What if AI wasn’t just a subject of critique—but a tool to think with?
Thinking with AI: Machine Learning the Humanities (ed. Hannes Bajohr) explores how machine learning can reshape humanistic concepts like meaning, language & aesthetics.
#AI #DigitalHumanities #ML #Humanities #openaccess ä
Open Humanities Press– Thinkin...
What if AI wasn’t just a subject of critique—but a tool to think with?
Thinking with AI: Machine Learning the Humanities (ed. Hannes Bajohr) explores how machine learning can reshape humanistic concepts like meaning, language & aesthetics.
#AI #DigitalHumanities #CriticalAI #ML #Humanities #openaccess
https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/thinking-with-ai/
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And while literature tried to fill this void with realist narratives of the new bourgeois world, there was always a part that resisted understanding. Ignoramus et ignorabimus. It was that, that came to haunt. The elusive, the dark excess of the times, the underbelly of the new world. That which caused pain and terror, fear and despair. And realism alone wasn‘t enough to describe it.
If we watch closely at the ideological processes and the epistemological changes in the 19th century, we can see that secularization, the creation of bourgeois states and societies and the rise of science as an integral part of those societies, have created a void of understanding the world, that was left by former feudal and religious hegemonic powers.
And it is precisely because realism and uncanny literature cannot be thought of as separate occurrences. Let me explain. In my research, I often found that not only were realistic elements an integral part of the narratives, but that more often than not most writers of the uncanny supernatural were themselves celebrated realists of their time. And this is more than mere coincidence.
Why I love Maupassant so much, is because he‘s a prime example of how the bourgeois literature encompassed much more of the affective milieu of his time than many theoreticians want to make us believe. First and foremost, of course, Guy de Maupassant was a realist writer. Of this, there is no doubt. But at the same time, he is imho one of the best horror authors of the 19th century in France.
Another new piece from me. It drives me up the wall that those seeking to tear down humanities programs use arguments that fundamentally contradict each other. I call BS, and argue that the inconsistency reveals a pervasive fear of critical thought and social change. In @insidehighered
“Whereas the #naturalsciences primarily seek to make the unfamiliar familiar, the #critical #humanities often operate from the opposite impulse – to make the familiar unfamiliar.” aeon.co/essays/why-t... #physics #science
Why the hunt for reality is an...
1. Student 1 said how much she loved the #Poe stories we've read thus far this quarter ("Masque of the Red Death," "The Black Cat," "The Man of the Crowd").
2. Student 2 said he was excited to be writing an essay on how Poe's absurdism anticipated Camus' nihilism.
3. Student 3 wanted to hear more about why I thought transitions were so important to a successful argument.
#Academics across all disciplines, share your story about the impact of censorship on your work! The #DefendResearch team is collecting concise testimonials to include in a toolkit for contacting elected officials. #Humanities #SocialSciences #STEM https://www.defendresearch.org/testimonials
University of Texas at Austin: Benson Collection Acquires Archive of Andrés Caicedo. “The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of literary and family archives of Colombian writer Andrés Caicedo. This collection joins other important regional literary collections of writers such as César Vallejo, Augusto Roa Bastos, and Julio Cortázar, […]
At #ditrare we are investigating the effects of #digitalization and especially #AI on #research in the #sciences and #humanities. So, much much does AI really contribute to our understanding in science, today?
https://zenodo.org/records/15043829
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Funding for the National Endowment for the Humanities is on the U.S. DOGE Service’s chopping block.
But of course. The #humanities have the tools needed to identify, study and analyze prejudiced oppression, #fascism included.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/15/humanities-arts-culture-funding-cuts/
Copy: https://archive.ph/GW0Op
"The NEH funds support fellowships for faculty members at UNC in the humanities, providing money for professors to write books and conduct research. But the impact of the NEH extends past the university level, funding data and evaluation, teacher workshops, community history projects, public lectures, exhibit films and state humanities and arts councils."
'It is so embedded': UNC humanities programs impacted amid federal funding cuts
https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2025/04/university-neh-funding-cuts
Yesterday, our Experimental Publishing reading group took as one of its chosen texts Tara McPherson’s ‘Scaling Vectors: Thoughts on the Future of Scholarly Communication’, which appeared in the Journal of Electronic Publishing in 2010.
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jep/3336451.0013.208?view=text;rgn=main
It has lines such as: ‘While innovative publishing efforts have emerged from a variety of spaces … it is safe to say that change has not broadly swept through the humanities.’
And: ‘The impulse to conserve the status quo emerges largely from humanities scholars themselves. Faced with a variety of threats (both real and perceived) to the humanities, scholars tend to hold on to established modes of working.’
All raises the question, has much changed in the 15 years since these words were written? And if not, why not? Does anyone have any ideas?
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I work for a humanities council, and DOGE has attacked our biggest funder, the NEH. Though this funding comes from Congress, DOGE has taken it over, and humanities councils nationwide, not to mention any org with a NEH grant, is suddenly in enormous danger. If you care about history, civic discussion, and the public humanities, please contact your Congress members. Here's more: https://www.statehumanities.org/action-alert-neh-targeted-by-doge/
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'Vanderbilt University’s Alexander Initiative, part of Peabody College of education and human development, has selected its inaugural cohort of Alexander Fellows. The immersive professional development experience for outstanding high school teachers from across the United States aims to revitalize U.S. history and civics education.'
#DOGE terminates grant for #Maine #FilmArchive in #Bucksport
April 14, 2025
BUCKSPORT, Maine (WABI) - "A Hancock County non-profit says the Trump Administration abruptly terminated a six-figure federal grant this month.
"Northeast Historic Film in Bucksport has been dedicated to preserving Maine history for four decades.
"Executive Director David Weiss says he received a letter from the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, around 1:00 a.m. on April 2nd. That’s how they learned a $341,000 grant from the National Endowment for the #Humanities was canceled.
"The money was funding a project to catalog, digitize, and publish material NHF has collected from Maine television stations over the last 35 years. Weiss says they’re now looking at a $104,000 budget deficit and the paychecks of all seven archives staff members are taking a hit.
" 'The only good thing about it is that I don’t feel singled out, you know? I feel like this is just a broad thing that happened, and we got caught up in it. It’s not like they said, ‘You are bad.’ It’s just like, ‘Well, you’re all bad.’ So, safety in numbers, maybe that’s the best I can say,' Weiss said.
"While Weiss says an appeal wouldn’t do any good, there is the potential for them to be involved in a lawsuit to hopefully get some of the funding back.
"In the meantime, they’ve launched a #fundraising push to try to cover some of the losses. It’s raised $15,000 in just two days.
"If you’d like to contribute, visit oldfilm.org and click on 'GIVE.' "
The Academicus International Scientific Journal is a semi-annual, double-blind peer-reviewed #OpenAccess journal of the #SocialSciences and #Humanities in the fields of #Sociology, #Economy, #Politics, #Law, #Communication, and #Philosophy: https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/24fe815e-f1bf-499e-a1dd-1f5669490173
