Very specifically:
a) The creation of post-docs and/or grad fellowships geared towards projects that work in Africana/Af-Am or Ethnic Studies areas of inquiry. These positions should be hosted if possible at institutions with strong DH credentials.
b) The creation of travel grants for minority groups to attend THATCamps and other DH conferences.
c) The activism of those working in outreach capacities to seek out faculty and graduate students of color, learn about their projects and research and encourage them to participate in our world. This also means strong collaborations with Africana/Af-Am and Ethnic Studies institutes/departments.
d) The activism of those working in curation to seek out projects around fragile and marginal collections in the global south.

No small order that one, so I would be happy if we can even focus on one of the above and do a great job at it.

Also, is everyone free to edit this page? If so, please feel free to do that. If not, would it make sense to move this to a Google doc?

Thanks,
Stewart

As Stewart said in his post, it’s important that we reach out to community colleges when planning THATCamps, but I am also interested in putting together a THATCamp Community College to bring together like-minded CC faculty to learn how to better integrate DH in our classrooms. Many CCs face unique challenges when it comes to tech accessibility both on campus and at home and it would be useful to discuss these challenges with people in similar situations.

Perhaps we could leave the language as broad as possible (i.e. saying humanists and non-humanists alike are all welcome) then reach out to specific departments or people in our institutions that cover the subject-areas mentioned above. My impression is that under-represented people aren’t turned away by the language of the invitation, but rather that they never receive it.

The “About” page for Great Lakes THATCamp is a good example www.2011.greatlakesthatcamp.org/about/ — under the “Who Should Attend?” section, we see a nice range of examples in terms of institutional roles and fields of study, which could be even larger to include Disability Studies, Queer Studies, and/or Race and Ethnic Studies. I also think including examples is generally better than just saying “everyone is welcome”.

Other suggestions?

I think beyond the great suggestion of proofreading for language in promotional materials that may unintentionally exclude people, it is also important to include welcoming language.

As a historian, one of my interests is how we can use digital methods for researching African-American and women’s history– and helping people who already have training in those history subfields to learn more digital tools. I’d be happy to share how digital methods have helped me write about the African-American men and women of the Manhattan Project and on African-American and Mexican-American midwives during the early 20th century. I’m located in the Boston area, so my ability to participate in person would depend on my budget.

Good to see this. I am a Morehouse graduate so Clark/AU is near and dear to me. Kari Kraus at UMD and I are in the early stages of designing outreach to Howard University. Let’s be in touch.

Thanks!
James

What kind of help do you need? Let us know!

I’m an Orthodox Jew at a Historical Black College and University (HBCU)–where else would I go? Thinking about making a ThatCamp HBCU.