Dismantling The Ivory Tower: A How-To Guide for POC Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing
A How-To Guide for People of Color Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing. Bailey, M., Bailey, V., Green, K., & Johnson, J. M. (2015). “Dismantling The Ivory Tower: A How-To Guide for POC Charting New Strategies for Social Justice Organizing“. Detroit, MI: Allied Media Conference.
Read MoreParticipation, Design, Empathy, Justice: The User Experience with Underrepresented Populations (UXUP) Project / Scott Young
This case study discusses a Participatory Design pilot project at Montana State University: User Experience with Underrepresented Populations (UXUP), in which Native American students and a librarian co-created a new community outreach tool. It provides an in-depth view into the UXUP design process, with further discussion of outcomes, limitations, assessments, and recommendations for implementing Participatory…
Read MoreUnderstanding by Design Framework
This resource provides an overview of the Understanding by Design Framework for planning curriculum, assessment and instruction activities. Central ideas to this method are assessment and teaching, and designing curriculum based on desired learning outcomes and mechanisms for evaluating their success. [zotpress items=”{1341761:3HB26XEQ}” style=”chicago-author-date”]
Read MoreTeaching to Dismantle White Supremacy in Archives
Caswell provides a framework for combating white supremacy, homophobia, and other harmful and persistent perspectives in the information science classroom. Through this framework, she and her students work to recognize the biases in IS and challenge those biases. This article also provides slides about practical steps and paradigmatic shifts to dismantling white supremacy in the…
Read MoreThe Sustainable Heritage Network
“The Sustainable Heritage Network (SHN) is an answer to the pressing need for comprehensive workshops, online tutorials, and web resources dedicated to the lifecycle of digital stewardship. The SHN is a collaborative project that complements the work of indigenous peoples globally to preserve, share, and manage cultural heritage and knowledge. The SHN, along with our…
Read MoreMurkurtu
Mukurtu (MOOK-oo-too) is an open source platform and content management system for digital community archives. The name is a Warumungu word meaning ‘dilly bag’ or a safe keeping place for sacred materials. This grassroots project seeks to empower communities to manage, share, narrate, and exchange their digital heritage in culturally relevant and ethically-minded ways. [zotpress…
Read MoreResearch Ethics for Students & Teachers: Social Media in the Classroom
The Research Ethics for Students & Teachers: Social Media in the Classroom resource, developed by a FemTechNet initiative called the Center for Solutions to Online Violence, suggests basic guidelines for how to ethically study and use of social media in classrooms. It also includes a list of questions to pose to researchers and educators preparing to engage…
Read More#transform(ing)DH Writing and Research: An Autoethnography of Digital Humanities and Feminist Ethics / Moya Bailey
Moya Bailey shares her experience collecting Tweets using the #girlslikeus hashtag and how she incorporates ethical practices when researching vulnerable communities, specifically trans women of color. Although this is not specifically a code of conduct, Bailey provides an explicit case study for how to be respectful, collaborative, and center a community’s needs over the researcher’s…
Read MorePlateau People’s Web Portal
The Plateau Peoples’ Web Portal is a collaboratively curated and reciprocally managed archive of Plateau cultural materials. The materials in the Portal have been chosen and curated by tribal representatives. Each item has one or more records associated with it as well as added traditional knowledge and cultural narratives to enhance and enrich understanding to…
Read MoreLEEDh: Leadership in Engaged and Ethical DH Projects #d4d / Giordana Mecagni
Based off of discussions and her own contributions during the Design for Diversity Opening Forum, Mecagni produced these guidelines for Digital Humanities (and other disciplines) projects to work ethically and responsibly with communities, particularly marginalized communities. [zotpress items=”{1341761:QBZRIAGA}” style=”chicago-author-date”]
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