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Austin Mason

@medhieval.bsky.social
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Director of Digital Arts & Humanities / Senior Lecturer in History at Carleton College. Early medieval #history, #archaeology, and #digitalhumanities. #medievalsky #digitalmedievalists

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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Horrible laughter, usually followed by death. That's my new aesthetic" @samplereality.bsky.social on the etymology of "sardonic" from the OED #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Keynote speech "Living with the Pharmakon: On the Digital Humanities and the Liberal Arts" by Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social drawing parallels from Plato to our modern age of #AI through his own journeys in #DH from 1996-2026 www.carleton.edu/dayofdh/sche... #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Our final lightning round presentation is Megan Vossler of Macalester College discussing Figure Drawing for Every Body, a forthcoming OER for teaching and learning figure drawing, centering gender-expansive language, representation of a wide range of bodies, and accessibility features. #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Up next, Akua Agyeiwaa Denkyi-Manieson is joining us remotely from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln to present on how tagging and mapping place names in early Gold Coast (now Ghana) novels opens up new ways of seeing the colonial and anti-colonial geographies #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The team behind Mapping Prejudice (mappingprejudice.umn.edu) is now explaining how it brings the public into the creation of its maps, and why this is critical for #DH projects that aim to advance social justice. Amelia Palacios of UMN is leading the presentation. #dayofdh26cc
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Mapping Prejudice
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Shana Crosson of Mapping Together (www.mappingtogether.com) is now sharing insights from her career supporting #DH mapping projects on how making maps from primary sources opens the door to entirely new historical questions #dayofdh26cc
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Mapping Together
Mapping Together: Stories, Maps and Social Change
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Jenny McBurney of the University of Minnesota is now telling us about Save Our Signs (saveoursigns.org): a crowdsourced project to collect photographs of National Park Service interpretive signs before they are censored by the federal government $dayofdh26cc
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Save Our Signs Let's Build the People's Archive of National Park Signs
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Next up, Leah Duncan of Davidson College is taking us through the process of Building Digital Collections with CollectionBuilder (collectionbuilder.github.io) with comparison's to Omeka #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Walter Greason of Macalester College is now demonstrating his awesome project building a 360 degree panoramic virtual tour of Gallier House in New Orleans, LA (hgghh.org/gallier-virt...) looking at Slavery and the Built Environment #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Sam Gotch '26 of Carleton College is now presenting about a project Carleton's Digital Scholarship Interns did this year exploring the capabilities of Gemini 3.1 pro for HWT "AI Approaches to Handwriting Transcription: What are they good for?" #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Next up we have Erin Ridnour of Iowa State University with an awesome collections-as-data text analysis project: Computers Reading Cookbooks emanderson811.github.io/computers-re... #dayofdh26cc
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Computers Reading Cookbooks | Computers Reading Cookbooks
A project blog documenting the digitization and analysis of the Iowa Community Cookbook Collection
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
First lightning talk from Bonnie Finn from the College of St. Benedict and Saint John's University on a project on "Musical Styles and Composers by Era" done in the classroom in the Scalar platform #dayofdh26cc
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Excited to kick off our 10th anniversary Day of DH @ Carleton event today with a round of lightning talks this morning, followed by a keynote from Mark Sample: "Living with the Pharmakon: On the Digital Humanities and the Liberal Arts" Stay tuned at #dayofdh26cc More at www.carleton.edu/dayofdh/
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 01/06/2026
There is something in here for everyone: Marxists, logistics obsessives, obsolete-software enthusiasts, and those are all the kinds of people I know about. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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Seeing Like a Supply Chain
A history of the technology of supply-chain management from punch cards to neural nets, and how the ambiguity built into that technology helps companies and ...
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Ross Floate @rossfloate.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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Martin Grandjean @martingrandjean.ch · 05/05/2026
📣 Big news: We’re launching Gephi 0.11! 🤩 Download this new version and spread the word! ℹ️ Learn more here: gephi.wordpress.com/2026/05/05/g... 🖥️ and download Gephi 0.11 on gephi.org
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Gephi 0.11: Major Performance Upgrade and New Features
As you may have seen on a previous article, the Gephi team has been hard at work over the past few months and is currently preparing to release version 0.11 of your favorite network analysis applic…
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Also related: depth was measured by counting arm lengths of rope as it passed through the hands to the bottom. The distance between both outstretched arms in Old English was fæðm, hence a “fathom” measures depth but also metaphorically being able to grasp a concept fully (get your arms around it)
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Cameron Blevins @cblevins.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📣 New historical data visualization! "How Fast Was the Mail?" is an interactive map showing how long information took to travel across the US between 1882-1908: cblevins.github.io/mail-time/ +
cblevins.github.io
How Fast Was the Mail?
Explore mail transit times via railway between major U.S. cities, 1882–1908.
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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Really pleased to announce the launch of the all-new, all-dancing, London Lives website - www.londonlives.org It has been thoroughly re-engineered to facilitate more types of search, and redesigned for phones and tablets. The team very much hopes peope like it. 1/
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I have been assigning this article in my classes for years and just discussed it again last week with my undergrads. It has never been more relevant.
