Ashley R. Sanders, Ph.D.
Posted in Digital Humanities, and News and Notes
I just wanted to provide a brief update and announcement: The first stage of my project, Settler Colonialism Uncovered, will be moving from the server at Michigan State University. I will forever be grateful to MATRIX and the Cultural Heritage Informatics Initiative for the training and first digital home they…
What would a map of French colonial Algeria or the American Midwest look like if we took a humanistic epistemological approach? How would such a map change if it took into consideration the humanistic notion that space is a construct influenced by perception (of travel times, of fear, of violence,…
Have you ever wondered how to become an art collector? Or, more specifically, how to start collecting art? It’s not as daunting a task as you may think! There are a few key things to keep in mind when you’re getting started… Here are some tips on how to become…
How scholars define the Digital Humanities is as ongoing and fraught conversation. Here I offer a simple working definition to continue the conversation about its definition and present my own approach to the field. It is not meant to be exhaustive or all-encompassing. Please share what you believe to be…
“Settlers are not born. They are made in the dispossessing, a ceaseless obligation that has to be maintained across the generations if the Natives are not to come back.” — Patrick Wolfe.[1] In this post, I examine how American colonists became settlers through the process of invoking their perceived sovereignty…
When you are going through a divorce, it is important to have an experienced and trustworthy lawyer by your side. Here are five things to consider when hiring a divorce lawyer: The cost of the lawyer’s services Hiring a lawyer is a serious decision that needs to be taken carefully.…
Posted in Percolating Ideas
In this post, I briefly explore the ways in which settler colonialism shaped relations between tribes and how relations between American colonizers and Indigenous communities changed during the American Revolution. This short case study also exposes Indigenous dispossession and the establishment of hierarchical relations between imperial agents and those they…
Posted in Percolating Ideas
What was the big deal about Constantine? Why was France willing to expend thousands of French lives in two separate campaigns (1836 and 1837) to take the city? Prior to the first French military campaign to conquer the province of Constantine in 1836, parts of Captain Saint-Hippolyte’s notes about Constantine…
Posted in Digital Humanities, and News and Notes
As a Cultural Heritage Informatics fellow, I am taking the first step toward making information about two prototypes of settler colonization – the United States and French Algeria – available for high school and undergraduate students and educators, as well as early-stage researchers and the general public through a website,…
Posted in Percolating Ideas
Why do a comparative study? Why choose these two very different and seemingly unrelated regions? I’ve received these questions often enough that they merit an explanation. Please bear with me as my response is a little lengthy. This is a complex project! I’ve added subheadings to make navigating this post…