Makhanda
Makhanda (formely known as Grahamstown) was founded in 1812 after the Fourth Xhosa War as a military outpost by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham as part of a campaign to secure the Eastern frontier of the Cape Colony. Initially Colonel Graham decided to establish his headquarters on the loan farm Noutoe, now known as Table Farm, but at the recommendation of Ensign Andries Stockenstrom it was moved to the homestead of the loan farm De Rietfontein, belonging to Lucas Meyer. Construction on the new headquarters, located on the site of the present Church Square, thus began in June 1812.
Prompted by a Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendation that geographic features, including geographical names, be renamed as a "symbolic reparation to address an unjust past", a proposal was for the town to be renamed after Makhanda, in recognition of his failed attack against the settlement's garrison in 1819. On 2 October 2018, Grahamstown was officially renamed Makhanda in the memory of Makhanda.
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Bloomfield
Bloomfield is a township in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 53,105, an increase of 5,790 from the 2010 census count of 47,315, which in turn reflected a decline of 368 from the 47,683 counted in the 2000 census.
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The earliest settlers of the area were the Lenape Native Americans. The initial patent for European settlement of the land that would become Bloomfield Township was granted to the English Puritan colonists of Newark, and the area assigned to Essex County in 1675, and Newark Township in 1693. From the 1690s to about the 1720s, much of the northern and eastern land was sold to descendants of New Netherland colonists who had settled Acquackanonk, and the remainder mostly to English families.
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This project was made possible through generous support from Bloomfield College and professional development funding offered through the College.
This will leverage a readily available device: mobile technology, to create more immersive experiences for both the Bloomfield College student and the South African student than current “virtual study abroad” offerings.
In order to create more immersive experiences for both the Bloomfield College student and the South African student than current “virtual study abroad” offerings, a readily available device will be leveraged: mobile technology.
According to the study On the Cognitive Benefits of Cultural Experience: Exploring the Relationship between Studying Abroad and Creative Thinking, “Cultural experiences from engaging abroad have wide-reaching benefits on students’ creativity, including the facilitation of complex cognitive processes that promote creative thinking.”
During the trip to Makhanda, South Africa, we shot a 360 videos to offer a video tour of the surrounding area.
The same was also done with the Bloomfield College campus, allowing. This was done so both communities tocould see the environment from the other people’s perspective and get a preview of the environment in case people are considering studying abroad.