AAS2026 Annual Conference, Sat. March 14, 2-3:30pm, location: VCC, room 203.
Panel # 827: "New Approaches to Colonial Archives in South Asian Digital Humanities"
Discipline: History
Abstract: As Roopika Risam and Rahul Gairola note in their recent survey of S. Asian digital humanities, "the digital afterlives of colonialism shape the formation of the digital cultural record and, in turn, the cultural memory of humanity" (South Asian Review, 2019). This interdisciplinary panel will present a series of strategies for revisiting colonial archives, interrogating the original format and purpose of extant colonial records and considering how to use digital methodologies to intervene in and break those patterns, rather than replicating them."
We're excited to present some aspects of our project at #AAS2026 -- looking forward to a great (hybrid) conversation about 'New Approaches to Colonial Archives in S. Asian #DH' -- w @electrostani.bsky.social, @shreethorat.bsky.social , @christinawelsch.bsky.social & @schottemargaret.bsky.social