UCLA Talk-Structuring Data to Decolonize History

Slides: Abstract: In 1827, a scandal involving a fly swatter provided a pretext for the cessation of diplomacy between France and Algiers and, in 1830, the French conquest. The historiography of French Algeria’s violent formation remains focused, almost exclusively, on the actions of French officials. In contrast,this talk presents two…

HASTAC 2017: Decolonizing History

This is a presentation for HASTAC 2017 in Orlando, Florida (November 2-4). Title: Surfacing Indigenous Perspectives on the French Conquest of Algeria in a Graduate DH Course Description: In response to a scandal involving a fly swatter, as well as local social and political turmoil, France invaded Algeria in 1830…