The following are examples of projects that DS @ U-M has worked with in the past. Each listing has a description of the project along with information like funding sources, technical platforms used, and which people and department(s) were involved.
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Detroit Under Fire
Read more: Detroit Under FireDetroit Under Fire: Police Violence, Crime Politics, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Civil Rights Era is a book-length digital exhibit published in March 2021 and created by the Policing and…
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Global Feminisms Project
Read more: Global Feminisms ProjectThe Global Feminisms Project (GFP) originated in 2002 to create an archive of oral histories from women scholars and activists from four countries: China, India, Poland, and the USA Since…
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Documenting Criminalization, Confinement, and Resistance
Read more: Documenting Criminalization, Confinement, and ResistanceDocumenting Criminalization, Confinement, and Resistance (DCCR) is the umbrella research initiative of the Carceral State Project (CSP), an interdisciplinary collaboration designed to bring impacted communities and advocacy organizations together with researchers from the…
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The Ecology Center
Read more: The Ecology CenterThis website, created by the Environmental Justice HistoryLab, is part of an ongoing collaboration between the Ecology Center and the University of Michigan Department of History. By excavating stories of environmental activism, justice, and…
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Mapping Modern Jewish Cultures
Read more: Mapping Modern Jewish CulturesThis project examines the confluence between cafés, the urban environment, and the creativity of multilingual Jewish diasporic communities. It uncovers a network of interconnected people and coffeehouses that were central…
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Deconstructing the Model Minority at University of Michigan
Read more: Deconstructing the Model Minority at University of MichiganThis website tracks the history of the “model minority” concept and deconstructs it through research on people who allegedly fit and do not fit under the label. These explorations direct…