Things we are writing and researching
Micah’s “Defining Social Impact”:
“I’m doing quite a bit of reading about social or societal impact connected to open science. The easiest starting point, and one that is not uncommon, is the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are the clearest outline of the wicked problems facing humanity, and offer helpful hooks on which to hang our collective work. But, we all know that societal impact is larger and more nuanced than any list could capture, and arguably some versions of societal impact may be intangible and ephemeral. As I trawl through the current research and thinking, my goal is to less to boil down an agreed upon definition and more to cultivate an imagination for how to increase the permeability of the wall between the Ivory Tower and Main Street.”
Kelsey’s “Digital Pedagogy Lab: 2021”:
“Inclusive Design, Design Justice, and Striving for Equity. How can we strive for equity, access, and inclusion in our learning spaces, in our institutional designs, and in our everyday decisions? Inclusive design and design justice, as taught through the Digital Pedagogy Lab, encourage us to ask questions such as this — and then work together to make it happen. While providing a contextual overview of Digital Pedagogy Lab’s Inclusive Design and Design Justice track, I also outline key takeaways of inclusive design and design justice as well as opportunities for library and classroom implementation.”
Media Recommendations
Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein, provides a new way of thinking about data science and data ethics that is informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.
In Community Data as Collective Care Abigail Feldman explores why designers should empower communities to steward their own data.
“Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need" by Sasha Costanza-Chock explores how design might be led by marginalized communities, dismantle structural inequality, and advance collective liberation and ecological survival.
Glitch Feminism by Legacy Russell is a new manifesto for cyberfeminism: finding liberation in the glitch between body, gender, and technology.
“Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism” by Safiya Umoja Noble provides a look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms.
COLLECTIVE WISDOM: Co-Creating Media within Communities, across Disciplines and with Algorithms asks: Why co-create and why now?
#transformDH seeks to “(re)define capital-letter Digital Humanities as a force for transformative scholarship by collecting, sharing, and highlighting projects that push at its boundaries and work for social justice, accessibility, and inclusion” (#transformDH Tumblr).
Software licensing as feminist & queer digital humanities practice
“Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World” By Meredith Broussard
“Writing Machines” by N. Katherine Hayles
Kai-Fu Lee: How AI can Save our Humanity