This collection will bring together emerging and established feminist scholars and practitioners in the fields of digital scholarship, digital humanities (DH), and digital studies (DS) to examine the myriad ways in which digital scholarly work takes shape in academic and activist spaces.
The objective of this collection is to draw attention to the way politics, ethics, and community can inform the development of digital research. We start with the metaphor of the kitchen table to recognize the sometimes informal spaces where this important work happens, the networks of kinship and care that sustain and drive that work, and the imperatives of these efforts, which frequently run counter to time and capital-based demands needed for promotion and tenure at academic institutions, especially in the Global North. We hope to draw attention to the valuable, but usually marginal and little recognized work that is poorly supported by academia and in the process hope to uplift and make visible the invisible labor, the extraordinary support networks, the small or “poor DH” that may have greater impact on their communities than the most prestigious and well-funded projects that are recognized as DH. The kitchen table is an informal space around which people gather to nourish themselves and others, coordinate plans for engagements in more formal spaces, build and create from supplies on hand, and do the work needed to sustain ourselves and our communities. It is a grounding space where folks plug in as needed, knowing there is always room for them when they return.
You can find the full CFP here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lGQns_qTSMQbc0pEkUphXgl5AIDQTXKLIp7wwsafKVQ/edit?usp=sharing
We are hoping to receive 250-word abstracts and short professional bios from invited contributors by May 15, 2025 via the form in the CFP.
We are happy to hear your ideas or to answer any questions. In addition, if you know of scholars whose work would fit in the collection from outside of research institutions and/or outside the Global North, please let us know!
Please direct any inquiries to degruyter.feminist.ds@gmail.com
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