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On this #DayofDH2021, I have nearly 200 tabs open in my browser, many of which relate to inspiring and thought-provoking DH initiatives I see or hear about. (This is what DH with ADHD looks like.) But wait, there's more!
Sometime in the next month, I'll export them into my @devontech db & tag them w a controlled vocab for easy reference. Then I'll start tweaking and incorporating them into my syllabus and site for the Digital History course I teach in the Fall.
All of this work is done on my own time, in addition to devising tutorials and possible assignments/personal projects with new tools or techniques that I come across. I also create datasets (mostly from historical material) my students can use or I'm able to use in my own work.
These datasets go into the db, too, in addition to a @github repo. Over the course of the semester or a work project, students and colleagues provide feedback on what articles/tools/lessons worked for them, and which didn't. Then, in the db, entries are tagged accordingly.
This way, I can keep track of many wonderful and relevant things happening in the DH landscape and utilize them when I have occasion to. Not having to remember *all these things* is a big weight off my executive function/working memory and enables me to keep growing & sharing.
But it's A LOT of largely invisible, largely unrecognized, largely unpaid work that I'm nevertheless privileged to be able to devote my attention to bc I don't juggle all of those other invisible, unrecognized, unpaid responsibilities (i.e. childcare, community orgs, etc.)
So in conclusion, I pose these questions to @DayofDH participants: How do we best incorporate conversations about labor, capacity, and performance in our celebratory #DayofDH2021 tweets? How do we make carework/codework (Ă la @laurenfklein) explicit during events like this one?
