Research Symposium: Julia Flanders
"The Shape of Data": Julia Flanders, Professor of Practice & Director, Digital Scholarship Group, Northeastern University
Despite the name, data is made, not given. It takes many shapes throughout its life cycle: stored in archives and databases, transformed through programs and human analysis, and published through digital tools and interfaces. But especially in the humanities, where the concept of data is still something of a novelty, the impact of these shaping systems can be elusive. The tools and standards that shape the data of digital scholarship are among the most fascinating, powerful, politically significant, and yet invisible features of the digital humanities research landscape. This talk will explore these hidden systems and their impact, and consider how we can bring them to greater visibility in research and teaching.
Julia Flanders is a professor of the practice in English and the director of the Digital Scholarship Group in the Northeastern University Library. She also directs the Women Writers Project and serves as editor in chief of Digital Humanities Quarterly, an open-access, peer-reviewed online journal of digital humanities.