Digital Humanities in Latin America

by Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste (Editor), Juan Carlos Rodríguez (Editor)

Overview

A hemispheric view of the practice of digital humanities in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas 

 As digital media and technologies transform the study of the humanities around the world, this volume provides the first hemispheric view of the practice of digital humanities in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas. These essays examine how participation and research in new media have helped configure identities and collectivities in the region. 

 Featuring case studies from throughout Latin America, including the United States Latinx community, contributors analyze documentary films, television series, and social media to show how digital technologies create hybrid virtual spaces and facilitate connections across borders. They investigate how Latinx bloggers and online activists navigate governmental restrictions in order to connect with the global online community. 

These essays also incorporate perspectives of race, gender, and class that challenge the assumption that technology is a democratizing force. Digital Humanities in Latin America illuminates the cultural, political, and social implications of the ways Latinx communities engage with new technologies. In doing so, it connects digital humanities research taking place in Latin America with that of the Anglophone world. 

 Contributors: Paul Alonso | Morgan Ames | Eduard Arriaga | Anita Say Chan | Ricardo Dominguez | Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo | Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste | Jennifer M. Lozano | Ana Lígia Silva Medeiros | Gimena del Río Riande | Juan Carlos Rodríguez | Isabel Galina Russell | Angharad Valdivia | Anastasia Valecce | Cristina Venegas 

A volume in the series Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America, edited by Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683403869
Publisher:	University Press of Florida
Publication date:	05/02/2023
Series:	Reframing Media, Technology, and Culture in Latin/o America
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	318
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste is professor of world languages and cultures at Georgia State University. He is the author of Lalo Alcaraz: Political Cartooning in the Latino Community.
Juan Carlos Rodríguez, associate professor of Spanish at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is coeditor of New Documentaries in Latin America. 

Table of Contents

Contents List of Illustrations Introduction Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 1. Tech Disruption as Knowledge Production: Cuba and the Digital Humanities Cristina Venegas 2. The Media Machine: One Laptop per Child in Paraguay Morgan Ames 3. Nation Branding: Neo Liberalism, Identity, and Social Media Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste 4. (In) Visible Cuba(s): Digital Conflict, Virtual Diasporas, and Cyber Mambises Anastasia Valecce 5. Digital Utopias, Latina/o Mediated Realities Angharad N. Valdivia 6. The Politics of Participation: La Bloga, Latino/a Cultural Politics, and the Limits of Digital Participatory Culture Jennifer Lozano 7. Afrolatin@ Digital Humanites or Rethinking Inclusion in the Digital Humanities Eduard Arriaga 8. Modularity, Mimesis and the Informatic Ideal: On Intersectional Struggles for Digital Human(itie)s in Latin America Anita Say Chan 9. Cuban Digital Pedagogies and the Question of the Interface in Yaima Pardo’s Offline Juan Carlos Rodríguez 10. Carnival, Hybridity, and Latin American Digital Humor: The Ecuadorian Case of Enchufe.tv Paul Alonso 11. No Blogger, No Cry Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo 12. Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD): Before 9/11 and After 9/11 Ricardo Domínguez 13. On DH in Argentina, an Interview with Gimena del Rio Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 14. On DH in Brazil, an Interview with Ana Lígia Medeiros Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 15. On DH in Mexico, an Interview with Isabel Galina Russell Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Coda Héctor Fernández L’Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez Notes Works Cited Contributors Index

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“A valuable contribution to scholarly knowledge, combining contributions by a wide range of academics and practitioners and offering exciting case studies on lesser-studied regions and topics. In particular, it brings race much more clearly into view in Latin American digital humanities.”—Thea Pitman, coauthor of Latin American Identity in Online Cultural Production “This book brings together an excellent cadre of scholars to demonstrate convincingly that our media ecologies are not universal or homogeneous—that seeing through the eye of Latinx studies, we can refresh anew our understanding of technology in the twenty-first century.”—Alex Gil, Columbia University Libraries

Editorial Reviews

A series of dynamic essays that investigate and problematise the impact of technology and digital culture on Latinx America. . . . While ambitious in scope, the volume offers a diversity of perspectives and case studies that highlight the unique affordances and consequences of the digital divide throughout parts of the United States and Latin America.”—Bulletin of Latin American Research

 

“A collection of excellent articles dealing with the impact of digital technologies and media in Latin American culture.”—Revista de Estudios Hispánicos

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