Based on the auto-ethnographic work of a team of scholars who developed the first Black Digital Humanities program at a research institution, this book details how to centralize Black feminist praxes of care, ethics, and Black studies in the digital humanities (DH).
In this important and timely collection, the authors Catherine Knight Steele, Jessica H. Lu, and Kevin C. Winstead—of the first team of the African American Digital Humanities Initiative—center Black scholars, Black thought, and Black studies in creating digital research and programming. Providing insight into acquiring funding, building and maintaining community, developing curricula, and establishing a national network in the field, this book moves Black persons and Black thought from the margins to the center with a set of best practices and guiding questions for scholars, students, and practitioners developing programming, creating work agreements, building radically intentional pedagogy and establishing an ethical future for Black DH.
This is essential reading for researchers, students, scholars, and practitioners working in the fields of DH and Black studies, as well as graduate students, faculty, and administrators working in humanities disciplines who are interested in forming centers, courses, and/or research programs in Black digital studies.
Author(s): Catherine Knight Steele, Jessica H. Lu, Kevin C. Winstead
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 152
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black
What Is Radial Intentionality?
Who Is Writing This Text?
Who Should Be Reading This Book?
How Did We Write It?
What Should You Expect?
References
Chapter 1: I Don’t Love DH; I Love Black Folks: Building Black DH Programming
Developing Programming for Black Folks and DH
Reading Groups and Conversation Series
Digital Humanities Incubators
AADHum Scholars
Digital Archives
The Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black Conference
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 2: Where Are All the Black Scholars in Black DH?: Creating Space for the Field of Black Digital Studies
The Forefamily
Institution Building with Radical Intentionality
Actualizing the Intellectual Fellowship
Radical Reflections for Field- and Fellowship-Building
References
Chapter 3: What Are We Going to Eat?: Care and Feeding as Radical Method and Praxis
Tracing a History of Care Strategies
What Do Care and Feeding Require within the Academy?
Funding and Supporting Student-Workers
Creating Black-Centric, Not Tool-Centric, Programming
Matching Our Methods to Our Values
Radical Reflections for Care-Centered Collaborative Research
References
Chapter 4: If You Teach It, They Will Come: Developing Pedagogy for Black DH
“Digital Archives” for Undergraduate Education
What is Black DH Pedagogy?
Affirming and Centering Black People as Learners and Teachers
Practicing Care for Students as Whole Persons
Animating Legacies of Interdisciplinary Power, Resistance, and Innovation
Grounding Tools and Skills Instruction in Theory-Informed Critique
Teaching Black DH with Radical Intentionality
Notes
References
Chapter 5: When and How to Walk Away
Catherine: “Too Junior to Get the Credit”
Jessica: “Except Me”
Kevin: “The Spook Who Sat By the Door”
Walking Away
References
Appendix A: We Who Would Build: Re-visioning Resistance and Theorizing Beyond the Gaze
Appendix B: Excerpted Syllabus for First Year Research Intensive Course: Digital Archives
Course Description
Learning Outcomes
General Education Distributive Studies, Humanities Course Outcomes
Discipline Specific Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes by Assignment
Required Materials
Assignments and Grading Policies
Research Calendar
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Appendix C: AADHum Incubator Module 3 Session 1: Movement of People
AADHum Module 3: Movement of People
Session One
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