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Professor Eduard Arriaga-Arango\u2019s path to digital humanities began as a doctoral student in Canada researching cultural transmission in diverse cultures, along with migration. He discovered \u201cthe power of computation\u201d to dive deep into data, quickly compile information, and identify patterns. Two decades later, Arriaga is now recognized as an expert in digital humanities, studying how language, literature, culture, and technology collide and intersect.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Language professor explores technology\u2019s pluses and pitfalls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWithin digital humanities, we use computers and digital technology to explore questions in the humanities, and we also question technology,\u201d says the chair of Clark\u2019s Department of Language, Literature, and Culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriaga<\/a> characterizes the differences between traditional and digital humanities as \u201cyak and hack\u2014a popular trope in the digital humanities. The \u2018yak\u2019 is the theoretical approach that we in the humanities usually take, discussing everything and being philosophical,\u201d he explains. \u201cBut in the digital humanities, we bring out the \u2018hack.\u2019 We want people not only to speak but also to create things, to use those creations to think and then speak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his research, Arriaga uses both a yak and hack approach. Applying digital humanities methods, he is investigating the connections between data mining \u2014 a process through which corporations and governments appropriate humans\u2019 intellectual and creative work \u2014 and the extraction of minerals from the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, his research on Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American cultures and identities explores the social, political, and ethical questions surrounding technology.
His upcoming book, Arriaga says, \u201cexamines the way Afro- Brazilian marginal communities challenge the so-called \u2018algorithmic determinism\u2019 through hybrid and communal digital practices in search of data and social justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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