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BCat applies: alt academia
The Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab at the University of Maryland hosted a panel about alternative careers outside of academia. Panelists included representatives from the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), and independent scholars.
disco summit: digital optimism
Optimism is the belief that the interval between the now and liberation is where we can act. Digital optimism is the recognition that there are elements of life that vivify and energize in the here and the now, despite and amidst the digital purgatories that we endure. Sometimes that energy is found in stillness; sometimes in refusal; and sometimes in moments of catharsis or joy. This panel will explore the concept of digital optimism as it appears in DISCO’s collaborative writing and work together.
DISCO Summit: Digital Black Feminist Pleasure and Pain Online
The experiences of Black women online serve as a harbinger of what digital culture affords and what is to come. This panel thinks through the relationship between pleasure and pain in the online lives of Black women and how Black feminist methods, epistemologies, and strategies may point us toward a better digital future for us all.
DISCO Summit: Legibility and Community in Digital Studies
Recording of the DISCO Summit 2024 panel, Legibility and Community in Digital Studies with Huan He, Kevin Winstead, David Adelman, Aaron Dial, Jeff Nagy, Rianna Walcott, Brandy Pettijohn, and Lida Zeitlin-Wu..
As junior scholars, the Digital Inquiry Speculation Collaboration Optimism (DISCO) Network postdoctoral fellows faced unique challenges negotiating the tensions of being legible for academic employment and serving digital studies projects that foster collaboration and community. This panel discusses best practices for being young career scholars in critical identity and digital studies.