David Theo Goldberg

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David Theo Goldberg (born January 8, 1952) is a South African professor working in the United States, known for his work in critical race theory, the digital humanities, and the state of the university.

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Goldberg was born and raised in South Africa, and earned degrees in economics, politics, and philosophy from the University of Cape Town. Moving to the United States, he earned a PhD in philosophy from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in 1985. While completing his PhD, he co-founded Metafilms, a film and music-video production company; among other things, it produced an award winning film on Robben Island and the music video for Kurtis Blow's Basketball . [1]

Goldberg pursued a full-time academic career in 1987. From 1990 to 2000, he was professor at Arizona State University, where he directed the School of Justice Studies from 1995 to 2000. Since 2000, he has been director of the systemwide University of California Humanities Research Institute. [1] He is also Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at the University of California, Irvine. [2]

Research and projects

Goldberg is a leading scholar of critical race theory and has delivered invited lectures on this subject at universities across the world (listen to a KPFA interview). His work is the subject of "On the State of Race Theory: A Conversation with David Theo Goldberg". [3] Goldberg's extensive research ranges over issues of political theory, race and racism, ethics, law and society, critical theory, cultural studies, digital humanities, and university studies.

Together with Cathy Davidson, then of Duke University, and Kevin Franklin who at that time worked for UCHRI, Goldberg founded the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC) to advance partnerships between the human sciences, arts, social sciences and technology and supercomputing interests for advancing research, teaching and public outreach. Davidson and Goldberg have published essays promoting the creative and dynamic use of digital technologies to advance research, teaching and learning in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. [4] Goldberg was the executive director of the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Research Hub [5] at UC Irvine, and he directed the Digital Media and Learning Competition, an annual international contest awarding up to $2m per year to promote transformative learning practices through the application of digital technology. [6] For this work, he was recognized both by the World Technology Network [7] (with Cathy Davidson) and President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative (with the MacArthur Foundation's Connie Yowell, and the Mozilla Foundation's Mark Surman).

Books and publications

Goldberg has authored a number of books, including: " The War on Critical Race Theory: Or, the Remaking of Racism (2023) "Dread: Facing Futureless Futures" (2021); Are We All Postracial Yet? (2015); Sites of Race (2014); The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (2009); The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (2009); The Threat of Race (2008); The Racial State (2002); Racial Subjects: Writing on Race in America (1997); Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning (1993); and Ethical Theory and Social Issues: Historical Texts and Contemporary Readings (1989/1995).

He has edited or co-edited several collections, including Anatomy of Racism (1990); Jewish Identity (1993); and Multiculturalism: A Critical Reader (1995); A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies (2002); Between Law and Culture (2002); Postcolonialism: A Reader (2005); A Companion to Gender Studies (2005); Race Critical Theories (2007); and was the founding co-editor of Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture.

Goldberg is also the creator of the online digital project Blue Velvet: Re-Dressing New Orleans in Katrina's Wake, an interactive look at the effects of Hurricane Katrina on the city of New Orleans based on his article "Deva-stating Disasters: Race in the Shadow(s) of New Orleans." [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "UC names director of systemwide humanities research institute". University of California Office of the President. June 15, 2000. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Faculty Profile: David T. Goldberg". University of California, Irvine. May 26, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Susan Searles Giroux, JAC 26:1-2, 2006, pp 11-66
  4. ↑ "History". HASTAC. Retrieved 2017-11-14.
  5. ↑ "DML Hub - The Digital Media and Learning Research Hub". DML Hub. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Digital Media and Learning Competition 6". Digital Media and Learning Competition 6 | Playlists for Learning. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  7. ↑ "Digital Badging Announcement with Bill Clinton, HASTAC, Mozilla, and the MacArthur Foundation at CGI America - UC Humanities Research Institute". UC Humanities Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  8. ↑ Goldberg, David Theo “Deva-stating Disasters: Race in the Shadow(s) of New Orleans,” Du Bois Review 3:1 (2006).
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