Doing Black Digital Humanities with Radical Intentionality: A Practical Guide

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Based on the auto-ethnographic work of a team of scholars who developed the first Black Digital Humanities program at a research institution, this book details how to centralize Black feminist praxes of care, ethics, and Black studies in the digital humanities (DH). In this important and timely collection, the authors Catherine Knight Steele, Jessica H. Lu, and Kevin C. Winstead—of the first team of the African American Digital Humanities Initiative—center Black scholars, Black thought, and Black studies in creating digital research and programming. Providing insight into acquiring funding, building and maintaining community, developing curricula, and establishing a national network in the field, this book moves Black persons and Black thought from the margins to the center with a set of best practices and guiding questions for scholars, students, and practitioners developing programming, creating work agreements, building radically intentional pedagogy and establishing an ethical future for Black DH. This is essential reading for researchers, students, scholars, and practitioners working in the fields of DH and Black studies, as well as graduate students, faculty, and administrators working in humanities disciplines who are interested in forming centers, courses, and/or research programs in Black digital studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black What Is Radial Intentionality? Who Is Writing This Text? Who Should Be Reading This Book? How Did We Write It? What Should You Expect? References Chapter 1: I Don’t Love DH; I Love Black Folks: Building Black DH Programming Developing Programming for Black Folks and DH Reading Groups and Conversation Series Digital Humanities Incubators AADHum Scholars Digital Archives The Intentionally Digital, Intentionally Black Conference Conclusion Notes References Chapter 2: Where Are All the Black Scholars in Black DH?: Creating Space for the Field of Black Digital Studies The Forefamily Institution Building with Radical Intentionality Actualizing the Intellectual Fellowship Radical Reflections for Field- and Fellowship-Building References Chapter 3: What Are We Going to Eat?: Care and Feeding as Radical Method and Praxis Tracing a History of Care Strategies What Do Care and Feeding Require within the Academy? Funding and Supporting Student-Workers Creating Black-Centric, Not Tool-Centric, Programming Matching Our Methods to Our Values Radical Reflections for Care-Centered Collaborative Research References Chapter 4: If You Teach It, They Will Come: Developing Pedagogy for Black DH “Digital Archives” for Undergraduate Education What is Black DH Pedagogy? Affirming and Centering Black People as Learners and Teachers Practicing Care for Students as Whole Persons Animating Legacies of Interdisciplinary Power, Resistance, and Innovation Grounding Tools and Skills Instruction in Theory-Informed Critique Teaching Black DH with Radical Intentionality Notes References Chapter 5: When and How to Walk Away Catherine: “Too Junior to Get the Credit” Jessica: “Except Me” Kevin: “The Spook Who Sat By the Door” Walking Away References Appendix A: We Who Would Build: Re-visioning Resistance and Theorizing Beyond the Gaze Appendix B: Excerpted Syllabus for First Year Research Intensive Course: Digital Archives Course Description Learning Outcomes General Education Distributive Studies, Humanities Course Outcomes Discipline Specific Learning Outcomes Learning Outcomes by Assignment Required Materials Assignments and Grading Policies Research Calendar Date Focus Readings and Assignments/Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Recommended Independent Research Tasks Date Focus Readings and Assignments Appendix C: AADHum Incubator Module 3 Session 1: Movement of People AADHum Module 3: Movement of People Session One Index