The Journal of the Digital Humanities Association of Southern Africa (DHASA) is the peer-reviewed open-access journal of the Digital Humanities Association of South Africa. DHASA is an important network for digital humanities scholars in Southern Africa. DHASA members come from a wide variety of fields in the humanities, social sciences, and computer sciences. The DHASA […]
Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) at the University of Cambridge is inviting proposals for the next round of British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships. The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship offers outstanding early-career researchers the opportunity to strengthen their experience of research and teaching in an academic environment. This scheme aims to help develop the award-holder’s curriculum vitae and […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor and Nico Larrondo, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include a discussion of the methodologies in the field of AI in education, a critique of the implementations of AI in higher education, and a demonstration of an AI methodology for digital humanities. We […]
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Editors’ Summary: In this post, Ben Williamson examines the growing quality control and methodological rigor crisis within the field of Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) research. By highlighting the recent retraction of a high-profile paper on ChatGPT and analyzing two new critical literature reviews, Williamson demonstrates how the pressure to quickly produce statistical evidence has […]
Editors’ Summary: In this review, Brandon Walsh explores how the sci-fi city builder Amberspire subverts traditional gaming tropes to reflect on the ongoing climate crisis. Unlike typical genre entries that favor endless growth and high-tension soundtracks, Amberspire pairs a brutal mechanics-of-decay system with a calm, ambient score composed by Paul Kilduff-Taylor. Walsh argues that this […]
Editors’ Summary: In this post, Alex Reid critiques the reliance on instructional design and “design thinking” to counter the frictionless nature of AI in higher education. Challenging the popular notion of “engineering friction” into curriculum, he argues that reducing learning to predictable outcomes merely creates automated “work” that AI easily replicates. Reid contends that AI […]
Editors’ Summary: In this paper, River Rain and Houda Lamqaddam consider how recommender systems can be reframed as speculative tools for humanistic inquiry rather than commercial personalization. By demonstrating how a fine-tuned computer vision pipeline maps visual similarities across 2,341 animated films, they highlight how algorithmic proximity can trace artistic influence and macro-level aesthetic shifts. […]
Editors’ Summary: In this interactive visualization, the project team considers how a curated archive of 5,000 historic menus from the New York Public Library’s Buttolph Collection (1880–1920) can reveal the early evolution of the modern restaurant. By demonstrating how visual data mapping allows users to pan, zoom, and explore individual artifacts like an 1897 menu […]
Editors’ Summary: Registration is now officially open for the virtual 2026 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum, taking place online from October 14–15, 2026. Serving as a dynamic and collaborative space for GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums) practitioners and knowledge workers, the Forum connects professionals to share innovative ideas, sustain critical initiatives, and build intentional […]