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
awab.org/find-a-church/
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Find LGBTQ+ Affirming Baptist Churches | AWAB Directory
Discover welcoming and affirming Baptist churches across the U.S. with AWAB's comprehensive directory. Find your inclusive spiritual home today.
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
#IMC2025: stop by our stand to learn more about the new Haskins Society series Connections and Communities in the Middle Ages buff.ly/wUED5bA #MedievalSky @haskinssociety.bsky.social
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Charlie Rozier @rozierhistorian.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The Haskins Society is now on BlueSky! Look out for posts over the next few days which advertise our involvement in the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Head over and give us a follow @haskinssociety.bsky.social
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
FYI @anasalter.bsky.social you got a lot of shoutouts at our Day of #DH event, especially from Cuong and Jane presenting on the RenPy games they made in your awesome Interactive Digital Narratives course at Carleton this winter anastasiasalter.net/Interactive-... Thanks again for your amazing visit!
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DGAH 120
Winter 2025 - Anastasia Salter
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Thanks @anasalter.bsky.social for making the full materials for this vital workshop on #DH programming in the Age of #AI public (as you do for so much of your pedagogical work). My biggest frustration with the Carleton trimester schedule is missing all the May conferences — but we can read yours!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Thanks Jack! So glad you were able to attend and keep Day of #DH going as a regional gathering for #Digitalhumanities work
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Dr Simon Trafford @simontrafford.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
View the Parthenon as it stood in 432 BCE. A historian recreated the awe-inspiring structure for VR. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 www.popsci.com/science/part...
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View the Parthenon as it stood in 432 BCE
A historian recreated the awe-inspiring structure for VR.
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Laura Cleaver @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Do you learn by doing? @ies-sas.bsky.social has a new summer school course that explores medieval manuscripts by making them. You’ll learn how inks and pigments were made and used and get to experiment for yourself! 📖📚🎨 @ies-sas.bsky.social book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/london-rare-...
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VeDPH @vedph.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Call for Papers – Deep Mapping Dialogues An online workshop exploring layered narratives of place in archaeology & history. Submission deadline: 1 June Workshop date: 24 September Proposal submissions & detail: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #DeepMapping #DigitalHumanities #History #Archaeology
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Oh, that’s exciting! Going to download and check it out ASAP
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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
A note to Humanities colleagues: @altmetric captures mentions of our work just as well as scientific publications (at least so far as Bluesky goes). Just make sure you link to the original study in your post. "Likes" don't count. Reposts do.
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/12/2024
Which was maybe a sideways way of reminding folks that applications to our "Building Book Labs" symposium @skeuomorph.bsky.social Press this coming May, are due in 2 days. We will not be extending this CFP so if you are interested, let us know!
skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu
CFP: Building Book Labs Symposium – Skeuomorph Press
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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
It's finally happening! Six years after we found out that we got funding, our resource is ready to show the world! blogg.lnu.se/mapping-sain...
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The Official Launch of Mapping Saints is Approaching! - Mapping Saints
In order to celebrate the official launch of our digital research and educational resource, Mapping Saints, we will be giving short talks on the afternoon of November 28, 2024 at Teleborg Castle, Växj...
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I still have that Bayeux Tapestry on CD ROM! Haven’t attempted to mount it in years, but should see if I can…
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Yes a fantastic paper by @billadot.bsky.social as well!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Thanks Leonie! Loved your talk as well and hope you can scale it up soon
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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 24/10/2024
Please share this CFP! We’re hosting a symposium 20-21 May 2025 @skeuomorph.bsky.social on "Building Book Labs: Hands-On Research & Teaching in Book History"—we’re looking for talks, discussion topics, & hands-on activities—& we especially welcome novel formats or session ideas. More at the link!
skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu
CFP: Building Book Labs Symposium – Skeuomorph Press
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Heard. Looking forward to your paper though, if it helps! (Ignore if not)
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
You guys, everybody is here now! It really does feel like pre-pandemic Twitter born again with all the scholarly community networking goodness and none of the bleak, latter-day hellscape vibes. Excited to reconnect with my #medievalsky #digitalhumanities and #digitalmedievalist peeps again
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Thanks for making these Matt! I’d love to be added if there’s room
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Thanks for making this and thanks for adding me!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
It’s a great place and our librarians are an especially crack team!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 09/08/2024
Ooh those are lovely and necessary. Would love to buy one for our shop if you have enough to go around
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 08/08/2024
Congrats! I was just about to buy it cause I’ve been impatient waiting
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
Thanks!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
Ht to @wernimont.bsky.social for the materials and assistance!
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Austin Mason @medhieval.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
It feels fitting that my first post on this hopefully-not-as-much-a-hellsite-as-the-other-place is to share some conference title data from #ACH2023 that I physicalized through weaving in a #DHmakes workshop at #dh2024
Woven data next to printed table data
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