ethical DH piece primer

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

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

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

Brianna Wu - “A moment that changed me - Gamergate”

Accessibility

George H. Williams, “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?