IV. “Breakthroughs: What Can Digital Humanities Tell Us That We Didn’t Know?”
Organizer: Kate Saccone

Program Description:
This show-and-tell panel will look at three current digital humanities initiatives centered around feminist film historiographical questions. Participants will each discuss their project’s goals as well as any discoveries, challenges, early outcomes, and future avenues for research.

Saturday, June 5—12:00pm–2:00pm EST
Chair: Kate Saccone

Participants: Sarah Blankfort Clothier (AFI), Sarah-Mai Dang (Philipps U. Marburg), Jeffrey Klenotic (U. New Hampshire)

Program-Specific Readings
AFI Catalog, “Women They Talk About”: https://aficatalog.afi.com/women-they-talk-about/ 

Dang, Dr. Sarah-Mai, “The Aesthetics of Access”: https://wfpp.columbia.edu/the-aesthetics-of-access-visualizing-research-on-women-in-film-history/ 

D'Ignazio, Catherine and Lauren F. Klein. Data Feminism. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2020. https://data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu/.

---. “Feminist Data Visualization." IEEE VIS Conference, 2016. http://www.kanarinka.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/IEEE_Feminist_Data_Visualization.pdf.

Drucker, Johanna. “Graphical Approaches to the Digital Humanities." In A New Companion to Digital Humanities. Eds., Susan Schreibman, Ray Siemens, John Unsworth. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2016. 238–250. http://www.arise.mae.usp.br/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/A-New-Companion-to-Digital-Humanities.pdf.

Mapping Movies: https://www.mappingmovies.com

Women Film Pioneers Project: https://wfpp.columbia.edu/