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Artificial Intelligence in/and South Asian Studies
Since the 2022 release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, higher education has had no choice but to address the impact of generative artificial intelligence (genAI) on teaching and research. Across academic fields, conference and journal submissions created with genAI are proliferating, while students use it to complete assignments (Chirikov, Smirnov, and Kizilcec Citation2026; He and Bu Citation2026).
New library books
These works of ancient history are newly available through the Allen County Public Library. “The Lost Voices of Pompeii: Life and Death on Pompeii’s Final Day” by Venner Jess Hourly snapshots of reconstructed daily routines reveal the social spectrum of a doomed Roman city as seven residents — from a newly freed slave to a prominent politician — navigate their final hours before Vesuvius erupts.
Leo XIV Links AI to Histories of Enslavement and Exploitation
Pope Leo XIV released his first encyclical this week, on the 135th anniversary of his eponymous predecessor’s landmark Rerum Novarum, or Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor. And like before him, the current pope seems deeply concerned with the human cost and institutional responsibilities undergirding economic expansion.
I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity
Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber. Crown, $33 (256p) ISBN 979-8-217-08832-4 Finger (Four Squares) and Weber, cohosts of the pop culture podcast Who? Weekly, deliver an entertaining examination of how streaming and social media have splintered the public’s attention span and, with it, the hierarchy of fame. The A-list to D-list scale is no longer relevant, they argue—today’s celebrities are either Whos or Thems.
The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore. Liveright, $29.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-324-09842-3 Society is on the precipice of “abandoning constitutional democracy... and even humanity itself for... government by machine,” warns Pulitzer winner Lepore (We the People) in this powerful anti-AI treatise.
Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress
Maya L. Kornberg. Johns Hopkins Univ, $32.95 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4214-5458-0 Over the past 50 years, increased demands on congressional representatives and senators to fundraise and woo donors, a concurrent staggering decrease in funding for staff and resources, and threats of violence and social media vitriol resulting from rising polarization, have led to a highly dysfunctional congress, according to this astute debut study.
Reviews in Digital Humanities
by Roopika Risam, Jennifer Guiliano, Kim Martin, Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller, Kim Martin, and Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller Editors' note on the April 2024 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities, guest edited by Kim Martin and Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of Pollicy, a digital initiative that aims to bridge the gap between government and citizen in southern and eastern African countries, directed by Irene Mwendwa
DEFCon Speaker Series: Elena Foulis, 3/19, 2:00 - 3:00 pm Eastern
Please join us on Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm Eastern/11:00 – 12:00 pm Pacific for the DEFCon Speaker Series: “Latina/o/e Digital Humanities as Places of Joy and Querencia for Students” with Dr. Elena Foulis, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University – San Antonio.
Reviews in Digital Humanities
Editors' note on the February 2024 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities, guest edited by Sritama Chatterjee A review of Aquarium of Curiosities, a digital archive on the southern seas, directed by Isabel Hofmeyr and Charne Lavery A review of Indian Ocean World Podcast, which explores historical trajectories of climate change, directed by Gwyn Campbell, Philip Gooding, and Sam Gleave Riemann A review of Afro-Asian Networks, a data visualization project exploring internationalism between 1945...
Editors' Note: February 2024
Roopika Risam and Jennifer Guiliano We’re delighted to share the February 2024 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities. This exciting special issue, “Indian Ocean Digital Humanities,” is guest edited by Sritama Chatterjee. Chatterjee draws on her expertise in oceanic studies to bring a fresh perspective to Reviews. In many ways, this special issue exemplifies exactly the kind of work we hope to create space for in the journal.
In Memoriam: Angel David Nieves
The Association for Computers and the Humanities is sad to share the news of Angel David Nieves’ passing on December 5, 2023. Angel served on the ACH Executive Council from 2019-2021. While on the exec, Angel was involved with the mentoring program. Most recently, Angel was Dean’s Professor of Public and Digital Humanities and Professor of Africana Studies and History and Director of Public Humanities at Northeastern University.
