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DHNow Newsletter, April 8, 2026
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/dhnow-newsletter-april-8-2026/
Published: April 8, 2026 17:03
This issue was curated by Colleen Nugent McLean, DHNow Project Manager and Zhihui Zou, DHNow Guest Editor. Our Editors’ Choices this week address misconceptions surrounding ADA Title II, consider the theoretical frameworks that undergird mapping practices…
Editors’ Choice: Introducing Booksnake: A Scholarly App for Transforming Existing Digitized Archival Materials into Life-Size Virtual Objects for Embodied Interaction in Physical Space, using IIIF and Augmented Reality
Published: April 8, 2026 17:01
Editors’ Summary: This paper introduces a new mobile app named “Booksnake” that takes a unique approach toward using immersive technology in the humanities. It allows users to display archival materials virtually through projecting a piece of archival…
Editors’ Choice: Open Maps: New Research Directions and Workflows for Digitized Historical Cartographic Material | Open Maps Meeting
Published: April 8, 2026 17:01
Editors’ Summary: This working paper from the Open Maps Meeting in 2024 showcases the various methodologies and research frameworks adopted by projects involving GIS, spatial mapping, and other technologies. The paper points out that “the digital turn has…
Resource: Wyrm – Citation Network Explorer
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/resource-wyrm-citation-network-explorer/
Published: April 8, 2026 17:00
Recently, I’ve had a number of students wrestling with the challenges of scoping a field, pulling together a literature review, and trying to determine how different pieces might be in conversation with each other. I used to sometimes sit students down…
Resource: Data Visualization with Textiles
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/resource-data-visualization-with-textiles/
Published: April 8, 2026 16:59
This site is notes and drafts that may someday become a Handbook of Data Visualization with Textiles. I have taught a class by that name at Stanford every spring since 2023. It began as a funder mandate: in exchange for internal grant money to pay for…
Report: Breaking the Spell of Vibe Coding
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/report-breaking-the-spell-of-vibe-coding/
Published: April 8, 2026 16:59
The results of vibe coding have been far from what early enthusiasts promised. Well-known software developer Armin Ronacher powerfully described some of the issues with AI coding agents. “When [I first got] hooked on Claude, I did not sleep. I spent two…
CFP: L. DENNIS SHAPIRO AND SUSAN R. SHAPIRO DIGITAL HISTORY SEMINAR
Published: April 8, 2026 16:58
The Shapiro Digital History Seminar at the MHS will introduce audiences to the inner workings of in-progress projects that depend on digital methods, such as the translation of analog primary sources to a digital format, the use of computational tools for…
CFP: AI in Historical Perspectives
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/ahr-call-for-proposals-ai-in-historical-perspectives/
Published: April 8, 2026 16:57
The AHR calls for proposals for essays that frame AI not as a contemporary technology to be used or rejected but instead as a historical and historiographic phenomenon to be contextualized, interrogated, and reinterpreted. Our goal is to reframe AI within…
CFP: Japanese Association for Digital Humanities 2026
https://digitalhumanitiesnow.org/2026/04/jadh2026-cfp-japanese-association-for-digital-humanities/
Published: April 8, 2026 16:57
The Japanese Association for Digital Humanities (JADH) is pleased to announce its 15th annual conference, to be held at Kyushu University on September 11-13, 2026. Digital data do not exist in isolation. They come to life only within specific contexts of…
Editors’ Choice: ADA Title II Urban Legends: Sorting Fact from Fiction About the 2024 Updates
Published: April 2, 2026 18:07
Editors’ Summary: This post by the Digital Library Federation addresses misconceptions or inaccurate statements regarding ADA Title II, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disabilities in government programs. Ensuring accessibility is an…