About the Project
This crowd-sourced Digital Humanities project explores the intersections of gender equity and social justice with data and information studies using historical perspectives. It intentionally uses interdisciplinary approaches of science and technology studies, including history, politics, arts, culture, public health, social sciences, writing and research to make exploring data topics more accessible. We have designed this site using intersectional feminist tenets to serve both academic audiences and enthusiasts. We use a peer-reviewed crowdsource process to gather sources that allows anyone the opportunity to contribute as a researcher.
Questions and Fields
Questions: How has knowledge production in data fields affected and been affected by feminist and social justice issues? How have underrepresented groups and issues they care about affected and been affected by data topics? What does it mean to Decolonize Feminism?
Fields: Data Science, Environmental Studies, Public Health, Science and Technology Studies, Science Studies, Liberal Arts, Digital Humanities, Technology Studies, STEM/STREAM/STEAM
Themes to Consider
Topics: Representation, Data, Surveillance, Specific Scientists / Technologists (women and underrepresented), Lab/Labs, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Biometics, Environment, Reproductive Health and Justice, Weapons / Space
Movements: Gender Equity, Cultural Studies, Feminisms, Feminists, Gender Studies, Gender, Intersectional Feminism, Black Feminism, Indigenous Feminisms, LGBTQ+/Queer Studies, Anti-racism, Decolonization / Decolonizing, Militarism, Environmentalism
Research With Us!
Step #1: Conduct a web search for individual sources that interests you about the past and present that relates to Data, Society and Culture, Science, and Technology Studies, an activist or person in STEM, decolonizing feminism, or digital scholarship/humanities. You should be able to make a connection between the source and our research questions. You can search for articles from new sources and magazines that use journalistic standards, primary sources from digital archives and collections, relevant blog posts and websites by activists and scholars, and scholarly works such as books and articles from academic library databases (jstor and proquest).
Step #2: As you find a source that intersects with the themes and questions (above), fill out the source submission form. As you fill out the form, your contributions will be peer-reviewed and considered for inclusion in the forthcoming STEMINISMS database. If your submission is included in the database, your name will also appear below.
Do you have an idea for a source, theme, profile, or exhibit but do not have the time to explore or make one yourself? If so, use the short make a suggestion form to share your ideas with us.
Read one of the following articles and write a summary 3-5 sentence annotation that explains how the source aligns with the research questions: How has knowledge production in data fields affected and been affected by feminist and social justice issues? How have underrepresented groups and issues they care about affected and been affected by data topics? What does it mean to Decolonize Feminism?
Submit your annotation in the make a suggestion form.
Source List:
Thompson, Clive. “The Secret History of Women in Coding. Computer Programming Once had Much Better Gender Balance than it does Today. what Went Wrong?.” The New York Times Magazine 13 (2019). https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/magazine/women-coding-computer-programming.html
Create a profile, based on research, about the contributions of an under-represented activist or scholar working in Data work, STEM, Digital Scholarship / Humanities, or other adjacent fields. For example, students could submit a profile about a Feminist who worked or is working to Decolonize Feminism or an activist or scholar, who worked or is working in STEM. You should be able to make a connection between the person and one of our research questions.
Profiles should use in-text citations and include a works cited formatted in Chicago Manual of Style.
To submit a profile, fill out the submission form – Coming Soon.
Step #1: Choose a theme that interests you relating to Data, Feminism, and Science, and Technology Studies, an activist or person in STEM, decolonizing feminism, or digital scholarship.
Step #2: Conduct a web search for a group of sources from the past and present about topics that intersect your theme. You should be able to make a connection between the source, your theme, and our research questions. You can search for articles from new sources and magazines that use journalistic standards, primary sources from digital archives and collections, relevant blog posts and websites by activists and scholars, and scholarly works such as books and articles from academic library databases (jstor and proquest).
Step #3: As you find sources that intersect with your theme and questions (above), fill out the Theme Submission form – Coming Soon. As you fill out the form, your contributions will be peer-reviewed and considered for inclusion in the forthcoming STEMINISMS database. If your submission is included in the database, your name will also appear below.
Coming Soon
Contributors
This crowd-sourced project, convened by Dr. Jacquelyne Thoni Howard, features resources about feminism and STEM contributed by scholars, students, and the general public. Designers and contributors are listed below:
Aaliyah Randall
Rachel Tabor