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Jessica Otis
@jmotis.bsky.social
Early modern British historian of science, digital humanist, first book, By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England, now out from OUP
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Very excited that Hidden Venice, a new smartphone walking tour app from History City, is now available for (free) download. Three historical trails from the 16th-18th century, written by historians (myself, Fabrizio Nevola, David Rosenthal, and Rosa Salzberg). youtu.be/HU4nx6CZp-U

Hidden Venice
Hidden Venice

HistoryCity apps bring the streets to life with immersive trails on geolocated historic maps. Available for: Venice, Copenhagen, Florence, Valencia, Exeter, Hamburg, Trento, Deventer, Landshut and Tours. https://historycityapps.org/

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I am a Digital Humanities web developer and IT professional. My greatest hits include: * That sounds great; who is going to maintain it? * No, really; who is going to maintain it? * Lets try again; who is going to maintain it after you get bored with it / run out of grant money? * **screaming**

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I like it, though I've not used it in a garden yet just in the areas I mulch and don't want plants growing.

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Early bird registration for DH2024 closes this Wednesday! Register today via Conftool to lock in your reduced rate. You can find all registration steps on our homepage: dh2024.adho.org

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Congratulations to @jmotis.bsky.social@jasonheppler.org@srober30.bsky.social on your recent publications! Hearing about your books and celebrating with a well deserved cake was a great way to round out the semester at RRCHNM.

Jessica Otis, Jason Heppler, and Stephen Robertson hold up their recent publications.
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Let them eat (book) cake! @rrchnm.bsky.social

a piece of cake with a book cover on it - the middle part with the historical image has been sliced out and is sitting on a plate with a fork
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It's my book's publication day! Ever wonder how Silicon Valley cultivate its future-facing and "green" image while the region's cities became crucibles for empowering elites, worsening human health, and spreading pollution? Then have I got you covered:

Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism - University of Oklahoma Press
Silicon Valley and the Environmental Inequalities of High-Tech Urbanism - University of Oklahoma Press

In the half century after World War II, California’s Santa Clara Valley transformed from a rolling landscape of fields and orchards into the nation’s mos...

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📝 Learn More about RRCHNM's recent National Endowment for the Humanities award which will support RRCHNM and seven local partners in their efforts to preserve and share Civil War graffiti with the public. rrchnm.org/news/rrchnm-...

Tripod and light setup for multispectral imaging of Civil War graffiti.
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Join ACH's DH virtual conference November 6-8! Prioritizing social justice in multiple contexts, e.g. anti-racist work, Indigenous studies, cultural & critical ethnic studies, intersectional feminism, postcolonial & decolonial studies, disability studies, queer studies, multilingualism in DH. CFP:

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Had a lovely time chatting with the folks at Reclaim about the #DHRPG last week, and modeling digital humanities projects (and their intersection with just... life) through dice rolls.

Modeling Project Planning in DH through Games with Quinn Dombrowski
Modeling Project Planning in DH through Games with Quinn Dombrowski

Join us as we chat with Quinn Dombrowski about the DH RPG (https://dhrpg.github.io/)!

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Jessica Otis
@jmotis.bsky.social
Early modern British historian of science, digital humanist, first book, By The Numbers: Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England, now out from OUP
132 followers79 following17 posts