Mobilizing the Humanities
Or How The Tornapart/Separados Team Built A Digital Humanities Project In One Week With No Money
With Dr. Roopika Risam
In June 2018, a group of librarians, faculty, and grad students from across the country responded to the Trump administration's family separation policy by creating the digital humanities project Torn Apart/Separados in the span of a week, without funding. Dr. Risam, a core member of that team, will discuss the process of conceptualizing and deploying rapid response research at moments of crisis. She will also contextualize the project in terms of the work she has done building digital humanities initiatives under financial constraints.
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
3:30 p.m.
Helmerich Browsing Room, OSU Library
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Workshop: Community-Engaged DH and Public Universities
12:00 - 2 p.m.
Conference Room, Library Dean's Office
Workshop Registration Required
About Dr. Risam
Roopika Risam is Assistant Professor of English and English Education and Faculty Fellow for Digital Library Initiatives at Salem State University. She founded and directs the Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies and the Digital Scholars Program. Risam's research focuses on building and sustaining humanities knowledge infrastructures in postcolonial, African diaspora, and U.S. ethnic studies.