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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Looking forward to #EAJS2026 in Poznań this week! Find me on Friday morning presenting at the "Augmenting Landscapes in Japanese Printed Media: Making Meaning of Sites from the Edo Period to the Present" Panel VisArt06: nomadit.co.uk/conference/e...

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

A full second conference day, part of which included discussing the future of Japan Studies, and how we can network better to strenghten the field and future chances for our students! #AAS2026 #JapanStudies #AreaStudies #Networks

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Could be worse! It was snowing yesterday morning 😄🥶❄️

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Sat 10:30am: Poster: "Drawing from the Crowd", on our citizen science platform for georeferencing #ukiyo-e prints via 3D topographical models. Prints, maps, computer vision: happy to talk about any of it! If you're here in Vancouver, find me. 🐱 #AAS2026 #JapanStudies #DigitalHumanities

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fri 7:15pm: IUC alumni reception at the Pan Pacific Hotel. If you studied at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, come say hi!

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Fri 9am, Roundtable: "Building Global Networks to Address the Challenges Facing #JapanStudies" with Bochorodycz, Hayes, Ström & Tsutsui (supported by The Nippon Foundation). What does it actually take to keep area studies alive: institutionally, professionally, globally?

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

1/4 First time at #AAS2026, and #Vancouver is delivering — today's sleet taking turns with blue skies over the last couple of days. Three things on my schedule this week: 🧵

Harbour view in Vancouver, under blue skies

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Project website: landscapes.theprintlab.org Participate on: smapshot.heig-vd.ch/contribute/?...

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Drawing from the Crowd - The Print Lab

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

For us, that means reaching #Japan -based audiences who might just recognise the mountain or shoreline in a two-hundred-year-old #ukiyo-e print. Participation happens on #Smapshot, and from today, you also find us on 🌱 colabfield.org/project/draw... #CitizenScience #Ukiyoe #DigitalHumanities

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Drawing from the Crowd – CoLabField

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

How do you find volunteers for a #CitizenScience project in an internet built for consumption? #DrawingFromTheCrowd is now featured on #CoLabField — a platform connecting #DigitalHumanities research across #Japan and Europe.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Fri Jan 23 @ Rekihaku (National Museum of Japanese History): Seminar on "AI, Japanology, and Education"—I'll talk about adapting AI_d for Japanese educational settings, alongside Prof. James Morris on kuzushiji education in the AI age. Register by Jan 21: forms.office.com/r/MjTcyVcigU

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Two talks in Japan this month—join online! 🎌 Jan 19 @ Chuo Uni: Keynote "Making Computational Boundaries Visible", presenting "Drawing from the Crowd" citizen science georeferencing project + AI_d chatbot for creating AI use policies in teaching. Info/register: sites.google.com/view/chuodala2025

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Here Naruto whirlpool aligned with the background, with creative liberties in the foreground. There is plenty more for those of you interested in doing this yourself: you can engage directly on the platform, just select one and click on 'geolocalize'! This one had inspired me to study#JapaneseArt!

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

You're very welcome, and there's many more if you feel like it ☺️

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Thank you for your contribution! I just validated it - your alignment shows how the scenery in the foreground seems to be distorted for visual effect - interesting! smapshot.heig-vd.ch/visit/363598

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Smapshot - The participative time machine

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Great start! Following the workflow will allow you, or other participants, to map it in detail 🙏

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Seems likely! On the platform you can narrow the 'somewhere' to a specific viewpoint by geolocating the print against a 3D model of the topology - it then calculates the hypothetical point of the viewer. I'd be intrigued to see what you find out! 🖼

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Your insights help us discover how selected prints blend reality with imagination, and impact how we perceive Edo-period (1603-1868) landscape. 🔗 Project: landscapes.theprintlab.org 🔗 Start: smapshot.heig-vd.ch/contribute/?owners=19 #CitizenScience #DigitalHumanities #ukiyoe #浮世絵 #OpenScience

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Think of it as a visual detective game: compare historical prints with 3D terrain models to figure out where these scenes were "seen" from. No Japanese language or art history degree needed. Just curiosity, sharp eyes, and 15–30 minutes.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Where would you stand to see this view? That is the puzzle at the heart of Drawing from the Crowd—a citizen science project exploring how Edo-period Japanese prints depicted landscapes. We'd love your help solving it 🧵

Utagawa Hiroshige, "Seven-Mile Beach in Sagami Province," 1837. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Just published at UZH Teaching Tools (available in EN/DE): 📚 teachingtools.uzh.ch/en/good-practice/ai_d ✍️ digitalorientalist.com/2025/09/09/think-tasks-not-tools-teaching-ai-literacy-in-east-asian-art-history/ #HigherEd #AIinEducation #Teaching #DigitalHumanities

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

When students understand the cognitive rationales, they engage more thoughtfully with AI tools and their own learning. Thanks to ULF micro_innovation funding & my students who inspire this work.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Instead of blanket bans or vague "use responsibly" guidelines, AI_d helps develop differentiated policies that explain *why* certain AI uses work or don't work for specific learning objectives.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

How do you create AI guidelines that support rather than undermine student learning? I've developed AI_d—a prompt-activated chatbot that guides course instructors through creating pedagogically sound AI policies using learning frameworks like Bloom's Taxonomy, SAMR, and Cognitive Apprenticeship.

