Network Analysis and Feminist Artists

This article examines the benefits and drawbacks of using social network analysis to study feminist artists’ networks. Looking at two of the author’s digital humanities projects, it explores the systemic and structural barriers that limit the utility of social network analysis for feminist artists. The first project on the social network of artist Carolee Schneemann analyzed her female circles through a correspondence network. The second project attempted to trace the circulation of feminist art manifestos in American feminist periodicals. Three factors are identified as constraining network analysis in these case studies, the lack of feminist artists’ archives, an insufficient amount of machine-readable material, and the limited availability of metadata pertaining to them. Network analysis therefore is best view as a supplemental to other digital approaches for studying this group

Asking Big Questions with Digital Tools

This papers explore a range of women\u27s liberation periodicals in the United States from 1969 to 1981 to answer the question, what can digital history can tell us about a bigger picture of the movement than that normally depicted in women\u27s history. By exploring thousands of articles written as part of women\u27s liberation and using various digital tools, such as word frequency, collocates and other text mining and topic modeling, a much larger group of authors and participants in women\u27s liberation can be drawn into the histories of the movement. Questions of particular interest center on changes to women\u27s liberation discourses over time and whether certain patterns of digital history evidence reveal correlation with certain strands of feminist thought

Asking Big Questions with Digital Tools

This papers explore a range of women\u27s liberation periodicals in the United States from 1969 to 1981 to answer the question, what can digital history can tell us about a bigger picture of the movement than that normally depicted in women\u27s history. By exploring thousands of articles written as part of women\u27s liberation and using various digital tools, such as word frequency, collocates and other text mining and topic modeling, a much larger group of authors and participants in women\u27s liberation can be drawn into the histories of the movement. Questions of particular interest center on changes to women\u27s liberation discourses over time and whether certain patterns of digital history evidence reveal correlation with certain strands of feminist thought

Astro2020 APC White Paper: The Early Career Perspective on the Coming Decade, Astrophysics Career Paths, and the Decadal Survey Process

In response to the need for the Astro2020 Decadal Survey to explicitly engage early career astronomers, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the Early Career Astronomer and Astrophysicist Focus Session (ECFS) on October 8-9, 2018 under the auspices of Committee of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The meeting was attended by fifty six pre-tenure faculty, research scientists, postdoctoral scholars, and senior graduate students, as well as eight former decadal survey committee members, who acted as facilitators. The event was designed to educate early career astronomers about the decadal survey process, to solicit their feedback on the role that early career astronomers should play in Astro2020, and to provide a forum for the discussion of a wide range of topics regarding the astrophysics career path. This white paper presents highlights and themes that emerged during two days of discussion. In Section 1, we discuss concerns that emerged regarding the coming decade and the astrophysics career path, as well as specific recommendations from participants regarding how to address them. We have organized these concerns and suggestions into five broad themes. These include (sequentially): (1) adequately training astronomers in the statistical and computational techniques necessary in an era of "big data", (2) responses to the growth of collaborations and telescopes, (3) concerns about the adequacy of graduate and postdoctoral training, (4) the need for improvements in equity and inclusion in astronomy, and (5) smoothing and facilitating transitions between early career stages. Section 2 is focused on ideas regarding the decadal survey itself, including: incorporating early career voices, ensuring diverse input from a variety of stakeholders, and successfully and broadly disseminating the results of the survey

Why gender history needs digital humanities and vice versa

Hinweis über den Text: Bei diesem Text handelt es sich um den unredigierten Vortrag der Konferenz „Digital Humanities and Gender History“.This text is the unedited presentation from the Digital Humanities and Gender History conference