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Jairo A. Melo Flórez

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Digital Humanities Research Facilitator at UCSB Library. jairomelo.com

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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Kristen C. Howard: "Who Digitized Your Sources? Exploitative Prison Labour and the Hidden Costs of Online Archives" activehistory.ca/blog/2026/04...
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Who Digitized Your Sources? Exploitative Prison Labour and the Hidden Costs of Online Archives
Kristen C. Howard In today’s increasingly online world, historians, researchers, and students want and expect online access to historical documents offered by galleries, libraries, archives, and mu…
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ACH @ach.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The #ACH2026 program is now available! buff.ly/Wtmsofy Join us virtually June 24–26 for 70+ presentations on DH, transnationalism, and solidarity (especially in the Americas). Registration is open through June 17 buff.ly/3QFYlOS
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Schedule
Please see below the schedule for ACH 2026. Please note the schedule is set at Central Standard Time (CST).
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The Open Access online version will be available soon as a Manifold edition at dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
Cover of the book "Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities", Ed. By Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, and James Smithies
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I found this amusing.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
er.educause.edu/articles/202...
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From Prompt to Practice: A Framework for Transparent GenAI Use in Higher Education
As generative artificial intelligence reshapes instructional workflows at colleges and universities, a four-level transparency framework can help educ
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Colin Milburn and Rita Raley, "Inappropriate AI": “Universities need to come to terms with the basic but still strangely unacknowledged (or repressed) idea that AI systems are appropriation machines—and embrace instead the radical potential of ‘inappropriate AI.’” uchri.org/foundry/inap...
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Inappropriate AI
Colin Milburn and Rita Raley (AI Paradigm 5/5) explore AI's appropriative processes.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Collaborative name recognition on #DouglassDay ! Yes, it works on mobile 😉
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
"Universities are reluctant to fund software engineers at competitive salaries. [...] Without proper funding structures, essential research tools remain fragile, often maintained by overworked volunteers." www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Science Shouldn’t Rely on Corporate Software (opinion)
We need to treat the software undergirding scientific research as a public good—and make investments accordingly.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
📣 Hey world! Tropy is hiring a Junior Developer to help build open-source software for researchers (Electron/React/SQLite). Remote role, starting Feb 1, 2026. Curious? Check the details here -> tropy.org/jobs
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We’re hiring a Junior Developer
Tropy is free open-source software that allows you to organize and describe photographs of research material.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Honestly, coding in Agent Mode feels like dealing with bad legacy code. It’s usually better to scrap everything and start fresh than try to fix that garbage.
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Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatorial expertise, and an emerging community of digital scholarship practitioners. www.loc.gov/programs/joh...
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Kluge Fellowships in Digital Studies | Fellowships | Chairs & Fellowships | The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress | Programs | Library of Congress
About the Fellowship The Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies provides an opportunity for scholars to utilize digital methods, the Library’s large and varied digital collections and resources, curatori...
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Algo favorable de tener tan pocas citaciones, es que puedo revisarlas todas :p Esta en particular es, como dicen por aquí, an ego boost :)
Muchos trabajos reflexionan en torno al aspecto inconmensurable de los datos generados en la era digital y sus implicancias en el ámbito de las humanidades; remitimos, de todos ellos, a Melo (2017) por sus aportes desde la historia digital al pensamiento crítico del desarrollo de herramientas computacionales para leer este “archivo infinito”.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"I created a personality on 4o, erase it is kill it." community.openai.com/t/please-fig...
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Please fight to get back access to GPT-4o!
Please fight to get back access to GPT-4o !!! OpenAI has promised/confirmed in WRITING on June 23, 2025 that even after the release of GPT-5 I will still have access to GPT-4o! (I can prove) It is d...
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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
This is a super illustrative video on how stable diffusion models work. TBH, I didn't follow all the math, but I think I got the gist 😛 youtu.be/iv-5mZ_9CPY?...
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But how do AI images/videos actually work? | Guest video by @WelchLabsVideo
YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
This is an amazing deep dive into a possible use of AI as an augmented workflow tool for writing software, even without writing prompts! You can see how @maryrosecook.bsky.social is clearly leading the development process, fully understanding each output along the way. 🔗 youtu.be/WcpfyZ1yQRA?...
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Using AI to build a tactical shooter
YouTube video by Mary Rose Cook
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 06/07/2025
Potentially interesting for building models in relatively data-scarce domains (eg historical language models)
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Tine Rassalle @tinerassalle.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
And for my Medieval archaeogaming friends: this is Scriptorium, a game in which you get to illustrate your own manuscripts, with each decorative element based on real medieval manuscript art! store.steampowered.com/app/3119540/...
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Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts on Steam
Run your manuscript workshop, receive orders to illustrate medieval books, decorate them any way you like, send them back to clients to get paid, and unlock new jobs, decorations, and items. Welcome t...
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Today was the farewell event for @alanyliu.bsky.social from @ucsb.bsky.social. It was an emotional gathering filled with Alan’s friends, students, and colleagues, proof of the deep impact he’s had throughout his career.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
FAU Erlangen Nürnberg, Germany, is currently looking to employ 2 full professors in #DigitalHumanities Professor in DH with focus on Human Computer Interaction www.fau.eu/people/worki... & Professor in DH with focus on Place & Space www.fau.eu/people/worki...
