https://www.math.aau.at/talks/84/pdf

In this talk, Megan Medeiros discusses the real-world application of Chicanx, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies through digital humanities with a special focus on the narratives of undocumented Americans. Her digital essay, “I am Undocumented”: Mediation & Self-Mediation in Undocumented Narratives analyzes the mediation and bias present in a generically diverse collection of narratives to contextualize the narratives within their genres and subgenres. The multi-media essay strives to resist imposed, harmful monolithic narratives on the Chicanx, Latinx, and undocumented communities by emphasizing the agenda present in mainstream media. In addition to her own project, Medeiros highlights several other digital humanities projects that are bridging the gap between academia and community and bringing Chicanx, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies into the public sphere.

Injustice images are photographs or video, which depict situations of injustice, usually in the form of violent encounters between authorities and citizens. Some of the most conspicuous examples from recent years are the deaths of Eric Garner and George Floyd. The category is, however, much broader and thus in need of further definition. In this presentation, I present a typology of injustice images. I argue that such a typology has implications for the way we can theorize these images, as well as for how we approach them from a methodological point of view.