Feminist Approaches to Critical Digital Studies

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This seminar will explore privilege, power, place, and concepts of labor within digital economies of communication and information exchange. As digital technologies continue to blur the boundaries between leisure and work, surveillance and data collection become invisibilized and normalized processes. This class will combine methodologies from feminist research practices and critical digital studies while exploring the rapid coevolution of labor and technology. By interrogating what constitutes “digital culture,” this course aims to introduce students to cultural studies through the lens of digital humanities and digital literacy. This course will provide an opportunity to learn and apply feminist media analysis to cultural texts.