UC San Diego

In this dissertation, I argue data sediments gendered histories of space and place. Through examining archives, datasets, and public records, I read for the patterns of brief mentions of Muslim women over time and space. I read the brief mentions of Muslim women as a part of the process of datafication cementing knowledge about them through these patterns. Across time and space, Muslim women are constantly rendered as passive victims in the archive-to-data cycle. Instead, I argue for a reading practice that centers these brief mentions as pushing against the limits of the archives and datasets.