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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 3h

New blog post by Eleanor Ma describing the difficult balance between motivation and wellbeing as a graduate student. I love this work - speaks to much of what many feel (myself included). scholarslab.lib.virginia.edu/blog/me-and-...

Me and My Motivations

I want to write this post as someone who feels constantly on the edge of burnout and only recently repositioned herself.

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 3h

And while I'm at it, one of our Praxis Fellows Ganiyu Jimoh has the first blog post from the cohort up. In "Digital Artefacts Series: Concept & Format" he describes how he hopes to use public writing to explore how African artists engage with digital art.
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Digital Artefacts Series: Concept & Format

Welcome to My Journey into Africa’s Digital Creative Pulse

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 3h

It's that time of year when the current Praxis cohort publishes their charter outlining their shared values, practices, and plan for developing a community together. This year's cohort is the 15th year of Praxis! Milestones! Check out their charter here -

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2025-2026 Praxis Program Charter - The Praxis Program

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winnie e. pérez martínez @winnieepm.bsky.social · 1d

happening next week! excited to facilitate the conversation and learn~ don't forget to register ⚡️

Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI we will be hosting @kairosdoug.bsky.social and @cynthiaheider.com at the next #ByteSizedPedagogy session on October 23, 2025 at 1PM ET. Free, open to the public, virtual. Come for your regular dose of fascinating work in digital pedagogy in a discussion-based and informal setting.

Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 7d

Save the date for the next #ByteSizedPedagogy on Thursday October 23, 2025 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET. Will be featuring @kairosdoug.bsky.social and @cynthiaheider.com.

cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15495666

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 1d

I started the DH Slack 10 years ago today 🎉 3.8k legit DHer/DH-interested folks joined; we became a regular venue for asking questions & sharing opportunities+research; usually have several hundred folks active/week (more during DH conferences); 160k+ posts. Anyone curious about DH can join:

Digital Humanities Slack!

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 1d

Digital humanities friends, @scholarslab.bsky.social regularly collaborates w/our data science school colleagues! & @histoftech.bsky.social @jhereia.bsky.social et al do awesome work there. (If you ever wanted to try letterpress; or do book-adjacent or DHy data sci+making, I'm here too.) Job ad:

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

UVA school of data science is hiring this year—searches are open to folks from all disciplines. We need humanists & social scientists to teach ethics/data & society courses + do research that supports school’s mission to be holistic in the study of data science: datascience.virginia.edu/faculty-jobs

Faculty Jobs — School of Data Science

School of Data Science at the University of Virginia.

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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 5d

These are 2-year postdoctoral fellowships (August/2026). Annual salary is $65,000 + research funding of $5,000/year. We sponsor visas as needed. Standard UVA resources will be provided. Register for info sessions:
dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/dtd-la...

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DTD Lab Postdoctoral Fellow Information Session - DTD Lab

Please join current DTD Lab faculty and postdoctoral research fellows to learn more about the Lab and open call for applications for the 2026-28 cohort.

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jess reia • 何杰茜 @jhereia.bsky.social · 5d

We are hiring! The DTD Lab invites applications for our 2026 postdoctoral cohort. Areas I'd love to supervise: gender/techno-authoritarianism, data visibility, urban governance, night studies, cultural practices, and all things related to tech policy. More info:
jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0...

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Opportunities

University of Virginia’s Digital Technology for Democracy (DTD) Lab invites applications for 2-year postdoctoral fellowships. The fellowships will begin in August of 2026 and run through August 2028.

Application Deadline: December 15, 2025; notifications to made in March 2026.

Interested in learning more? Join us for a Zoom info session in October or November.

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 5d

Don't forget to sign up for our November *Zines Now!* free public workshops: @josefbeery.bsky.social teaches letterpress printing zine covers cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/14968895; Jess Walters teaches making advocacy zines cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15124934 (Public=no UVA affiliation needed to join)

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 5d

Next week's free, public SLab events: learn to make a quick map of demographic or census data cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15216591 or sew a tote bag cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15378510; fresh coffee+ @shane.logoff.website elucidates pesky Python envionment+pkg mgmt cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15167768

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 5d

As a friendly, free, open-to-all space for learning how to work w/textiles, art, paper/books, 3D printing, ceramics, wood, lasercutting, jewelry, electronics, & more. We work across all fields, & do serious scholarship via making—as well as play & have fun: www.instagram.com/slabmakerspa...

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Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world.

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 5d

SLab Makerspace Manager Ammon Shepherd hosted 4 UVA classes in our vibrant makerspace over the past week! Teach at UVA? We'd love to have your class in for a tour or free workshop supporting what you teach, or help build critical making into your syllabus. We cover craft both historical+new +

Makerspace

A welcoming space for creative crafting, tinkering, and experimentation with technologies like 3D printing, fabric arts, electronics, and physical computing. Open to everyone.

