Angel David Nieves, associate professor of Africana studies and co-director of the Digital Humanities Initiative (DHi), presented “Digital Humanities as Restorative Social Justice: Virtual Heritage, 3D Reconstructions, and South Africa's Township Histories” on Oct. 29 at Amherst College.
Nieves discussed cultural practices of remembrance, reconciliation and empowerment with a view toward an integrative approach to social justice and the practice of digital humanities scholarship.