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The directions of US Latinx DH are diverse, multilingual, inter and anti-disciplinary, intergenerational, and transnational; they are frequently resistant to traditional academic spaces such as universities, libraries, and museums in the United States. In this sense, US Latinx DH constantly intervenes in and opposes nationalism and colonialism. Latinx digital humanities projects often begin by deconstructing technology’s languages and practices. These projects are frequently shaped by ethnic studies, critical race theory, and US Latinx epistemological praxis. In defining and “doing” or making US Latinx DH, we recognize that, historically educational, and cultural institutions (universities, galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (UGLAMs) do not always welcome US Latinx peoples, even in cases where our people and cultures are the subjects and objects of study. US Latinx DH reverses these practices, in part, by working closely with non-institutional archives, communities, and their institutions as partners, rather than treating them and their data as resources to be mined. Individuals and systems are met where they are, projects are shaped by unique needs and practices, rather than having to conform to the structures of traditional scholarship. Resources are brought to and preserved in rather than taken from communities. In its structure, implementation, and access, US Latinx DH seeks to heal harms done to our communities by fields such as anthropology, history, and literary, and library studies through institutional archives and museums.