The Discomfort of a Digital Home
Item
Title
The Discomfort of a Digital Home
Description
Photograph of objects related to the 'Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities' team creative writing session, held at the University of Sussex, Sussex Digital Humanities Lab, June 2023, facilated by Sarah Lee. Team members were asked to bring along an object that represented their journey in the Full Stack Feminism project.
This digital image documents the objects brought by Jeneen Naji. Jeneen describes the object's relationship to the project as follows:
'Priestdaddy book was the object I brought to the creative writing session. This book is written by Patricia Lockwood and tells the story of growing up with a father who became a priest after he got married and had children as well as the connection and life she found and formed through the Internet. For me it highlighted the way that we can live our lives in environments that are not necessarily conducive to our own sense of selves such as the religious environment the author grew up in but the Internet with all its faults can serve as a refuge and place of connection and even home for many who seek outlets. This connects with my work on the FSFDH project as the Internet and digital tools while problematic in the nature of their heteronormative construction they can also be an avenue for connection for many non-traditional sub-groups and communities. Part of FSFDH remit is highlighting and lifting up these non-mainstream practices as examples of ways forward in an increasingly digital society.'
'Priestdaddy book was the object I brought to the creative writing session. This book is written by Patricia Lockwood and tells the story of growing up with a father who became a priest after he got married and had children as well as the connection and life she found and formed through the Internet. For me it highlighted the way that we can live our lives in environments that are not necessarily conducive to our own sense of selves such as the religious environment the author grew up in but the Internet with all its faults can serve as a refuge and place of connection and even home for many who seek outlets. This connects with my work on the FSFDH project as the Internet and digital tools while problematic in the nature of their heteronormative construction they can also be an avenue for connection for many non-traditional sub-groups and communities. Part of FSFDH remit is highlighting and lifting up these non-mainstream practices as examples of ways forward in an increasingly digital society.'
Creator
Jeneen Naji
Date
09/06/2023
Identifier
FFS004_O
Publisher
Full Stack Feminism in Digital Humanities
Rights
CC-BY-NC-SA
Subject
Connection
Creative Writing
Digital Society
References
Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood