Online Twin Lecture: Gender, Intersectionality and Cultural Heritage Data

Cultural heritage data reflects the viewpoints of its creators, which historically have predominantly emphasized a narrow, white, straight male perspective. Discussions within digital humanities have highlighted the risk of perpetuating these biases through digitization. This twin lecture delves into the distorted and imbalanced views—such as misrepresentation or lack of representation across gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and language—often embedded in cultural heritage data. We will seek successful examples of addressing these issues in ways that are sensitive to both diversity and historical context.  

Schedule (East European Time zone)

·    14:00 – 14:05 Introduction, Professor Marek Tamm, Tallinn University

·    14:05 – 14:35 Gender as Capta: Representation and Construction of Gender in the Women Writers Project, Professor Julia Flanders, Northeastern University

·    14:35 – 14:40 Break

·    14:40 – 15:10 Ambivalent data: Critical reflections on digital archives for thinking gender and cultural heritage, Dr. Lani Hanna, University of Amsterdam

·    15:10 – 15:30 Q&A Session, Dr. Petri Paju, University of Turku

Registration: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/E2CAF61F7448A47F

The Zoom link will be shared with registered participants. All interested parties are warmly welcome, and feel free to spread the word! (Please note that the meeting times are in Eastern European Time!