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Women in Digital Humanities: my position statement. Sally Chambers Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities. Women as a topic of DH research. Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe (1710-1920). www.wechanged.ugent.be. Women as a topic of DH research.
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Women in Digital Humanities: my position statement Sally Chambers Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities
Women as a topic of DH research • Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe (1710-1920) www.wechanged.ugent.be
Women as a topic of DH research • Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging www.digitaleurope.nl
Digital content: SpareRib www.bl.uk/spare-rib and https://journalarchives.jisc.ac.uk/britishlibrary/sparerib
Women throughout a digital humanities team • A digital humanities expert team DH Centre Libraries Researchers IT services Images: www.year-network.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/HiRes-2-ter-620x315.jpg and www.cillium.com/images/expertise/expertise.jpg
Women and technology A digital humanities novel … looks “at the modern conflict and transition between new technology (electronic) and old (print books)… “ … the main developer is a woman … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Penumbra%27s_24-Hour_Bookstore
Women and technology www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/18/ellen-ullman-computer-programmer-novelist
Girls and technology European Digital Girl of 2014: http://betterbeadigitalgirl.blogspot.be/
Awareness: Build a better panel: Women in DH https://jwernimont.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/build-a-better-panel-women-in-dh/
Women in DARIAH-EU • 53% are women • 1 out of 3 • 53% are women
Women in DARIAH-BE … • 0% are women Representing Entity: BELSPO National Representative: Chris De Loof General Assembly (DARIAH-EU) Federal Flanders Federation Wallonia-Brussels • 0% are women National Coordinating Institution: Ghent University (2015) National Coordinator: Christophe Verbruggen (2015) National Coordinator Committee (DARIAH-EU) Federal Flanders Federation Wallonia-Brussels
My position statement: Digital humanities should be Consider gender at every stage of the dh lifecycle from digital content to the topics of dh research Women in all roles as part of a dh expert team; awareness of gender balance in teams, panels, committees etc. dh as an inclusive, diverse and open community