Digital JMJ
I am a black feminist/radical woman of color digital humanist and media maker interested in ways images and texts created in difficult pasts resonate across digital and social media. I’m invested in researching, teaching, discussing and disseminating Atlantic African diaspora history, life and culture across multiple platforms. My praxis is anti-oppression, feminist and social justice oriented.
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A grammar of refusal and a language of freedom for the (digital) humanities. lifexcode.org
Winner of the 2020 Garfinkel Prize from the Digital Humanities Caucus at the American Studies Association
Digital Portals into the History of Africans and People of African Descent in Gulf Coast Louisiana
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Image: French Market and Red Store, Louis Dominique Grandjean Develle, c. 1840
It all started when:
A group of black, brown, queer, writers, artists decided to plot points across their escape matrix.
Inspired by the petit marronage of our ancestors we steal away on this electric platform, share our journeys + offer what we find along the way…
Winner of the 2020 Garfinkel Prize from the Digital Humanities Caucus of the American Studies Association
Principal Investigators: Jessica Marie Johnson and Yomaira C. Figueroa
Image: Fractals by Jose Arturo Ballester
Johnson, Melissa Dinsman interviews Jessica Marie. “The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Jessica Marie Johnson.” Los Angeles Review of Books, July 23, 2016. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/digital-humanities-interview-jessica-marie-johnson/
A work-in-progress experiment with time, space, and form in slavery’s archive. Follow at dh.jmjafrx.com.
Diaspora Hypertext, the Blog is a personal blog, showcase and workspace authored solely by me. In the tradition of blogging and radical media, it is serves many purposes. It is a space to highlight news and work of interest in several broad and intersecting categories — digital black studies (#DH), Afrxlatinidad, black/queer/diaspora theory and history, New Orleans and its African diaspora, women and slavery, and Afrofuturism. In the tradition of radical womyn of color media making, I am committed to blogging as radical media and protecting the sanctity of the draft space, by writing in public, sharing research, writing, and items of intimate interest to me and various writing projects without pressure to appear final or in a polished form, and broaching transgressive, uncomfortable topics without fear or reservation.
Founded in 2008, African Diaspora, Ph.D. (#ADPhD) showcases scholars and scholarship in the field of Atlantic African diaspora history. Today, it is a bibliography and digital humanities resource highlighting research, teaching, scholarship, and scholars in the field of Atlantic African Diaspora history. There art, culture, labor, and politics of people of African descent in North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and the African continent is explored through books, articles, news, interviews with academics, and much more. #ADPhD also shares digital media, resources, and tools relevant to researching, teaching, and discussing Atlantic African Diaspora history. In 2012, #ADPhD expanded into Tumblr and welcomed Kidada Williams (Associate Professor, Wayne State University) to the #ADPhD team. In 2014, #ADPhD expanded to Facebook with Ana-Lucia Araujo (Full Professor, Howard University) as an additional collaborator. #ADPhD is also on Twitter and Pinterest as The #ADPhD Museum.
Kismet Nuñez, “On Alter Egos and Infinite Literacies, Part I.” The AntiJemima Life. October 11, 2011. [Click Here]
Johnson, Jessica Marie and Kismet Nuñez. “On Alter Egos and Infinite Literacies, Part 2 (An #AntiJemimas Imperative),” presented on the panel titled, I’m a MuthaFking Monster: Alter Egos, New Media and Black/Queer Performativity, American Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 2012.
Johnson, Jessica Marie and Kismet Nuñez. “Alter Egos and Infinite Literacies, Part III: How to Build a Real Gyrl in 3 Easy Steps.” The Black Scholar 45, no. 4 (October 2, 2015): 47–61. [Click Here]
Where to find the #AntiJemimas now: #IKilledKismet | #NowILiveHere
Critical Analysis of the #AntiJemimas:
Barnett, Fiona M. “The Brave Side of Digital Humanities.” differences: a journal of feminist cultural studies 25, no. 1 (January 1, 2014): 64–78. [Click Here]
McMillan, Uri. Embodied Avatars: Genealogies of Black Feminist Art and Performance. New York: NYU Press, 2015. [Click Here]
