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Editors’ Choice: A Franken-Book-of-Hours: From Physical to Digital and Back Again – Dot Porter Digital
Between 2019 and 2022, I also worked on a project called Books of Hours as Transformative Works. If you’re not familiar with the term “transformative work,” it comes out of fandom studies—think of fan fiction or fan art—where people respond emotionally and creatively to something they love. I wanted to apply this framework to Books…
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Announcement: Introducing Hugo-Bibliography
Hugo-Bibliography is a new Hugo plug-in designed to make adding citations into Hugo projects much easier. It can be added as a theme to a Hugo website to generate bibliography pages using the provided shortcodes. At this point, bibliography data needs to be available in CSL-JSON format (that for example can be exported from Zotero).…
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Report: Higher Ed Podcasting Is Having a Moment
Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend HigherEd PodCon, the first conference devoted to podcasting across higher ed. Thanks to UPCEA, which sponsors my Intentional Teaching podcast, for sending me to Chicago for this very engaging conference! I thought I would share a few highlights from the conference here on the blog. See full…
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Resource: Once Upon a Dune: Coastal (Hi)Stories | Environment & Society Portal
In April 2024, during a workshop at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon, specialists from different countries and backgrounds talked about dunes. In addition to the scientific topics presented, we discussed how to make our work more compelling and accessible to a wider audience. We wanted to share our plural…
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Editors’ Choice: Generative Artificial Intelligence and Archives: Two Years On – Found History
Yesterday I gave a talk on AI and archives at the Colby/Bates/Bowdoin Special Collections and Archives Staff Retreat. Thanks to the staff of the George J. Mitchell Department of Archives and Special Collections and the Bowdoin Library, the amazing Schiller Center for Coastal Studies, where the event was held, and Bowdoin’s Hastings Initiative for AI…
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Announcement: Clemson Digital History Ph.D: Zoom Information Sessions for Fall 2025
Thinking about applying to Clemson’s groundbreaking Digital History Ph.D. program? Join us for one of our upcoming virtual information sessions! We will be hosting several informational Zoom sessions in Fall 2025 for prospective applicants to the Digital History Ph.D. program. These sessions will cover program requirements, application tips, and frequently asked questions—and will include time…
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Report: Bringing Back the Joy in Teaching
I’ve been reflecting a lot about what I don’t like about my pedagogy lately. Recently I began experimenting with ways of refreshing my approach. I learned to manage my sense of failure in the classroom by letting go of trying to cover a lot of content, honoring the knowledge and experience students bring into the…
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Editors’ Choice: Bears Will Be Boys
When I spend time with kids, I become hyperconscious of my word choices. “Look at Mr. Frog in the pond. Doesn’t he look grumpy?” Why did I say Mr. Frog? Why did I say he? Where do these gendered presumptions even come from, and how pervasive are they? Is it common to assume that a…
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Announcement: Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2025
The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries has been scheduled for December 15-19; the conference will be a fully virtual, synchronous event. The call for papers, posters, and more has been released. For more information, see https://2025.jcdl.org/ As we have for many years, CNI is delighted to be a cooperating organization for this important annual…
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Report: Preparing Students for an AI-Infused Workforce
On June 3, 2025, the University of Baltimore hosted its second AI Summit, organized by the university’s Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, and Technology (CELTT). The event, as described by the organizers, was “an in-depth exploration of artificial intelligence’s transformative impact across sectors, with a particular focus on workforce development, educational adaptation, and responsible…
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Editors’ Choice: Crafting Encounters with Humanities Data: A dh+lib Special Issue
Last spring dh+lib published the special issue “Making Research Tactile: Critical Making and Data Physicalization in Digital Humanities,” which featured seven case studies on ways critical making could be integrated into a digital humanities (DH) research practice. This follow-up special issue features concrete ways we can integrate critical making into our (library) instruction. Given the…
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Resource: I fight bots in my free time – Xe Iaso
Hi, I’m Xe, and I fight bots in my free time. I’d love to do it full time, but that’s not financially in the cards yet. I made Anubis. Anubis is a web AI firewall utility that stops the bots from taking out your website. It’s basically the Cloudflare “Are you a bot?” page, but…
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Opportunity: CFA: Join the DO Team 2025/26
The Digital Orientalist is please to announce its annual open call for editors, contributors, and team members for the 2025-2026 academic year. As we continue to expand our coverage, we seek individuals who work at the intersection of digital humanities and area studies. Please note: While we welcome expertise in various specialisations, all applications must demonstrate…
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Editors’ Choice: Datafying Mixed Social Identities: Nonbinarity as the Complementary of Intersectionality
Capturing mixed social identities through categorical data presents significant challenges. Nonbinarity provides a conceptual, computational, and visual framework for reimagining social identities beyond binary oppositions. When applied beyond gender to domains such as language, culture, or ethnicity, nonbinarity reveals the complex and sometimes contradictory ways individuals experience social belonging. In this way, it complements intersectionality…