Hello,
I would love to put together a roundtable for DH2018 to explore DH pedagogy for students who are not “traditional” DH practitioners.I imagine that this roundtable could explore DH pedagogy that centers, rather than merely accommodates, first-generation students and minority students – a pedagogy that is necessarily decolonized, global, and anti-neoliberal.
The idea for this roundtable comes out of my own research on how the development of DH pedagogy in the United States presupposes white, middle/upper class students who already have a lot of educational and technological capital. Most American students are actually the first in their families to attend college, and the DH pedagogical model we have in the U.S. now (at best) accommodates those students rather than centering their experiences. My instinct is that similar processes are playing out elsewhere - insofar as DH seems designed for students who already have an expectation of what DH is/could be, and not for students who are encountering it for the first time as they encounter higher-ed for the first time.
I’d ask each panelist to briefly discuss some of the joys and challenges of teaching DH to first-generation students, and leave considerable time for an audience discussion of specific pedagogical tools.
I am particularly looking for non-US DH participants. Please drop me a line if interested!
Anelise
Anelise Hanson Shrout Assistant Professor of History California State University Fullerton ashrout@exchange.fullerton.edu