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Information Visualization, Data Materialization: Thinking through Space and Scale in Literary Texts with Plotspaces

This article describes and explains the plotspace, a three-dimensional rendering of the way an aspect of a text changes as that text unfolds, and which can be made into a sculptural object through digital fabrication, eg. by 3D-printing in plastic or resin, or by milling materials such as metal or wood.
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Pre-revolution network connections of the 1989 Polish Round Table participants

This article showcases a new dataset that captures the public lives of Polish elites, who participated in the Round Table negotiations in 1989 that brought an end to Communist rule in Poland. We highlight our use of an exploratory network visualization tool in R shiny to analyze the dataset and perform a predictive modeling analysis to identify influential organizations and moments in the lead-up to the Round Table meetings.
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The Naxi Dongba MOOC: A Test Case for Digital Revitalisation of Endangered Writing Systems

Can digital humanities help revitalise endangered scripts? Drawing on the case of the Naxi Dongba script, this article shows how a MOOC can support the sustainable digital revitalisation of endangered writing systems, moving beyond documentation toward active transmission and engagement.
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The (Im)possibility of Autonomous Feminist Infrastructures

…promises disguised as democratisation of technology and agency, take the semblance of autonomy but are in fact a neo-liberal and individualistic Faustian bargain. Ownership is an illusion, and access is subject to capitalist impulses. Through critical reflections on building a speculative feminist server, The (Im)possibility of Autonomous Feminist Infrastructures’ emphasises the need for a plurality of infrastructures, restoring intimacy with technology, and the collective joy of building together.
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Visions in the Machine: Automated Tagging of the William Blake Archive

What can multimodal AI actually see in William Blake's visionary art? This pilot study finds that AI reliably retrieves Blake's objects and motifs but falters, measurably, at his personal iconography, mapping precisely where machine assistance ends, and scholarly interpretation begins.
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What We Read while Looking Up from the Book: A Review of The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities

Any act of reading is embedded in a system of systems that is perhaps nowhere more intricate and complex than in libraries and archives. The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities, edited by Isabel Galina Russell and Glen Layne-Worthey, is both a testament to and a touchstone for this complexity.
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Introduction to Community, Activism, and Innovation in Latin American and Latinx Public Digital HumanitiesEntwodiksyon sou Kominote, Aktivis, ak Inovasyon nan Syans Imanitè Nimerik Piblik an Amerik Latin ak LatinoIntroduction à La Communauté, l’Activisme et l’Innovation dans les Humanités Numériques Publiques Latino-américaines et LatinxIntroducción a la comunidad, el activism y la inovacción en las humanidades digitales públicas latinoamericanas y latinxIntrodução à Comunidade, ativismo e inovação nas humanidades digitais públicas latino-Americanas e latinx

The use of digital tools in Latin American and Latinx digital humanities is often about building connections beyond academic spaces and engaging with real problems faced by actual people. Itilizasyon zouti dijital nan syans imanitè dijital Amerik Latin nan ak Latino yo souvan gen pou wè ak bati koneksyon ki depase espas akademik yo epi angaje yo ak pwoblèm reyèl moun reyèl ap fè fas. L'utilisation des outils numériques dans les humanités numériques latino-américaines et latinx vise souvent à tisser des liens au-delà des espaces académiques et à s'attaquer aux problèmes concrets auxquels sont confrontées des personnes réelles. El uso de herramientas digitales en las humanidades digitales latinoamericanas y latinas suele centrarse en establecer conexiones más allá de los espacios académicos y en abordar problemas reales que enfrentan personas reales. O uso de ferramentas digitais nas humanidades digitais latino-americanas e latinx frequentemente diz respeito a estabelecer conexões para além dos espaços acadêmicos e a engajar-se com problemas reais enfrentados por pessoas reais.
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Fostering Transborder Thinking at the Intersection of Digital-Public Humanities and Border Epistemologies with United Fronteras

This article explores the intersection of digital humanities and border epistemologies, providing pedagogical frameworks that can help other researchers, teachers and community members analyze tools, practices, and ethical knowledge production to challenge dominant narratives of the Mexico-U.S. border.
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Social Media as a Digital Humanities Platform? A conversation between Rendering Revolution co-founders, Jonathan Michael Square and Siobhan Meï

In this article Meï and Square explore the affordances and limitations of using social media to engage in digital humanities scholarship, focusing particularly on the relationship between digital and material, embodied worlds.
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