Embracing ephemerality in the digital humanities
One thing that not many digital humanists write about directly, but has become increasingly clear to practitioners in the field, is how ephemeral so much of our thought and work is, especially in comparison to traditional humanities products likes articles and books. What if, while still trying to make our projects more sustainable, we were […]
Shout-out for Reclaim Hosting
Ideally, blogging is just about the content, but the content doesn’t happen without the backend, and that doesn’t mean a thing, either, if your server’s down. Reclaim Hosting is a hosting service built by and for academics, and wow is the service great. I was experiencing serious downtime and slow response time from my previous hosting/domain registration […]
Of DH, Musicality, and Language
In our first class, naturally, we talked about what DH is, which led to the consideration of what qualifies someone as a DH practitioner. And that discussion turned out to be pretty enlightening, with the use of some provocative (in a good sense) metaphors.