Alex Gil
Alex Gil may refer to: * Alex Gil (scholar) (born 1973), scholar of digital humanities and Caribbean studies * Alex Gil (architect) (born 1977), New York-based architect {{hndis, Gil, Alex ...
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Alex Gil (scholar)
Alex Gil (born 1973) is a scholar of digital humanities and Caribbean studies. He is a Senior Lecturer II and Associate Research Faculty at thDepartment of Spanish and Portugueseat Yale University. He is a leading scholar in the field of digital humanities. Gil is a founder of the Group for Experimental Methods in the Humanities at Columbia University, which focuses on rapid prototyping of new forms of digital scholarship. __FORCETOC__ Notable Work In Caribbean studies, Gil is known for his discovery of an early manuscript of Aimé Césaire's unfinished play ''Et les chiens se taisaient.'' His research demonstrated that Césaire began writing the play in 1941 and that it originally focused on the Haitian Revolution. Through his work in digital humanities, Gil has led a series of high-profile initiatives that use digital and computational technologies for social justice. The Puerto Rico Mapathon for Hurricane Relief combined digital humanities knowledge with humanitarian interv ...
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