Abstract / Description of output
Drawing on the legacies of its traditional humanistic domains of
origin, the Digital Humanities have inherited many of their structures
- despite the DH’s self-understanding as “revolutionary”.
At our panel we want to approach the theme of the conference
(“Collaboration as Opportunity”, especially the call for “Revolutions”:
https://dh2023.adho.org/?page_id=310) from an international,
multimodal perspective, informed by the discourse about cultural
criticism in DH.
We would like to interrogate areas in the ‘borderlands’ (Earhart
2018) of the field as areas where the DH still have the potential for
revolutions. In our panel, we hope to shed light on blind spots in
the DH such as monolingualism (Fiormonte 2021), a heritage of
colonialism (Risam 2019) and gender imbalance (Gao et al. 2022,
330), to name but a few. These issues concern not only our research
data, as Daniele Metilli illustrates on the example of borders
and absences in Hans Sloane’s collection, but also societal issues
within the field itself, as Melissa Terras discusses: The DH’s selfperception
as challenging power structures conflicts with the fact
that the DH as field are part of the Academy and thus, inherit its
structural problems such as precarious employment. Quinn Dombrowski
presents the Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online
(SUCHO) initiative in which volunteers assisted with web archiving
Ukraine's cultural heritage sector and the balancing act involved,
navigating between activism and listening to the needs of
those affected. Dibyadyuti Roy and Domenico Fiormonte address
the issue of broken promises with regard to the DH’s revolutionary
potential and disillusionment with regard to decolonising the
field. Padmini Ray Murray explores how design can realise the
DH’s feminist and decolonial potential to democratise as well as
promote real inclusivity and participation on a global scale.
origin, the Digital Humanities have inherited many of their structures
- despite the DH’s self-understanding as “revolutionary”.
At our panel we want to approach the theme of the conference
(“Collaboration as Opportunity”, especially the call for “Revolutions”:
https://dh2023.adho.org/?page_id=310) from an international,
multimodal perspective, informed by the discourse about cultural
criticism in DH.
We would like to interrogate areas in the ‘borderlands’ (Earhart
2018) of the field as areas where the DH still have the potential for
revolutions. In our panel, we hope to shed light on blind spots in
the DH such as monolingualism (Fiormonte 2021), a heritage of
colonialism (Risam 2019) and gender imbalance (Gao et al. 2022,
330), to name but a few. These issues concern not only our research
data, as Daniele Metilli illustrates on the example of borders
and absences in Hans Sloane’s collection, but also societal issues
within the field itself, as Melissa Terras discusses: The DH’s selfperception
as challenging power structures conflicts with the fact
that the DH as field are part of the Academy and thus, inherit its
structural problems such as precarious employment. Quinn Dombrowski
presents the Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online
(SUCHO) initiative in which volunteers assisted with web archiving
Ukraine's cultural heritage sector and the balancing act involved,
navigating between activism and listening to the needs of
those affected. Dibyadyuti Roy and Domenico Fiormonte address
the issue of broken promises with regard to the DH’s revolutionary
potential and disillusionment with regard to decolonising the
field. Padmini Ray Murray explores how design can realise the
DH’s feminist and decolonial potential to democratise as well as
promote real inclusivity and participation on a global scale.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 442-445 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2023 |