Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd

Keralis, Spencer D.C.

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Title

Disrupting Labor in Digital Humanities; or, The Classroom Is Not Your Crowd

Author(s)

Keralis, Spencer D.C.

Contributor(s)

• Stommel, Jesse
• Kim, Dorothy

Issue Date

2018-11-06

Keyword(s)

• labor ethics
• critical digital pedagogy
• digital humanities
• crowdsourcing
• Amanda Palmer
• student labor

Abstract

In this chapter I describe the problem of student labor in digital humanities as I see it, and examines some of the structural issues that drive the use of student labor. I will place the labor economy of digital humanities projects within the broader context of the innovation economy writ large to demonstrate how labor within the academy cannot operate under the same system of consensual participation which informs movements like crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. And in conclusion, I will offer suggestions for how ethically managed student labor in the classroom can empower students to demonstrate both CV-ready skills and humanistic knowledge in durable products for which they receive full credit.

Publisher

punctum books

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

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• https://punctumbooks.com/titles/disrupting-the-digital-humanities/
• http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105508

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