I would love to extend conversations started by Bethany Nowviskie in her Storify/blog, “What do girls dig?,” the #transformdh group presentation at last year’s ASA, and Miriam Posner’s blog post “Some things to think about before you exhort everyone to code.” Namely, how can we open up the already-collaborative and collegial spaces of DH to be more welcoming and encouraging of traditionally underrepresented groups? In addition, how can we bring issues of identity and inclusivity into DH pedagogy?
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#1 by Rebecca Harris on March 6, 2012 - 4:10 pm
I am in favor of this session. It is a topic that is circulating widely right now, and has also been discussed at other recent THATCamps, as well as at AHA and MLA.
#2 by theresah on March 7, 2012 - 11:05 am
I’m interested in this topic. I’d like to talk about ways in which DH excludes people of color and the ways in which DH can be culturally insensitive.
#3 by Laurel Stvan on March 8, 2012 - 10:18 am
Interesting issue. If coding, for example, is perceived as a gendered, or ethnicity-based hurdle, then THATCamp is a really good way to talk about ways to get more people into the clubhouse. It seems that the humanities part is viewed as pretty welcoming; so how do we open up the digital part? Or how do we get the two halves to feed each other?