Keywords for Black Louisiana is a collective of researchers building a digital edition about Black resistance using 18th century manuscript documents in French and Spanish. This project seeks: 

• Transcriber/Translators (2T) with French and/or Spanish language skills, willing to learn paleography on the job, to transcribe and/or translate these documents. Academic credit available if needed. 
• Digital Assistants for Editorial Markup (DAEM) with interest in Black digital humanities and/or digital history to markup documents and clean datasets (no experience necessary)

Please reach out! We want to work with you!

For more on the project visit keywordsforblacklouisiana.org

This is a virtual/remote project. Course credit, honoraria, and/or stipend available, commensurate with experience.

Please reach out to [email protected] to schedule a 15 minute consultation with Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson (JHU, Founding Director, Editor-in-Chief) and Dr. Guadalupe Garcia (UCSD, Managing Editor). Please be prepared to describe your Spanish and/or French language skills (written/reading/oral) or any previous digital humanities experience when you send your request.

This project is available with more details on Forager One.