“I was stunned and gratified to find my Ethnic Studies 101 students in earnest conversation about questions of symbolic annihilation by the third week of the project. They recognized the importance of the term and used it in discussions elsewhere in the class; they were able to connect their work on the PAA to broad scholarly concerns in Comparative Ethnic Studies.

In other words, work on the PAA elevated the level of comprehension and subsequent analysis in the class, within a very short amount of time. …Almost unanimously, [the students] were surprised and pleased to find themselves not only understanding terms like “metadata,” but directly engaged in creating it.

– Dr. Rachel Buff, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee