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Gender in Digital Humanities: Advocating for Inclusivity and Diversity

This statement emphasizes the importance of considering gender in all aspects of digital humanities, from content creation to research topics. It stresses the need for gender balance in expert teams, panels, and committees to foster an inclusive and diverse DH community.

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Gender in Digital Humanities: Advocating for Inclusivity and Diversity

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  1. Women in Digital Humanities: my position statement Sally Chambers Ghent Centre for Digital Humanities

  2. Women as a topic of DH research • Agents of Change: Women Editors and Socio-Cultural Transformation in Europe (1710-1920) www.wechanged.ugent.be

  3. Women as a topic of DH research

  4. Women as a topic of DH research • Digital Crossings in Europe: Gender, Diaspora and Belonging www.digitaleurope.nl

  5. Digital content: SpareRib www.bl.uk/spare-rib and https://journalarchives.jisc.ac.uk/britishlibrary/sparerib

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Women and technology www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/mar/18/ellen-ullman-computer-programmer-novelist

  9. Girls and technology European Digital Girl of 2014: http://betterbeadigitalgirl.blogspot.be/

  10. Awareness: Build a better panel: Women in DH https://jwernimont.wordpress.com/2015/09/19/build-a-better-panel-women-in-dh/

  11. Women in DARIAH-EU • 53% are women • 1 out of 3 • 53% are women

  12. 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

  13. 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

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