Thinking Intersectional with Data

First, read the short biography assigned to your group. Then, explore some of the primary sources Dr. Williams used to write that biography. Lastly, consider each question below and have one person from your group submit your answers.

Group Name

Biography

How does Dr. Jennifer Morgan's analysis of slavery, capitalism, gender, and kinship relate to the biography you read and the sources you examined?

How is gender a helpful framework for understanding the story you read? In other words, what does the construct of gender explain about what you read?

How is race a helpful framework for understanding the story you read? In other words, what does the construct of race explain about what you read?

What about this story do you think you can best explain through an intersectional analysis? Explain.

Based upon your reading and this activity, do you agree with Dr. Morgan's implicit argument that data is ill-suited to representing the complex relationships among slavery, gender, capitalism, and kinship? If not, what digital methods do you think might be up to the task?