Project: Demos Project for the Study of Data Humanities

The Demos Project for Studies in the Data Humanities fosters and supports scholarship involving structured data around people (Greek δῆμος) and their environment. At the Demos Project, we examine the representation of individuals and communities in data, we ask and answer questions about data in society, and we apply humanistic thinking to data-driven problems. Questions of data representation have broad applicability but are particularly effective for reading and understanding contemporary problems. The representation of people and communities in data is an issue of significant current interest as more and more of our lives are lived online. This project builds upon FSU’s historic strengths in intersectional studies of race, gender, language and society.