Reviews in Digital Humanities
by Roopika Risam, Jennifer Guiliano, Heather F. Ball, Viola Lasmana, Kristen Mapes, Ysabel Muñoz Martinez, and Merve Tekgürler Editors' note on the November 2023 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities, a special issue from the Global DH Symposium, guest edited by Heather F. Ball, Viola Lasmana, Kristen Mapes, Ysabel Muñoz Martinez, and Merve Tekgürler
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of the Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project, a digital collection of materials related to the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, directed by Susana D. Grajales Geliga, Margaret Jacobs, and Elizabeth Lorang
Editors' Note: October 2023
Jennifer Guiliano and Roopika Risam We begin this month’s editorial note with heavy hearts as we continue to witness the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people and the humanitarian crisis that has been encouraged by colonial and capitalist regimes. The prevalence of anti-semitism, Islamophobia, and violence around the world horrifies us, as do the unwarranted and illegal actions now targeting innocent Palestinians.
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of the Roswell Museum Federal Art Center, a digital exploration of the early history of the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico, directed by Sara Woodbury
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of In the Same Boats, a digital map exploring the travels of Afro-Atlantic intellectuals, directed by Kaiama L. Glover and Alex Gil
Anti-Racist Community Engagement
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Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of Keys to the Archive, an archival collection focusing on the works of Ernest J. Gaines, directed by David Squires
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of I'm Still Surviving, an interactive digital exhibition featuring oral histories of women living with HIV/AIDS, directed by Jennifer Brier and Matt Wizinsky
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of COVID and Black California, a dashboard exploing how the COVID-19 pandemic affected Black people in California, led by Paulette Brown-Hinds, Stephanie Williams, Candice Mays, and Alex Reed
Reviews in Digital Humanities
A review of Mina Loy, a multimedia digital project on the avant-garde works of modernist writer and artist Mina Loy, directed by Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda Kinnahan, and Susan Rosenbaum
Reviews in Digital Humanities
by Roopika Risam, Jennifer Guiliano, Aleia Brown, Marisa Parham, and Trevor Muñoz Editors' note on the April 2022 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities, guest edited by Aleia Brown, Marisa Parham, and Trevor Muñoz A review of BLACK MEME, an interactive video essay on Black visual culture since 1900, directed by Legacy Russell A review of Braiding Braiding, a web-based exploration of African hair brading, directed by Nontsikelelo Mutiti and Julia Novitch A review of Solidarity Book Project, a...
2022 Funding Opportunities from DEFCon
With the generous support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DEFCon will be offering $100,000 in grants to support course and curriculum development in digital ethnic studies. An additional $75,000 will be offered to hire mentors to support grant recipients. On December 13, 2021 at 6pm Eastern/3pm Pacific, Roopika Risam (Consortium Director) and Keja Valens (Consortium Associate Director) will hold an informational webinar on our funding opportunities.
Expanding the Digital Black Atlantic
Nana Nketsia IV hooding W.E.B. Du Bois as he is conferred the University of Ghana’s first honorary degree, 1963 (NYPL) The essays published in the Digital Black Atlantics forum this week mark a watershed moment for digital humanities scholarship, taking a critical look at the role that data visualization methodologies play in uncovering the histories and voices of the African diaspora that have for too long gone unheard.
Don’t Save the University—Transform It | Public Books
What’s next for the digital humanities? And how might they be part of changing our collective futures? As universities across the country reach the end of this unprecedented year, Public Books and Digital Humanities at MIT present a four-part series examining the role of the digital in the life of scholars and societies.
Episode 2: Data & Labor
How has data been used to organize labor, and how do we make ourselves visible to data-centric systems? Featuring: Shaka McGlotten & Chris Ramsaroop Scholars Shaka McGlotten and Chris Ramsaroop join our host, Natalie Kerby, to discuss data in the context of labor.
Reviews in Digital Humanities
by Roopika Risam and Jennifer Guiliano Editors' note on the October 2020 issue of Reviews in Digital Humanities A review of Digital Transgender Archive, an online project dedicated to improving access to transgender-related history, directed by K.J. Rawson A review of Georgia Journeys, a digital exploration of experiences of World War II and the Holocaust, directed by Adina Langer A review of the Marianne Moore Digital Archive, a digital project offering reproductions and transcriptions of...
