Digital Humanities in Latin America

Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is professor of world languages and cultures at Georgia State University. He is the author of Lalo Alcaraz: Political Cartooning in the Latino Community. Juan Carlos Rodríguez, associate professor of Spanish at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is coeditor of New Documentaries in Latin America.

A series of dynamic essays that investigate and problematise the impact of technology and digital culture on Latinx America. . . . While ambitious in scope, the volume offers a diversity of perspectives and case studies that highlight the unique affordances and consequences of the digital divide throughout parts of the United States and Latin America." —Bulletin of Latin American Research "A collection of excellent articles dealing with the impact of digital technologies and media in Latin American culture." —Revista de Estudios Hispánicos.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez1. Tech Disruption as Knowledge Production: Cuba and the Digital HumanitiesCristina Venegas 2. The Media Machine: One Laptop per Child in ParaguayMorgan Ames3. Nation Branding: Neo Liberalism, Identity, and Social MediaHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste 4. (In) Visible Cuba(s): Digital Conflict, Virtual Diasporas, and Cyber MambisesAnastasia Valecce 5. Digital Utopias, Latina/o Mediated RealitiesAngharad N. Valdivia 6. The Politics of Participation: La Bloga, Latino/a Cultural Politics, and the Limits of Digital Participatory CultureJennifer Lozano 7. Afrolatin@ Digital Humanites or Rethinking Inclusion in the Digital HumanitiesEduard Arriaga 8. Modularity, Mimesis and the Informatic Ideal: On Intersectional Struggles for Digital Human(itie)s in Latin AmericaAnita Say Chan 9. Cuban Digital Pedagogies and the Question of the Interface in Yaima Pardo's OfflineJuan Carlos Rodríguez 10. Carnival, Hybridity, and Latin American Digital Humor: The Ecuadorian Case of Enchufe.tvPaul Alonso 11. No Blogger, No CryOrlando Luis Pardo Lazo 12. Electronic Civil Disobedience (ECD): Before 9/11 and After 9/11Ricardo Domínguez 13. On DH in Argentina, an Interview with Gimena del RioHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 14. On DH in Brazil, an Interview with Ana Lígia MedeirosHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez 15. On DH in Mexico, an Interview with Isabel Galina RussellHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos Rodríguez CodaHéctor Fernández L'Hoeste and Juan Carlos RodríguezNotesWorks CitedContributorsIndex