This course was envisioned and developed under the aegis of two working groups of DARIAH (The Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities): #dariahTeach and Ethics and Legality in the Digital Arts and Humanities. It was funded by a DARIAH Working Group grant.

This course is a testament to the socially-engaged and politically-aware digital scholarship happening around the world led by researchers and within heritage institutions. It is edited and managed by Susan Schreibman, and co-edited by  Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar, Marianne Ping Huang, and Walter Scholger. Research assistants are Felix Bui, Sina Krottmaier, Ella van Geuns, and Anna Villarica.

Envisioned as a community-driven course, the majority of case studies have been authored by those who envisioned, developed, and manage the amazing projects working at the intersections of social justice and the digital. A number of case studies have been developed by those working on the Social Justice and the Digital Humanities course. 

This course will never be complete. We acknowledge our biases in reaching out to prospective case study authors, and we very much welcome new case studies. If you have a project that you would like to feature in this course, please email socialjusticeDT@gmail.com and one of our team will respond as soon as possible.

Developer Bio Notes

Susan Schreibman is Professor of Digital Arts and Culture in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Maastricht University. She works at the intersections of computationally-based teaching and research in the interplay of the digital archive, cultural innovation, and participatory engagement design, processes and projects. A focus of her research is in the design, critical, and interpretative analysis of systems that remediate publication modalities and manuscript culture, while developing new born-digital paradigms. Her areas of specialisation include digital humanities, media studies, literary modernism, and Irish cultural studies. 

Felix Bui is currently a junior lecturer at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at Maastricht University. She teaches courses about the history and development of AI, the philosophy of technology, and research skills. She holds a master’s degree in Media Studies: Digital Cultures and a background in Marketing & Communication. Her research interest involves AI and creativity, mediatization and media representation of queer communities, data and media ethics with a focus on diversity and inclusivity.

Sina Krottmaier is a research assistant at the Centre for Information Modelling – Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Graz. She is interested in video game studies, 3D modelling and ethical and legal topics relating to the use of tools and data. Her research interests primarily focus on the representation of the past and of different cultures, alternative timelines, and horror in video games.

Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar is a researcher with expertise in ethnology, cultural anthropology, and digital humanities. She heads the Research Archive at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, focusing on digitizing and promoting cultural heritage. Actively engaged in international collaborations, she represents Croatia in the DARIAH consortium and co-chairs the ELDAH working group, emphasizing ethical considerations in the digital realm. Passionate about building e-infrastructures, she strives to create collaborative virtual networks for the arts, humanities, and heritage communities.

Marianne Ping Huang is Associate Professor at the School for Communication and Culture, Aarhus University. Her field of research covers cultural and creative ecosystems, digital cultures and creative learning communities, investigative aesthetics and artistic interventions, sustainability and coloniality in new knowledge production, She is currently working on CRAFT-IT4SD (Horizon Europe 2024-26) for sustainable textiles and fashion, enabled by crafts techniques and immersive technologies. 

Walter Scholger studied History and Applied Cultural Studies and serves as department manager and deputy director of the Centre for Information Modelling - Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities at the University of Graz. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the German-speaking DH association (DHd) and co-chair of the DARIAH-EU Working Group ELDAH and the CLARIN-ERIC CLIC. In addition to his involvement in the development of digital humanities curricula and issues of digital (humanities) pedagogy, he focuses on questions of Open Science, copyright, licensing and data protection in connection with research, teaching and cultural heritage.

Ella van Geuns is a recent graduate of the MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures Programme at Maastricht University. For her Master's thesis, she explored her interest in storytelling and sustainability by investigating 'the role of digital storytelling within sustainable Dutch fashion network, Culture.Fashion.' She is currently working as a corporate communications specialist at Howden Group Holdings in London. Originally from South Africa, Ella completed her BA in Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University. 

Anna Villarica is a research assistant on the #dariahTeach project. She is a junior lecturer at Maastricht University currently teaching courses on design thinking, digital transformations, the philosophy of technology, research skills, and museology. She received her MA in Media Studies Digital Cultures from Maastricht University and her BA in Communications and New Media from the National University of Singapore. While she does not specialise in anything (yet), she loves all things digital and is always learning and creating.