ARHU Dean's Colloquium Series on Race, Equity and Justice, Featuring Marisa Parham
ARHU has launched a new campaign to address race, equity and justice in its curriculum, scholarship, programming and community engagement. As part of its goals to increase awareness of issues of systemic racism, equity and inequality, the Dean will be hosting a colloquium and conversation series all year long. The colloquia introduce audiences to the expertise that ARHU faculty have in these key areas and allow for dialogue with the experts and the Dean to engage in ideas for social action and change.
This colloquium features Marisa Parham, professor of English and director for the African American Digital Humanities initiative (AADHUM).
Her talk, "Purpose, Frivolity, Futures: What, really, is inclusion?," explores how understanding difference as a technology may help us expand people's possibilities for participation in civic, scholarly, and commercial worlds. Dr. Parham situates histories of Black playfulness and innovation against inclusion narratives that ultimately seek to flatten or ignore difference.
Parham’s research looks at complexity in literary and cultural texts produced by African Americans, and how these texts offer ways of thinking about intersectional approaches to digital humanities and technology studies. Recent, interactive examples of her work include .break .dance, and Breaking, dancing, making in the machine.
This Dean's Colloquium Series on Race, Equity and Justice is an ARHU Terrapin Strong event.
You must RSVP to attend. A Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants approximately 24-hours prior to the event.
This talk will be recorded and archived for future viewing on our website.
For more information, please contact Ashley Richerson Miller at arichers@umd.edu.
