Eduard Arriaga-Arango
Associate Professor, Language, Literature & Culture
Department Chair, Language, Literature & Culture
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Eduard Arriaga is a researcher of language, literature, culture, and digital humanities. He develops interdisciplinary research at the intersection of fields such as critical race studies, Afro-Latinx and Afro-Latin American Studies, digital studies, and digital humanities. He is currently writing a book under contract with Vanderbilt University Press that examines the way Afro-Brazilian marginal communities challenge the so-called “algorithmic determinism” through hybrid and communal digital practices in search of data and social justice. As a scholar and instructor of language, literature and culture, Eduard has had the opportunity to work at institutions in Colombia, Canada, and the US. He previously worked as an Associate Professor and Chair of Global Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies at the University of Indianapolis and brings that expertise to Clark as Chair of the Department of Language, Literature & Culture. He has received a number of awards and honors, including the Institutional Leadership Award at University of Indianapolis. Eduard earned an M.A. in Hispanic American Literature from Caro y Cuervo Institute (Colombia) and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies and Migration Studies from The University of Western Ontario (Canada).
Degrees
- Ph.D., University of Western Ontario, 2011
- M.A., Instituto Caro y Cuervo, 2004
- B.A., Universidad Distrital F.J.C., 2001
Affiliated Department(s)
- Language, Literature & Culture
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Scholarly and Creative Works
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Baobas, Galaxies and Digital Sovereignty: Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous Community Digital Territories
Digital Humanities Quarterly
Spring
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2025
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US Colombianx Studies
Chapter: Curating and Curando Through Hybrid Connections: The Case of Colombian Syllabus/Primera Línea AcadémicaPublished by Duke University Press
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2025
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La "literatura afrocolombiana":una categoría política para cuestionar el campo literario colombiano. El caso de la Biblioteca literatura afrocolombiana
Perifrasis. Revista de literature, teoría y crítica
Spring
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2025
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2024
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2024
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AI and Labor: ACH Professional Development Series
ACH Professional Developemnt Series
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Virtual
March
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2024
Sponsored by Association for Computers in the Humanities
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Curating and Curando Through Hybrid Connections: The Case of Colombia Syllabus
Latinx Studies Association Conference. Justice and Joy
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Tempe, AZ
April
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2024
Sponsored by Latinx Studies Association and Arizona State University
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Reflecting on Making DH Work for Us: Labor, Care, and Careers
ACH Annual Conference
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Virtual
June
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2023
Sponsored by Association for Computers in the Humanities
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Engaging Diverse Communities in the Digital Humanities
ACH Professional Development Series
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University of Virginia
March
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2023
Sponsored by Association for Computers in the Humanities
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Critical Digital Humanities. An Introduction to the Digital Humanities Research/Teaching for an Honors Experience
Honors Experience at Clark
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Clark University
November
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2023
Sponsored by Offcie of the Dean of the College / Honors Class
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Awards & Grants
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Mining/Data Mining (Higgins Major Grant)
Higgins School of Humanities
Feb. 1, 2024 - Dec. 31, 2024
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Challenging Algorithmic Racism: Approaches to AI and Algorithmic Culture from Marginalized Black Communities
Whiting Foundation
Jan. 2, 2024
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Languages and Literature Beyond the Classroom. Centering Students of Color through Curricular, Extra-Curricular, and Career Activities
MLA/Mellon Foundation
Jan. 8, 2024
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Connecting Blackness from the Dry Caribbean. Interactive Networks of the Congresses of Black Culture in the Americas
Caribbean Digital Scholarship/ Mellon
Jan. 8, 2024
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