Reopening schools safely can't happen without racial equity
Roopika Risam is chair and associate professor of secondary and higher education at Salem State University and is currently writing a book on race in US universities. The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)Universities around the US are announcing fall reopening plans that range from online learning to giving students a choice between online and face-to-face versions of the same class.
by Elisa Beshero-Bondar, Lee Skallerup Bessette, Quinn Dombrowski, and Roopika Risam, June 25, 2020 Quinn In the weeks before the world shut down due to COVID-19, Lee and I got into a Twitter discussion with folks who work on comic books and computational image analysis, mulling over what we could do with the graphic novels.
Volume 1, Issue 1: January 2020
by James Yeku A review of Sekuru's Stories, a digital public humanities project featuring the renowned Zimbabwean mbira player, oral historian, and ritual specialist Sekuru Tute Chigamba, authored by Jennifer Kyker and Sekuru Tute Chigamba by Ãlika Ortega A review of Ticha, a digital text explorer for Colonial Zapotec, co-directed by Brook Danielle Lillehaugen and George Aaron Broadwell by Jim McGrath A review of My Nola, My Story, a multimedia platform for gathering, documenting,...
Academic Generosity, Academic Insurgency
During the summer of 2019, funding for the University of Alaska was slashed by the state legislature. With 41 percent of the annual budget, or $130 million ... During the summer of 2019, funding for the University of Alaska was slashed by the state legislature. With 41 percent of the annual budget, or $130 million, proposed to be cut, the university faced a reduction in services and programs.
Hong Kong: “When We Burn You Will Burn With Us”
The most telling chant of the 2019 Hong Kong protests is “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times” (光復香港 時代革命), not because it offers a vision for “revolution,” but because it reveals the protesters’ accurate assessment of “our times.” Very few protesters expect that Hong Kong will be “liberated” from its status as a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.
Torn Apart / Separados
Visualizations Textures Reflections Allies Bibliography Credits Language selector English Español Français Torn Apart / Separados #Separados #TornApart
Torn Apart / Separados
Visualizations Textures Reflections Allies Bibliography Credits Language selector English Español Français Torn Apart / Separados #Separados #TornApart
Diversity work and digital carework in higher education
Diversity work and digital carework in higher education Roopika Risam Abstract This essay considers digital carework as a frame for the labor required by diversity initiatives in higher education. It situates diversity work in relation to affective labor and uses digital humanities as a case to explore how the emergence of information and communication technologies magnifies the labor demand.
Introduction: A gathering of feminist perspectives on digital labor
Introduction: A gathering of feminist perspectives on digital labor Carolyn Elerding, Roopika Risam Abstract The following introduction locates the special issue within digital labor studies, Internet studies, and gender and sexualities studies, as well as contextualizing the project in relation to current events and popular debates. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/fm.v23i3.8278 A Great Cities Initiative of the University of Illinois at Chicago University Library.© First Monday, 1995-2018.
Black Women’s Suicide and a Call for Radical Friendship
I am still sitting with the loss of Ashawnty Davis, the 10-year-old Black girl from Aurora, Colorado who ended her short life this past November. After a video of Ashawnty fighting with another girl, whom Ashawnty’s parents identified as her bully, was posted online, Ashawnty hanged herself–unable to handle the exposure. She died in a hospital after two weeks on life support.
#DuBoisForum - AAIHS
*This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. The year 1968 was one of the most memorable
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Souls of Academic Folk
W.E.B. Du Bois and the Souls of Academic Folk *This post is part of our online forum on W.E.B. Du Bois @ 150. In higher education debates, W.E.B. Du Bois is perhaps best known for his longstanding disagreement with Booker T. Washington over African American education. Although both shared an investment in education for racial uplift, Washington favored industrial education while Du Bois advocated for liberal arts.
Black Masculinity in Comic Books: An Interview with Jonathan Gayles
Black Masculinity in Comic Books: An Interview with Jonathan Gayles This month, I interviewed Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Learning at Georgia State University. He is the producer, director and writer of White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books—a groundbreaking documentary exploring early black superheroes. He received his PhD. in Applied Anthropology from the University of South Florida.
Digital Humanities in Other Contexts
Last night at Salem State, we capped off a productive year of ongoing work building a digital humanities community with our inaugural Digital Humanities Lecture delivered by Elizabeth Hopwood of Northeastern University. Hopwood covered a range of issues, from ethics to collaboration to labor to community. While talking about her work on the Early Caribbean Digital Archive, she offered an important proposition: students are radical contributors to digital scholarship.
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