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Koh Representing Race Opening Remarks MLA 2013
This document describes a roundtable discussion on the representation of race in the digital humanities, focusing on the cultural assumptions embedded in digital tools that affect participation. Various speakers present their experiences and projects, highlighting issues such as 'archival silence' and the impact of race on access to resources in the field. The session aims to explore and push back against these silences and reflect on anti-racist efforts within digital humanities initiatives.
Koh Representing Race Opening Remarks MLA 2013
- 1. REPRESENTING RACE SILENCE IN THE DIGITAL HUMANITIES WITH ADELINE KOH (@ADELINEKOH), ANNE CONG-HUYEN (@ANITACONCHITA), MOYA BAILEY (@MOYAZB, IN ABSENTIA), HUSSEIN KESHANI, MARIA VELAZQUEZ RESPONDING: ALONDRA NELSON (@ALONDRA)
- 2. OUR SISTER PANEL 584. Accessing Race in the Digital Humanities: An E-roundtable Saturday, 5 January, 3:30–4:45 p.m., Commonwealth, Sheraton A special session Presiding: Roger Whitson, Emory Univ. Roger Whitson's Annotation: After introducing the panel, I briefly document my own experiences as project manager for "Lynchings in Georgia: 1875-1930" at Emory University's Digital Scholarship Commons (DiSC). How do new forms read more > Speakers: David Kim, Univ. of California, Los Angeles; Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Michigan State Univ.; Lee Skallerup Bessette, Morehead State Univ. Responding: Tara McPherson, Univ. of Southern California For more information, visit www.rogerwhitson.net/accessingrace after 31 Dec. Session Description: This roundtable addresses how applications and interfaces encode specific cultural assumptions about race and preclude certain groups of people from participating in the digital humanities. Participants present specific digital humanities projects that illustrate the impact of race on access to the programming, cultural, and funding structures in the digital humanities.
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- 4. THIS SILENCE EXTENDSTO CALIBRATION OF DH TOOLS DH ARCHIVES VIRTUAL IDENTITIES PUSHBACK WITHIN COMMUNITIES HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THIS SILENCE?
- 5. ANNE CONG-HUYEN ANNE’S TWITTERACC: @ANITACONCHITA
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- 7. HUSSEIN KESHANI Race andState Patronage of Digital Islamic Studies in the UK
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- 9. MARIA VELAZQUEZ Blog LikeYou Love: Anti-Racist Projects, Black Feminism and the Virtual
- 10. ALONDRA NELSON RESPONDENT TWITTER HANDLE:@ALONDRA NOTABLE WORKS: AFROFUTURISM--A SPECIAL ISSUE OF SOCIAL TEXT (2002); TECHNICOLOR: RACE, TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYDAY LIFE (2001); BODY AND SOUL: THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MEDICAL DISCRIMINATION (2011)