Module 8 is an extended discussion of ethics, biases, and diversity in DH and in the digital world more generally. This is a reading-heavy week and there are no technical activities so you can focus on reading and discussion. As this is likely to touch on some sensitive topics, I request that you take advantage of the asynchronous format of Slack to think twice, post once to make sure the discussion stays productive.
Readings/Discussion
1. EITHER read Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism (NYU Press, 2018) OR watch Safiya Noble, “Power, Privilege, and the Imperative to Act,” 2015 (start at ~min 26 for about 1 hour of talk and Q&A).
2. read Sharon Block, “Erasure, Misrepresentation and Confusion: Investigating JSTOR Topics on Women’s and Race Histories,” Digital Humanities Quarterly 14, no 1 (2020).
3. read Michelle Moravec, “What would you do? Historians’ ethics and digitized archives,” 2016.
4. read S.L. Ziegler, “Open Data in Cultural Heritage Institutions: Can We Be Better Than Data Brokers?” Digital Humanities Quarterly 14, no 2 (2020).
5. read Robyn Caplan, et al, “Algorithmic Accountability: A Primer,” 2018.
6. participate in the Slack discussion
Technical Activities
1. none!
