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My Business, My Burden: Reflections on ‘Critical Computation’ and other epistemological endeavoring through methods

Event Type
Lecture
Sponsor
Humanities Research Institute
Virtual
wifi event
Date
Apr 30, 2021   1:00 pm  
Speaker
Dr. Nicole Brown
Cost
Free
Registration
Registration
Contact
Spencer D. C. Keralis
E-Mail
spencerk@illinois.ed
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Originating Calendar
Campus Humanities Calendar

During this talk, Dr. Brown will offer some reflections on how she wrestles with the tensions embedded in the quantitative/qualitative dichotomy that persists within the discipline of sociology. She will share how her work to undo the erasure of Black women’s contributions within the (archival and academic) digitized record offers one demonstration of the power of Black feminist interventions. Her (in progress) manuscript, We Are Each Other’s Business: Black Women’s Intersectional Consumerism during the Chicago Welfare Rights Movement, is her attempt to center the experiences of Black women activists while also challenging epistemological claims that are perpetuated through methods.

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