AI’s writing ability has gotten all the attention in campus discussions. But AI’s ability to see is just as big a deal. In my series on vibe coding, for example, I noted that AI’s killer feature is its ability to see what’s on your screen (via a screenshot or direct browser access through something like […]
The Humanistic AI project, headed by UChicago professors Hoyt Long and Chris Kennedy, aims to identify the opportunities and challenges that generative models present across a wide range of disciplines—including literature, linguistics, philosophy, sociology, computer science and more—and to articulate a strategic vision for how the humanities, humanistic social sciences, and computer sciences can collaborate […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager, and Rachel Hogan, DHNow Guest Editor. This week, our Editors’ Choice selections are considering different use cases for AI in Digital Humanities. The first Editors’ Choice is an article that introduces WOKIE, a tool to aid in automatic translation of SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization […]
The Resources for African Indigenous Languages (RAIL) workshop provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers working on resources such as data collections and annotations, Human Language Technologies (HLT) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools, and their applications, specifically targeted towards African indigenous languages. In particular, it aims to create the conditions for the emergence of a […]
The University of Florida, the University of North Florida, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, and the Transborder DH Center and Consortium (TBDH) at the University of Texas San Antonio (UTSA) will host the fourth annual Latin American & Caribbean Digital Humanities Symposium from September 8-10, 2026, in person at UT San Antonio. The symposium […]
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager, and Lívia Clarete, DHNow Guest Editor. This week, our first two Editors’ Choice selections are concerned with text analysis. The first Editors’ Choice is an article that considers the emotional impact of design choices on data visualizations. The author creates a visualization of the […]
This is part 1 of a 5-part series on the politics of preservation and power. In our field, what is often right in front of us is infrastructure. We treat it as stable, neutral, and purely technical. We act as if the servers, standards, and software we rely on are objective tools. But if you’ve […]
The African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) is a leading Pan African research-to-policy institution dedicated to generating evidence, strengthening research capacity, and informing policy action across Africa. Headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya, with a West Africa Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal, APHRC is African-based and African-led, committed to nurturing strong research leadership and promoting evidence-informed […]
More than a decade after its launch, the Science Blogs Web Archive continues to grow and evolve. In this interview, Jennifer “JJ” Harbster reflects on building and maintaining the collection, while intern Yahir Brito brings a fresh perspective on updating and expanding it. Together, they share a few of their favorite blogs and discuss why […]
I have believed since 2022, and still believe, that generative AI models have considerable potential as tools for augmenting traditional humanistic research. Two use cases that deserve special attention: 1) classifying, sorting, and otherwise extracting metadata from large corpora of public domain historical sources (one example, appropriate to the season: you can provide an LLM […]
