Black Digital Feminisms

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

Centering Black feminisms, this course will examine their utilization and influence on the digital. We will explore the strengths and challenges to Black feminist frameworks and theories as they are encountered in new media technologies and practices. Specifically, we will investigate how emotion and affect in digital practices spur community-making, social justice engagement, and extended formation of Black identities. We will also employ a Black feminist "ethics of care" approach to methodologies in studying the digital.