This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager and Zhihui Zou, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week address misconceptions surrounding ADA Title II, consider the theoretical frameworks that undergird mapping practices in DH, and highlights a new mobile tool for visualizing archival documents using AR. We also have multiple CFPs, […]
Editors’ Summary: This paper introduces a new mobile app named “Booksnake” that takes a unique approach toward using immersive technology in the humanities. It allows users to display archival materials virtually through projecting a piece of archival document to the user’s surrounding environment via a phone camera. The authors both present theoretical engagement on how […]
Editors’ Summary: This working paper from the Open Maps Meeting in 2024 showcases the various methodologies and research frameworks adopted by projects involving GIS, spatial mapping, and other technologies. The paper points out that “the digital turn has fostered a spatial one,” which is an important reminder for the DH community to critically engage with […]
Recently, I’ve had a number of students wrestling with the challenges of scoping a field, pulling together a literature review, and trying to determine how different pieces might be in conversation with each other. I used to sometimes sit students down with Ed Summer’s old ‘Etudier’ package which was great; but Google Scholar doesn’t really […]
This site is notes and drafts that may someday become a Handbook of Data Visualization with Textiles. I have taught a class by that name at Stanford every spring since 2023. It began as a funder mandate: in exchange for internal grant money to pay for student staff and supplies, we were encouraged to offer […]
The results of vibe coding have been far from what early enthusiasts promised. Well-known software developer Armin Ronacher powerfully described some of the issues with AI coding agents. “When [I first got] hooked on Claude, I did not sleep. I spent two months excessively prompting the thing and wasting tokens. I ended up building and […]
The Shapiro Digital History Seminar at the MHS will introduce audiences to the inner workings of in-progress projects that depend on digital methods, such as the translation of analog primary sources to a digital format, the use of computational tools for research and analysis of historical data, and the creation of “publications” in any form […]
The AHR calls for proposals for essays that frame AI not as a contemporary technology to be used or rejected but instead as a historical and historiographic phenomenon to be contextualized, interrogated, and reinterpreted. Our goal is to reframe AI within existing historiographies of labor, empire, economy, culture, science, and human agency, and in doing […]
The Japanese Association for Digital Humanities (JADH) is pleased to announce its 15th annual conference, to be held at Kyushu University on September 11-13, 2026. Digital data do not exist in isolation. They come to life only within specific contexts of use, interpretation, infrastructure, and care. Following Jakob von Uexküll’s concept of Umwelt, this conference […]
Editors’ Summary: This post by the Digital Library Federation addresses misconceptions or inaccurate statements regarding ADA Title II, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities in government programs. Ensuring accessibility is an important topic in Digital Humanities, but many people might not be familiar with the exact steps to implement more inclusive and accessible […]
