Data Feminism & Culture As Data

In-Class Agenda

• Discuss the assigned readings
• Group assignment on Critical Cultural Data Explorations.
• Assign Project Manager for the week and start working on Group GitHub Repository.

Assigned Materials

Two chapters from Data Feminism by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. Please click on the PDF link on each webpage to access the full chapter and annotate that pdf with Hypothesis:

• D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. Chapter 1 “The Power Chapter.” In Data Feminism. The MIT Press, 2020. https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4660/chapter/213285/The-Power-Chapter.
• D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. Chapter 4 “‘What Gets Counted Counts.’” In Data Feminism, by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein. The MIT Press, 2020. https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4660/chapter/213288/What-Gets-Counted-Counts.

Another dataset to explore:

• Trejo, Sylvia Fernández and Paulina Hernandez. “Gender Violence at the Border (1993-1998) – Responsible Datasets in Context.” Responsible Datasets in Context, August 1, 2024. https://www.responsible-datasets-in-context.com/posts/gender-violence/.

Additional Materials

• Silge, Julia, Russell Samora, Amber Thomas, and Hanah Anderson. “She Giggles, He Gallops.” The Pudding, August 2017. https://pudding.cool/2017/08/screen-direction.
• Schmidt, Ben. “Gendered Language in Teaching Evaluations.” https://benschmidt.org/profGender/.
• D’Ignazio, Catherine, and Lauren F. Klein. Chapter 6 “The Numbers Don’t Speak for Themselves.” In Data Feminism, 2020. https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/4660/chapter/213291/The-Numbers-Don-t-Speak-for-Themselves.

Additional Links

• Pamphlet from Eleanor Barkhorn, “‘Vote No on Women’s Suffrage’: Bizarre Reasons for Not Letting Women Vote,” Atlantic, November 6, 2012, https://www.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2012/11/vote-no-on-womens-suffrage-bizarre-reasons-for-not-letting-women-vote/264639/ cited in “The Power Chapter” of Data Feminism.
• Onuoha, Mimi. “The Library of Missing Datasets — MIMI ỌNỤỌHA.” MIMI ỌNỤỌHA. Accessed January 11, 2024. https://mimionuoha.com/the-library-of-missing-datasets.
• Onuoha, Mimi. “MimiOnuoha/Missing-Datasets,” January 9, 2024. https://github.com/MimiOnuoha/missing-datasets.
• Schmidt, Ben. “Gendered Language in Teaching Evaluations.” https://benschmidt.org/profGender/.
• Colored Conventions Project https://coloredconventions.org/.
• Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online https://www.sucho.org/.