Digital Humanities and Data Science from the South

Matraga Journal invites submissions for the next issues. Matraga, published by the Graduate Program in Letters at UERJ, is a senior publication, aiming at promoting a critical review on issues in the fields of Literature and Linguistics studies. Original papers and book reviews in Portuguese, English, Spanish or French are welcome. Papers are submitted to double-blind peer review and must strictly follow Matraga Journal guidelines for paper submission.

Theme

This dossier explores diverse theoretical and methodological approaches in Digital Humanities, integrating computational methods and large volumes of data for sociocultural analysis. It promotes interdisciplinary dialogue that spans various fields of knowledge, from language studies to science and technology studies. Characterized by its interdisciplinarity, transnationality, and multilingualism, the dossier delves into Digital Humanities from and for the Global South, addressing Data Feminism, intersectional and anti-racist digital studies. These studies challenge the supposed neutrality and universality of the subject in Digital Humanities and Data Science, highlighting how dominant epistemologies and technologies are perpetuated. Additionally, it promotes research that, through methodologies aware of power inequalities, reflects on inclusion and exclusion related to race, gender, language, colonialism, and geolocation, aiming to redesign the digital platforms and algorithms’ practices and structures.

This dossier seeks contributions that explore the impact of artificial intelligence in various social spheres, particularly from and towards the Global South, focusing on both the development and critical evaluation of existing technologies. It primarily seeks to foster an ethical and critical view of artificial intelligence.

To encourage a culturally enriched critical debate, the call for submissions covers a variety of disciplines that explore the intersection of technology, society, and culture from critical and transformative perspectives. Highlighted topics include digital discourse analysis and technodiscursive analysis, which propose a composite conception of discourse that erases any boundary between the discursive and the technical dimensions, as well as the linguistic and the extralinguistic. Proposals for works that study the ethical impact of artificial intelligence on sustainable development, and bias and equity in AI algorithms, questioning who benefits or is harmed by automated decisions, are also welcomed.

An important theme for this dossier is the decolonization of artificial intelligence, proposing methodologies that question dominant technological narratives and practices. Works that critically evaluate AI projects to determine their strengths and limitations will also be considered. Additionally, contributions on decolonial feminist digital archives that reconsider the preservation of history and culture from feminist and anticolonial perspectives are invited.

Submissions that explore intersectionality and digital media analyzing how multiple matrices of oppression affect online experiences and how digital platforms can foster autonomy and expression, are encouraged. Furthermore, the dossier seeks to integrate digital and gender studies with critical approaches to virtual teaching and learning, and proposals on feminist digital pedagogies. Submissions that investigate the influence of gender norms in computing through the study of programming languages and gender, and gender-based violence in digital spaces to address online security challenges, are also invited. Finally, the dossier will include works on digital history and art from feminist, decolonial, and anti-racist perspectives, highlighting how digital culture can be a space of resistance and critical reimagining.

Editors:

Alejandra Josiowicz (UERJ-FAPERJ) e Genoveva Vargas Solar (CNRS, LIRIS, França)

Submission Date:

Submission of papers and book reviews: October 31^st, 2024
Issue Publication: May 2025