ABSTRACT
Considering the recommendations of scholars, a feminist digital humanities lab should support its student labour force, and decisions about labour should be organised from the bottom up as much as possible and avoid copying oppressive lab systems. Newcomb Institute intentionally designed the Technology and Digital Humanities Lab to operate as an extended digital humanities learning space for students and faculty using feminist pedagogy and epistemological principles. The Digital Research Internship programme provides a model for building a supportive community of feminist technologists, guides students in gaining employment by providing them with opportunities to gain technical skills and confidence-building, delivers opportunities for students to meet, learn from, and work with faculty, staff, and peers across campus and community members by encouraging collaboration when working on digital humanities projects. As part of their jobs, interns examine social issues such as gender and race through the lens of technology studies. Lastly, students become makers by contributing to digital humanities projects, conducting research within technology studies, and documenting their work. Each of these objectives aligns with feminist praxis, especially when applied to a digital humanities lab.
