Working interdisciplinarily is both exciting and challenging, as I’ve experienced firsthand in DTUs and various projects. Recently, my colleagues and I (we are from different disciplines) debated whether we practice digital or computational archaeology. This confusion led me to explore the history of “one of the hottest fields in the galaxy of disciplines focusing on the study of the past.”
Gabor Toth recounts the recent C2Dh conference Exploring Epistemic Virtues and Vices, sharing with us the promises and challenges of doing digital history.
Jader Martins of the D4H explains his new article the “Proceedings of the 1st Worskhop on Towards Ethical and Inclusive Conversational AI” and invites us to recognize the continued limits of AI chatbots in historical translation.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, let’s highlight a few recent historical works that analyze the role of women in digital technology and see how digital methods can also highlight gender and women’s history.