareness." in the context of innovation in education. "Tec21 Educational Model allows you to choose your career and make your profile unique as a graduate in order to be a more competitive being with skills to face world challenges successfully" --Tec de Monterrey Tec de Monterrey Chih. also started a program connecting students and lecturers from different courses. This cross-curricular project included guest lecturers/professionals from Mexico and Spain. LINKS Innovation Week: youtube.com/watch?v=LVbvKYeoZ0E