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 * How do we ensure inclusion of the critical perspectives and self-representations of underrepresented minorities and of women in digital learning research? Diversity—in all ways—is a crucial component in collaboration and in peer-to-peer pedagogy, as it undergirds the way research and intellectual hierarchy are often configured at what Professor Eduardo Bonilla-Silva calls the Historically-White University (HWU).**

Race and Social Networking Sites: Putting Facebook's Data in Context Danah Boyd explores Facebook's recently published data on user race, ethnicity, gender, and social class.


 * HASTAC Scholars Discussions:**

Teaching with Technology and Curiosity The rapid proliferation of digital tools and media is encouraging many of us to rethink our course development and classroom strategies. The adoption of these exciting new tools, however, is not simply a matter of grafting digital elements onto the traditional classroom methods. Instead it uncovers and unsettles many of the basic pedagogical assumptions that have long driven our teaching. But, these technologies have also created some new challenges as instructors and students.

Race, Ethnicity, and Diaspora in the Digital Age

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This forum explores the reproduction and (re)configurations of race, ethnicity, and diaspora in digital spaces. The history of race and ethnicity as a scientific/sociological concept and social fact are complex and multifaceted. The negative, positive, and complex negotiations of these concepts follow us into digital spaces as people draw on new digital technologies to address and reproduce them. ======

Democratizing Knowledge What does it mean to "democratize knowledge"? HASTAC Scholars consider the intersections of information technologies with fostering community partnerships and opening access to university resources and research.

Digital Storytelling We have communicated cultural heritage for centuries by telling stories and singing songs. Today we continue to propagate collective memory through radio, television, newspapers and the web.

Queer & Feminist New Media Spaces In this forum on gender, sexuality, and queer media spaces, we pose questions around gaming, new media art, and social networking.

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