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 7d

Free hybrid event: "Data Ethics for Historical Research" 11/10-12. 'Neither data nor computational techniques=neutral tools; historical source datafication risks amplifying inequity in access+infra+POV; diverse historical experience=>rigid categories entrenching existing bias' HT @dhnow.bsky.social

Data Ethics for Historical Research

International Conference on Data Ethics for Historical Research

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 7d

#DHmakes <3s experimenting w/new tools for longstanding crafts (here, letterpress printing blocks):

Shane Lin @shane.logoff.website · 7d

Laser cutting is a great way to make cuts with thin lines that FDM 3D printing definitely isn’t the best at! But I’ve actually gotten good results 3D printing thicker areas that then transfer the texture of the top layer.

A print made with an FDM 3D printed letterpress cut of railroad tracks, where the surface texture of the print looks kinda like wood.

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 6d

ICYMI we will be hosting @kairosdoug.bsky.social and @cynthiaheider.com at the next #ByteSizedPedagogy session on October 23, 2025 at 1PM ET. Free, open to the public, virtual. Come for your regular dose of fascinating work in digital pedagogy in a discussion-based and informal setting.

Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 7d

Save the date for the next #ByteSizedPedagogy on Thursday October 23, 2025 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM ET. Will be featuring @kairosdoug.bsky.social and @cynthiaheider.com.

cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15495666

#ByteSizedPedagogy: Douglas Eyman and Cynthia Heider

It’s important to maintain a balanced teaching diet! This free and open-to-the-public zoom series organized by Seanna Viechweg and Brandon Walsh is sponsored by the Scholars' Lab...

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Dr. Amanda Wyatt Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social · 8d

We're settling in for @aelang.bsky.social's @scholarslab.bsky.social talk connecting literary studies w/explorations in 3D making to visualize, explore, inspire new approaches to interpreting & appreciating poetry. Lovely to see colleagues from the west coast & UK time zones! Livetweeting 🧵: +

aelang @aelang.bsky.social · 9d

For people wanting a distraction from the end of the world who are into critical making/literary DH/info viz/Dickinson, I'm giving a talk on 7 Oct (12pm EST/5pm GMT) at @scholarslab.bsky.social on plotspaces, a thing I invented to think about spatial imaginaries cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242444

a clear resin cube with text on one face and a curved design extending from another face in front of a window

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on Zoom today for a free public talk: @aelang.bsky.social on using makerspace approaches to visualize & inspire thinking about poems. Register for link: cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242444

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aelang @aelang.bsky.social · 9d

For people wanting a distraction from the end of the world who are into critical making/literary DH/info viz/Dickinson, I'm giving a talk on 7 Oct (12pm EST/5pm GMT) at @scholarslab.bsky.social on plotspaces, a thing I invented to think about spatial imaginaries cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242444

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 9d

Posted another bit of the book. This time talking about how cultures of intellectualism deny the ways in which academic labor affects the teaching body.

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Teaching from the Body · Brandon Walsh

Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 13d

ICYMI I posted a historical view of the Praxis Program's funding structure that was described elsewhere as "extremely wonky but in a very good way."

Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 16d

Posted to the blog some institutional memory about the changes that have been made to the Praxis Fellowship's funding structure over the years as it was experienced by students. walshbr.com/blog/histori...

Historical Look at Praxis Funding Structures · walshbr.com

Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 12d

Anouk Lang's talk on literary+critical making scholarship will also explore how making-as-research opens questions about bodies, labor, & accessibility; intellectual process vs product. Virtual event, open to all! cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242444

Tuesday Forum: Anouk Lang on Poetry in the Makerspace

Please join us for the next in our digital humanities series, the Tuesday Forums, brought to you by the Scholars' Lab, of the Library's DH Center. These presentations invite...

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 12d

Next week's public, free events:
* GIS workshops: edit/fix existing mappy data
* Makerspace workshops: basic sewing (zippered pencil case) & tshirt alteration (bring the clothing you want to alter)
* Anouk Lang on 3D printing+metal milling to visualize+interpret poetry
Info: scholarslab.org/events

Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our fall term events are, as always, free & open to the public! More events to come, including invited speakers; & our many coming makerspace workshops don't get announced right when term starts (to give students time to design them). Our upcoming events are always listed at scholarslab.org/event

Events

The Scholars’ Lab

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 13d

Happening now! Livetweet thread for published parts of the talk (apologies to folks not in-person for missing cool works-in-progress parts & hot ☕): bsky.app/profile/lite...

Heather Froehlich @heatherfro.bsky.social · 14d

tomorrow at @scholarslab.bsky.social we will be talking about setting reasonable expectations for teaching people to read (not write) code - a meta discussion for my in-person workshop here on reading python for beginners next week

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Scholars' Lab @scholarslab.bsky.social · 15d

If you're interested in machine learning, language models, & similar for research applications: a 3rd event in this lunchtime series is on 11/14 (cal.lib.virginia.edu/event/15242373) as well as more, spring term; & 12/2 Tom Williams teaches a workshop on humanistic annotation w/machine learning:

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Brandon Walsh @walshbr.bsky.social · 16d

Posted to the blog some institutional memory about the changes that have been made to the Praxis Fellowship's funding structure over the years as it was experienced by students. walshbr.com/blog/histori...

Historical Look at Praxis Funding Structures · walshbr.com

Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library

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