# 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](http://adanewmedia.org/2015/04/issue7-mcmillancottom/) - “Who Do You Think You Are?” When Marginality Meets Academic Microcelebrity.”

[Jo Guldi](http://landscape.blogspot.ca) - blog post called “The challenges of beginning a scholarly debate in the 21st century.”

[Brianna Wu](http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/21/gamergate-sexism-games-industry-women-trolls?CMP=share_btn_tw) - “A moment that changed me - Gamergate”

## Accessibility

[George H. Williams](http://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/debates/text/44), “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?&#x20;
* What do you make of the stories we tell ourselves about internet communities?&#x20;
* 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?
