Keith gave a presentation at the Open/Technology in Education, Society, and Scholarship Association's conference on June 20, 2024 on the process of developing the Black Digital Humanities Lab, arguing for the power of digital humanities within community development work.
Drawing upon Nancy Fraser's framework of justice, he maps out some of the theoretical groundings that underpinned the creation of the lab, highlighting both the complexities with doing this work cross-geographically and at an HBCU, as well as the creative strategies employed to subvert institutional harm.
At the end of the presentation, he asks the following:
Catherine Knight Steele, the keynote at our April symposium, discussed how their work at UMaryland’s Black Communications and Technology Lab (BCaT) drew from the Black Panther Party’s Free Breakfast Program - that is, to do this work requires us to be fed, both literally and figuratively.
Within these digital spaces, what does “being fed” look like? What do we need to feel nourished in the digital? While the neoliberal university seeks consumption (of us as workers, students, people, etc.), how can we envision an alternative future of fullness? What does that look, smell, sound, taste, and feel like?
Slides from his presentation can be accessed via this hyperlink. A proceedings article is currently in the works.
