Comic Books, Memes, and Digital Folk Culture


Wonder Woman's Secret History

Ropes and bondage as imagery for suffrage/feminism movements

Memes and Digital Humanities

Memes (+ Twitter) as Engagement



Memes as Self-Expression/ Community Building


Social Media as Activism
From Moya Bailey, "#transform(ing)DH Writing and Research: An Autoethnography of Digital Humanities and Feminist Ethics," DHQ, http://www.digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/9/2/000209/000209.html.
Memes as Digital Folk Culture
Library of Congress Web Cultures Archive:
https://www.loc.gov/collections/web-cultures-web-archive/about-this-collection/
Know Your Meme:


Memes as Historical Argument



Extra Credit!
Make a meme (or a gif, or a comic strip) using the tools listed in your syllabus. It must:
- Utilize content from the LOC archives (public domain only!).
- Make some kind of argument/point about the history of the 1930s.
Submit your meme and response to in a private message by next Wednesday at noon to receive an extra credit point.
Comic Books, Memes, and Digital Folk Culture
Comic Books, Memes, and Digital Folk Culture
By jdauteri
Comic Books, Memes, and Digital Folk Culture
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