This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow’s Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week include a reflection on the so-called objectivity of digital reconstructions, an article that underscores how many LLMs lack the cultural context of poetic motifs, and an investigation into the appearance of “hallucinated” citations in academic publishing. We have also included […]
A review of Corpora, a digital humanities data infrastructure, developed by Bryan Tarpley. See full post.
This is Lee. Are you as tired about talking about and dealing with AI as I am? As an academic technologist, my whole professional life has been taken over by “the AI conversation”. How can we stop students from using it? How can I AI-proof my course? HOW WILL STUDENTS LEARN?!?!?!?!? It’s only one conversation, […]
In the first episode of our three-part mini-series, Dr. Pam Lach talks about resisting big tech’s influence on higher ed, AI refusal, and what the future holds for AI and the university. Join the conversation! Dr. Pam Lach (she/her/hers) is the Digital Humanities Librarian at San Diego State University, which occupies the traditional lands of […]
This form is part of the #DHmakes Mail Art Collaboration for ACH 2026, a community-driven project that invites participants to create, share, and exchange small crafted or artistic works through the mail. Inspired by the spirit of a neighborhood “picnic,” this initiative brings together digital humanists, makers, and curious participants to connect through making, whether […]
Editors’ Summary: In this post, the author considers a recent train advertisement in Norway as an example of the problem of floating motifs in LLM generated writing. She defines a floating motif as a motif appearing in AI-generated content that is out of place and detached from its original context. The new ad in Norway […]
Editors’ Summary: This paper analyzes AI-generated citations through a focus on the recurring non-existent citation “Education Governance and Datafication” attributed to Ben Williamson and Nelli Piattoeva and identified in Williamson’s post Tracing the half life of a zombie citation. The author demonstrates that these hallucinated citations are not random inventions, but rather a combination of […]
The current experience of digital librarianship in the U.S. and around the world is defined in part by precarity and crisis. In March 2025, Trump issued an Executive Order that dismantled the IMLS; as of April 2026, his proposed budget for the 2027 fiscal year does not include IMLS funding. Demands to censor books representing […]
Editors’ Summary: This post argues that digital reconstructions are not neutral or objective, but rather are shaped by “ghosts” or underlying patterns and assumptions in the data, which can often reinforce dominant narratives. Instead of accepting these reconstructions at face value, the author encourages using them critically and creatively to explore alternative possibilities. In doing […]
In recent years, the arts and humanities have seen a significant increase in the use of computational, statistical, and mathematical approaches. This kind of research is distinguished by its reliance on formal methods and the development of explicit, computational models – ranging from quantitative and statistical techniques to broader computational methods for processing and analysing […]