Stephanie Santschi at her desk at the University of Zurich. She has opened her laptop on whose screen appears the Tag "AI_d", and projects a finished sample of the chatbot output on the sceen above it.

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The Digital Orientalist @digitalorientalist.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The DO was started with the idea of brining to a wide audience developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. It is currently the only platform that does so, as open-access resource. Support us

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Off to the University of Cambridge! Really excited to take part in this Symposium. #graphicnarratives #earlymodernjapan #kusazoushi

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

As someone who's had GBSF, Nippon Foundation, and NSIC funding over the years, I'll share what I've learned about making strategic career moves and why your network matters. Comment for Zoom link via PM!

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

This webinar is the first in a three-part series on Japan Studies. Dr. Christopher Hayes (Teesside University) of the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation will lead a panel of fellows in the Japan studies field to examine ways that interdisciplinary approaches can expand career opportunities.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Invitation to join me at the Nippon Foundation-organized "Japan Studies Webinar 1 - Next-Gen Career Paths: Interdisciplinary and Diverse Trajectories in Japan Studies" (Fri Sept 26, 5PM JST): #JapanStudies #AcademicCareers /1

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Looking forward to the hands-on workshop portion where participants will test the tool with their own courses, and especially their feedback, which will help me refine it further! #HigherEducation #AI #TeachingInnovation #AcademicIntegrity #UniversityofZurich #EducationalTechnology

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I'll be sharing: > Real examples from our Chair of East Asian Art History—but applicable across all disciplines > A systematic framework that connects AI permissions to specific learning objectives > A LLM-powered tool ('chatbot prompt') that helps educators create customized policies in minutes

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

With this, I present a concrete solution for the challenge many of us face: How do we help students navigate AI tools responsibly while maintaining academic integrity? Instead of simply banning or allowing AI, what if we created guidelines that actually enhance learning?

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

This Thursday I'm presenting "Developing Learning-Outcome-Oriented AI Usage Guidelines" at the #AIinTeaching Forum @UZH! The goal? Moving from "You can't use GPT" to "For this specific assignment, AI can help you with X, Y, and Z, but you need to do A, B, and C yourself to master the core skills."

Title slide for workshop "Developing Learning-Outcome-Oriented AI Usage Guidelines. Part II, workshop, by Stephanie Santschi. Illustrated with a photo of Nam June Paik and his Buddha TV, 1974, Photo by Erik Kroll.

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Looking forward to meeting old and new colleagues! Here's to building minds, developing ideas, constructing concepts, connecting serendipities. 19. #Japanologentag, in Frankfurt (M), Goethe-Universität.

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Harald Klinke @harald-klinke.de · 14/08/2025

JOB: Lecturer in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data Start: Jan 2026 | Permanent | 100% 👀 Focus: digital curation, computational analysis (CV, ML, network analysis, data ethics) of artworks, photographs, films… #DigitalHumanities #VisualCulture #DigitalArtHistory

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UZH: Lecturer Teaching

The Art History Department (Program Directorate) in collaboration of the departments of Film Studies, Archaeology, Media and Communication, and Educational Sciences of the University of Zurich is seek...

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

"The Temple of Time" (1846) by Emma Willard.⠀ From our essay by Susan Schulten exploring the pioneering work of Emma Willard (1787–1870), a leading feminist educator whose innovative maps of time laid the groundwork for the charts and graphics of today: publicdomainreview.org/essay/e...

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Elisa Beshero-Bondar @epyllia.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Locations for next ADHO conferences: 2026 : Daejeon, South Korea 2027: Galway, Ireland 2028: Capetown, South Africa ! dh2026.adho.org #dh2025 #dh2026 #dh2027 #dh2028

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DH2026 in Daejeon, South Korea

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#DH2025 - only the final keynote left to go now. You all've been inspiring. Let's keep in touch! @adho-org.bsky.social

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

True! 📚📒📃 On that note, the interdisciplinarity of the conference is one of the reasons why it's so inspiring. Getting out of our echo chambers and hearing about systems used in other disciplines. Personally, can't wait to dig back in when I am back, and def. hop onto some of the ideas shared!

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The 10min format was def. a challenge. Esp. when having to introduce other backgrounds necessary to understanding (in my case, early modern Japanese art) 😅 Would an option be a "sources and systems" handout (maybe digital), which could provide background info, links, etc?

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Dr. Stephanie Santschi @stesantschi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

You all, including you, @kmcdono.bsky.social are a great inspiration ! To be continued...

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