Postcolonial Digital Humanities 

This site offers an educational exploration into how scholars of the  Postcolonial Digital Humanities have combined disciplines to intervene in the mas erasure of marginalised narratives over colonial archives - publicising and raising awareness for the truths of the worlds past. The project utilises the  postcolonial literature conventions, and theorists such as Roopika Risam to investigate how digitisation can change the cultural record. 

The Digital Humanities provides chances of historical recovery, archival justice

and cultural survival

 

Why is this important?

Historically, colonial powers have incorrectly recorded their own atrocities: leaving gaps, or erasing identities from the archive - silencing narratives, erasing resistance and fragmenting cultural identity. 

Our Aim

This site exists to:

 

  • Reclaim suppressed histories and voices

  • Promote educational equity through digital access

  • Interrogate colonial legacies in the digital record

 

Use the tabs at the top of the screen to navigate through the theoretical framework and case studies to educate  on real people, real stories and real issues;