AYBABTU or Topic Modeling in the Humanities

Many thanks to Jennifer Guiliano, Travis Brown, and the rest of the team at MITH for putting together such a fantastic workshop. It was inspiring to find myself in the MITH mothership amidst people helping to bring DH closer to the center of our various disciplines – despite past and present nay sayers. A recent… Continue reading AYBABTU or Topic Modeling in the Humanities

¡Preservationistas! Online Communities, Activist Preservation, and Born-Digital Archives

In lieu of audio from the presentation last month at Archives and Activism, I decided to put the slides up. When the audio becomes available, I will post. For the first part of the presentation visit Jefferson Bailey’s website here. Preservationistas: Online Communities, Activist Preservation, and Born-Digital Archives from Thomas Padilla

Theory and Praxis of Archival Activism

Speaking at the Archives and Activism Symposium [PDF] in NYC was a great opportunity to be bold and present my ten cents on where I think the archival community can contribute to activist efforts. Sharing a presentation slot with Jefferson Bailey was an honor in of itself. I can deliver all of the usual platitudes about… Continue reading Theory and Praxis of Archival Activism