NWSA Meets Signs 40 Years after Combahee

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

Panelists will present the results of two digital humanities projects mapping and interpreting the intellectual and scholarly trends in the field as represented by articles published in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society and by papers and workshops given at the annual NWSA conference over the past 40 years. Panelists will compare topics, themes, frameworks and methods over time and discuss the utility and limits of digital analysis. Panelists will provide tips for using the data for research, teaching, and movement building and will highlight the topics of race, intersectionality, and resistance.

Sub Unit

• General Conference / SUBTHEME THREE: Revisiting Intersectionality

Moderator

• Mary Margaret Fonow, Arizona State University

Presenters

• Sally Kitch, Arizona State University

• Mary E. Hawkesworth, Rutgers University

• Danielle Taylor Phillips-Cunningham, Texas Woman's University

• Andrew Mazzaschi, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

• Samantha Vandermeade, Arizona State University

• Wallace Jack Hudson, Arizona State University