Mapping the legacies of Slavery. Digital Humanities
Goals: The goal is to bring together humanists and computer scientists and engineers in a Digital Humanities project that would trace the legacies of slavery in our contemporary world. The project addresses the question of how culture produced in our world, from the nineteenth century to the present, both reflected and shaped ways of understanding the history and heritage of nations sustained on colonialism and slavery. More specifically, we will consider a broad range of cultural forms and institutions as ways of representing and refiguring the legacies of slavery in the modern world. They probe into literature and the visual arts, historical archives, monuments, memorials and museums, tourist routes, public history, and political initiatives related to racial justice and the recuperation of historical memory. The idea is to bring these materials to the digital platform, to make them available first and to build maps that could allow for the viewer to see the impact of slavery through time and space.
Issues:The team would consist of humanists interested in slavery from many different departments in CAS and of computer scientists and engineers interested in the digital platform. Together, we could create a website that would help disseminate an innovative and timely research on the legacy of slavery in the contemporary world.
Methods & Technologies:Archival research; digital mapping
Disciplines:Anthropology; Africana Studies; Art History and Criticism; Asian and Asian American Studies; Computer Engineering; Computer Science; Creative Writing and Literature; English; European Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; French Language and Literature; History; Liberal Arts; Multidisciplinary Studies; Philosophy; Sociology; Spanish Language and Literature; Women's and Gender Studies; Art History; European Studies; Hispanic Languages and Literature; Liberal Studies; Women's & Gender Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Interests / Preparation by Major:Interest in digital humanities, in history and culture, in digital coding, among others.
Faculty:
Aurelie Vialette (Hispanic Languages and Literature)
Team Section:28
Team Established:Spring 2021
Contact:Aurelie Vialette <Aurelie.Vialette@stonybrook.edu>
Applications:Closed