What are the digital humanities? How are they different from computer science? And how can racism impact the digital world? Join host Dean Brian Edwards and Kim Gallon, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, as they discuss these questions and more in this episode of Anti-Racism and the Disciplines.

Timestamps:

[00:52 - 03:03] What are the digital humanities?

[03:03 - 04:59] How are the digital humanities impacted by racism?

[04:59 - 08:01] What are the different ways of practicing the digital humanities?

[08:01 - 09:38] What does "technological Jim Crow" mean?

[09:38 - 11:28] What is the relationship between digital technologies, their study, and racism?

[11:28 - 13:27] What are the "computational humanities"?

[13:27 - 15:46] How has the Covid-19 pandemic foregrounded the digital humanities?

[15:46 - 17:56] How did Gallon's COVID Black project emerge?

[17:56 - 22:10] Description of the COVID Black website and project

[22:10 - 25:37] What have been the ramifications of the 2020 protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in the field of the digital humanities?

[25:37 - 27:49] What does anti-racism mean in the digital humanities?

Host: Brian T. Edwards

Executive Producer: Gabriela Garcia Mayes

Music: Cory Diane

Production Assistant: Maggie Green

Special Thanks: Billy Saas