A Digital Humanities Primer for English Students
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  • Spotlight: Ethical, Inclusive, Accessible DH
  • To be Online
  • Accessibility
  • Questions for Future Discussion

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Spotlight: Ethical, Inclusive, Accessible DH

The Internet can be a dark and scary place. All too often, we see the same systemic biases which are all too prevalent in traditional academia being repeated online. Though there is a power in the anonymity of the Internet, it also threatens to detach the user from reality, causing them to behave in ways they might not in face-to-face interactions.

This page is dedicated to putting a spotlight on some of the DH-ers who have written on issues. I think these are extremely important to read mindfully and critically. What do we risk by putting ourselves online? What do we sacrifice if we do not?

To be Online

- “Who Do You Think You Are?” When Marginality Meets Academic Microcelebrity.”

- blog post called “The challenges of beginning a scholarly debate in the 21st century.”

- “A moment that changed me - Gamergate”

Accessibility

, “Disability, Universal Design, and the Digital Humanities.”

Questions for Future Discussion

  • How do you define your online identities? How do you present yourself depending on the digital space?

  • What do you make of the stories we tell ourselves about internet communities?

  • What does it mean to be a person who is not a straight white male using the internet? Why is this so important to be aware of?

Tressie McMillan Cottom
Jo Guldi
Brianna Wu
George H. Williams