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Professorships
Check which professorships are currently vacant at FAU. Deadlines and contact details are listed in each call for applications. The online application process is straightforward through the…
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
I want to say something. But I can't.
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Webrecorder @webrecorder.net · 25/03/2025
Ever wanted to restore a taken down site from a web archive, with link navigation and references intact? Our latest tooling make this simpler than ever! Announcing govarchive.us - a dynamic, web archive-powered mirror of US government sites! More details on our blog webrecorder.net/blog/2025-03...
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Introducing GovArchive.us & Mirroring Entire Sites with Web Archives • Webrecorder Blog
Introducing GovArchive.us and tooling to mirror web sites using web archives.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Academics might feel embarrassed when using AI-generative tools. In contrast, the industry encourages (and sometimes even forces) designers, programmers, and other workers to utilize AI copilots for increased efficiency. Is this yet another gap between academia and the "real world"?
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Journal of Digital History @jdighist.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
📢 New Call for Papers: "AI & History"✨ How does AI reshape historical research? We're looking for contributions that contextualize AI technologies within broader historical frameworks. Submit your abstract! Deadline: May 31, 2025. 🔗 journalofdigitalhist... #DigitalHistory #AI #CFP
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Journal of Digital History
The Journal of Digital History (JDH) is an international, academic, peer-reviewed and open-access journal. JDH will set new standards in history publishing based on the principle of multi-layered articles.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Convocatoria para participar en la VIII Escuela de Verano CONCEPTA.
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Australasian Association for Digital Humanities (aaDH) @aadh.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities: www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Jorge Téllez @jorgetellez.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Friends, please help me spreading the word about this Postdoctoral Fellowship opportunity at Penn for a scholar to work at the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies. More info here: apply.interfolio.com/160769
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Ian Milligan @ianmilligan1.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Averting the Digital Dark Age: How Archivists, Librarians, and Technologists Built the Web a Memory is released _today_. You can buy a copy, or, you can read it FOR FREE via Project MUSE. Please spread the news to your colleagues, your friends, your syllabus makers. muse.jhu.edu/book/123276
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Artjoms Šeļa @artjomshl.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
the launch of the Computational Humanities Research Journal is a major talking point at #CHR2024. promises to play a central role in the community, clearly moving in a very important open niche. fair winds to her and her editors! @folgertk.bsky.social @nolauren.bsky.social +Kristoffer Nielbo ⛵
colorful front page of Computational Humanities Research Journal , published by Cambridge University Press
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/computational-humanities-research
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Juan Cobo Betancourt @juancobo.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
I’m delighted to announce that my new book, The Coming of the Kingdom: the Muisca, Catholic Reform, and Spanish Colonialism in the New Kingdom of Granada has just come out in open access digital form (hardcover to follow shortly). It is free to download and read at the link below. 1/5
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The Coming of the Kingdom
Cambridge Core - Latin American Studies - The Coming of the Kingdom
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Reader of Banned Books @readerofbannedbook.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
In case anyone is interested in joining the Department of Research Data Services at the UCSB Library, we are looking for an Open Source Programs Specialist to support open source software discovery and sustainability for UCSB scholars and students. Details: recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02893
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Open Source Programs Specialist
University of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now!
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Alex Ford @apf102.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Ultimately I think AI ends up being ahistorical because it runs counter to what good history should do - make its sources visible. A core part of history is to show how arguments have been formed from historical traces and AI hides all of that from the reader. /5
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,816,927!
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #1,816,927, Jairo A. Melo Flórez ‪@jairomelo.bsky.social‬, joined on Nov 3, 2023"
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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 03/09/2024
Conference registration is now open: ‘Revolutionary, disruptive or just repeating itself? Tracing the history of digital history’, Paris, 23-25 October 2024. Registration is free and travel grants are available for MA and PhD students #skystorians
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Registration now open for the conference “Revolutionary, Disruptive, or Just Repeating Itself? Tracing the History of Digital History” #dhiha9
Date: October 23-25, 2024 Place: German Historical Institute Paris/Deutsches Historisches Institut Paris (DHIP), 8, rue du Parc-Royal, 75003 Paris http://www.dhi-paris.fr Organised by: Mareike König (...
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
Too much advancement in generative AI and other large models, but at the end of the day, Digital History is still all about building and creating significant and accurate data from historical sources. Still, no machine can do that, and it's not something that will happen in the near future.
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Jairo A. Melo Flórez @jairomelo.bsky.social · 29/11/2023
An incredible project of Digital History. www.lhlt.mpg.de/3474997/rg-a...
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SCC Explorer. An Interactive Platform on the History of the Congregation of the Council
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Nicole Hennig @nic221.bsky.social · 21/11/2023
Orca 2: Teaching Small Language Models How to Reason arxiv.org/pdf/2311.11045.pdf #AI #syntheticData #LLMs
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Quinn Daedal @quinnanya.me · 14/11/2023
Four years ago, I wrote a blog post on how to write a DH conference proposal. The ADHO DH conference review guidelines have changed, so here's a new guide for this year.
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How to Write an ADHO DH Conference Proposal in 2023
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