Episode 2: Rhythm and Movement
Ambyr Amen-Ra joins Data Brunch to talk about data that covers decades’ worth of international travel and performances by legendary dancer, choreographer, and activist Katherine Dunham. Ambyr shares stories of the data’s journey to ICPSR, as well as her own personal connection to Dunham and the communities she built. A transcript of this episode is available (pdf).
Links from this episode:
- Attacks on Asians during COVID-19 – the latest result of the practice of “othering” in the United States (ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature)
- Survey of Consumer Attitudes and Behavior for November and December 2016
- Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking (SHED) April 2020: Supplemental Survey, United States (ICPSR 37921)
- Dunham’s Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry (organizational information and visualizations)
- Dunham’s Data: Katherine Dunham and Digital Methods for Dance Historical Inquiry, Everyday Itinerary, 1950-1953 (ICPSR 37698)
- Dunham’s Data webinar recording: Digital Methods for Dance History: Finding Arts and Culture Data in Unexpected Places
- Open positions at ICPSR
- Summer Program Workshop: Joining the Data Revolution: Big Data in Education and Social Science Research
- Rewind: Love Data Week 2021
- Summer Program scholarships
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