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Trying to get back in the habit of writing quick "weekly notes" posts.
This one somehow lead to me writing briefly about #InformationHumanities (or maybe #CriticalInformationHumanities?), a notion that's been on my mind ever since I started to see how strongly GLAM practices are biased toward mistaking counting for meaning. #critLib
I'd love to get people's feedback on which term makes more sense to them! https://www.ryanpatrickrandall.com/weekly-assemblage/wa-2023-week-09
@ryanrandall the notion of “information humanities” has captured my imagination…
i agree that critical theory and practice must be central in it as a — hrm, discipline? tend to prefer shorter names (and hashtags because i usually need the characters), but given how many pixels have been dedicated to “what is digital humanities?” and how few to “how do we do digital humanities ethically?” #iH probably needs that critical appellation.
thank goodness mastodon has a longer character count.
@librarifran I'm so glad that the idea sounds interesting to you! And your points about what has / hasn't been emphasized with DH is a very good one.
I'm probably more primed than most to see humanities as involving critique / critical theory / critical thinking about power, since those lines of thinking were core component of my undergrad at UCRiverside. I'm always finding myself relearning that it's not that way in all English / Media Studies / etc programs.
Maybe "Critical Information Humanities" is a better term! It could maybe be part of a broader "Critical Information Studies"?
@ryanrandall mpow is in the process of building out a school of computer and data sciences. they’re piecing together what they’re calling a cultural analytics track and connecting with the dh minor. i could see a track aligned with what i’m reading into your #iHCrit description.
@librarifran That sounds exciting! And I like that variant of a potential hashtag, too.