[Matthew K. Gold (he/him)]

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Subject: [DHSI] Archives and Afterlives, April 8, 2022
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To Register: *tinyurl.com/2p9cdsc2 (http://tinyurl.com/2p9cdsc2)*

* Archives and Afterlives: *

*A One Day Virtual Symposium on Enslaved Women and Black Digital
Humanities *

*April 8, 2022*

Conveners: Jessica Millward, UC Irvine; Brenda Stevenson, Oxford
University; Ella Turenne, UC Irvine ( July 5, 1974- December 25, 2021)

This one day symposium on zoom gathers experts whose research explores the
connections between chattel slavery, freedom in its various forms, and the
construction/deconstruction of digital archives. Discussions will be
particularly focused on how constructing digital archives can expand
(rather than erase) narratives of enslaved women across time(s) and
space(s). Questions to be considered during the day include but are not
limited to the following: How does subjectivity inform the research
process? In what ways are digital projects (to borrow from Kim Gallon),
“technologies of recovery?” In what ways can digital projects also be
“technologies of mourning,” and “technologies/algorithms of oppression”?
How has using/producing digital archives informed how we understand
enslaved women as it relates to geographies, sexualities, resistance and
remembrance? How have digital archives and databases transformed the
ability to better understand these questions of geography, historiography,
and survivals among enslaved women? In what ways does Black Digital
Humanities address the violence of the traditional archive? And to borrow
from Jessica Marie Johnson and others, how can Black Digital Humanities
address violence implicit in Digital Humanities writ large? And,
ultimately, what will be the long lasting impact of the Covid 19 Pandemic
on studies of gender, enslavement and how we understand and create archives?

*Event Schedule *All times are Pacific*

*9:45: Welcome by Jessica Millward and Brenda Stevenson*

In memoriam

*10-12 Morning Session: Enslaved Women and the (Black) Digital Archive*

The traditional brick and mortar archive often erases the voices of the
enslaved and the voices of enslaved women, in particular. This session
focuses on the academic research and digital platforms (databases, online
exhibits, graphic novels, etc) curated by three leading experts on slavery
and the digital. Panelists will present for up to 15 minutes and then
open for Q & A from the audience. Audience members are encouraged to use
the Q & A platform in Zoom to make comments and ask questions.

Moderator: Jessica Millward, UC Irvine

Jessica Marie Johnson, Johns Hopkins University

Rebecca Hall, University of Utah

Vanessa Holden, University of Kentucky

*Q & A: Audience *

*1:00pm – 3:00pm Pacific – * *A Case Study in Black Digital Scholarship:
Electric Marronage (Panel conceived by and in honor of Ella Turenne)*

Increasingly there is a digital component to academic books and to some
extent dissertations. This panel assembles leading scholars of digital
humanities at the doctoral level. This panel will explore decisions to
engage in digital humanities works; political motivations to tell
particular stories; and the decision to create and curate Taller Electric
Marronage. What are the stakes? What are the benefits? How can (black)
Digital Humanities and Black feminist theory curate other forms of inquiry
at the dissertation level? Presenters will speak for up to 15 minutes on
their own projects and then open to the audience for Q & A. Audience
members are encouraged to use the Q & A platform in Zoom to make comments
and ask questions.

Moderator: Lashonda Carter, UC Irvine

Christina Thomas – Johns Hopkins University

Kelsey Moore – Johns Hopkins University

Halle-Mackenzie Ashby – Johns Hopkins University

*Q & A: Audience*

*3:00pm -3:15pm Pacific- Concluding remarks: Millward and Stevenson*

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Jessica Millward, PhD (she/her/hers)

* Black Thriving Inclusive Excellence, Term Chair, 2021-2024
(https://inclusion.uci.edu/action-plan/msi/uci-black-thriving-initiative/inclusive-excellence-term-chairs/)*

Associate Professor of History

Core Faculty, African American Studies

UC Irvine

Irvine, CA 92617

http://www.drjmil.com

Author, Finding Charity Folks: Enslaved and Free Black Women in Maryland
(https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Charitys-Folk-Enslaved-1700-1900/dp/0820348783/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2UZ9Q566JKRCC&keywords=jessica+millward&qid=1647994856&sprefix=Jessica+Millward%2Caps%2C142&sr=8-1)

*Principal Investigator: Activist Studio West: A Digital Repository of the
Black Freedom Struggle Worldwide*

http://www.activiststudiowest.org (http://www.activiststudiowest.org)

Podcast host:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/historians-on-housewives/id1475184480

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