Alison Donnell - Who cares? Public humanities methods and building impact

Alison Donnell, head of Humanities at the University of Bristol, will give a workshop for graduate students titled "Who cares? Public humanities methods and building impact." This workshop coincides with a graduate course (HUMA 889 - Seminar in Interdisciplinary Studies) but is open to all graduate students.

Prior to the workshop, the students in HUMA 889 will visit the Special Collections at Concordia University’s Library, together with instructor Nalini Mohabir and Donnell, to think through the affective elements of being in the archives and how that might inform their methodologies, ethics, and overall research process.

The workshop will use Donnell’s Caribbean Literary Heritage and the A-Z project (which started on Facebook) as prompts for greater reflection. Prior to the workshop, they will also have a module on digital humanities to think through questions of access and the politics of refusal. To prepare for the workshop, an annotated bibliography of resources in the public humanities will be shared with participants. In addition, students will be given a question guide ahead of time to consider their particular projects, research methods, and key audiences, and to share and learn in an interactive format.

To receive a copy of the bibliography of resources, email: brennan.mccracken@concordia.ca