New project unites digital humanities, Black studies, and data and computation
New project unites digital humanities, Black studies, and data and computation Black Beyond Data, a new project backed by a $300,000 Mellon grant, will seek to create an open resource for scholars to combat racial injustice through digital humanities Credit: Getty Images July 15, 2021 There is a general belief that data is objective, neutral, and therefore accurate. "Numbers don't lie," goes the oft-repeated maxim. But what about the people interpreting the data: can individuals really be objective or neutral? Who gets to decide which data is important? And what about the stories and trut...
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