1. Theories and Practices of
Postcolonial Digital
Humanities
Adeline Koh, Richard Stockton College
Roopika Risam, Salem State University
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Mission Statement
• Technology
is not
culturally
neutral
• Technology
contains
global
structural
inequalities

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Defining #dhpoco
Productive
intersections
between
postcolonial
studies and
digital
humanities

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Defining #dhpoco
• Emergent field of study
• Draws from postcolonial studies and digital
humanities
• Brings together global analyses of knowledge
and power from postcolonial studies with
praxis-driven inquiry of digital humanities

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Goals of #dhpoco
• Foreground anticolonial thought by
decolonizing computation, code, and digital
cultures
• Disrupt narratives of technological progress
through global-oriented inquiry
• Build a community of scholars committed to
global analyses of power in digital humanities

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#dhpoco Concepts
• Technological strategies for counter-discourse
• Critical assessments of language and cultural
imperialism
• Excavating networked knowledge
• Material approaches to digital humanities

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#dhpoco Concepts
• Archival silences and interventions
• Multivocality in digital spaces
• Identity-oriented approaches to technology

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Global
Women
Wikipedia
Write-In
#GWWI
March 18,
2014

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Coming this
summer:
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Summer
School 2014

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