Élika Ortega
@elikaortega.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Spanish
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Dog person. Rose person.
Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish
https://elikaortega.net
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Dog person. Rose person.
Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish
https://elikaortega.net
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Élika Ortega
@elikaortega.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Binding Media | Stanford University Press
Far from causing the "death of the book," the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation....
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Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas is officially out today from @stanfordpress.bsky.social! 🎉 If you’re interested in publishing, book history, cultural hybridity, media archaeology, and digital literature, you might like the book! A not so short thread 1/
Bluebird day. Not pictured: dogs running around, firewood being picked up, various foodstuffs cooking.
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bluebird day. Not pictured: dogs running around, firewood being picked up, various foodstuffs cooking.
Still less than a one-year old baby:
Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literatures from Across the Americas looks at how concurrent expressive uses of print and digital media have shaped new literary forms/forms of the book. But these weird objects are hard to publish and super hard to preserve.
Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literatures from Across the Americas looks at how concurrent expressive uses of print and digital media have shaped new literary forms/forms of the book. But these weird objects are hard to publish and super hard to preserve.
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Still less than a one-year old baby:
Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literatures from Across the Americas looks at how concurrent expressive uses of print and digital media have shaped new literary forms/forms of the book. But these weird objects are hard to publish and super hard to preserve.
Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literatures from Across the Americas looks at how concurrent expressive uses of print and digital media have shaped new literary forms/forms of the book. But these weird objects are hard to publish and super hard to preserve.
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A few days late but wanted to join in the celebrations of this new book 🎉🍾
It is a joy to be in company of so many good friends, all of us sharing that part of our work and lives that we usually hide: failure. Much gratitude to the editors for centering this topic.
Happy reading!
It is a joy to be in company of so many good friends, all of us sharing that part of our work and lives that we usually hide: failure. Much gratitude to the editors for centering this topic.
Happy reading!
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
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@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A few days late but wanted to join in the celebrations of this new book 🎉🍾
It is a joy to be in company of so many good friends, all of us sharing that part of our work and lives that we usually hide: failure. Much gratitude to the editors for centering this topic.
Happy reading!
It is a joy to be in company of so many good friends, all of us sharing that part of our work and lives that we usually hide: failure. Much gratitude to the editors for centering this topic.
Happy reading!
TIL my institution's grad school accepts duolingo scores as proof of English proficiency.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
TIL my institution's grad school accepts duolingo scores as proof of English proficiency.
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We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Classic cranberry sauce or "fancy" spiced redwine cranberry sauce?
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Classic cranberry sauce or "fancy" spiced redwine cranberry sauce?
hella tempting recipe from @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for pumpking Basque cheesecake might make this week's plans change...
pumpkin basque cheesecake
It’s been 17 months since I first questioned whether anyone even needed another recipe for a basque cheesecake — the burnished, custardy and uncluttered kind that hails from San Sebasti…
smittenkitchen.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
hella tempting recipe from @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for pumpking Basque cheesecake might make this week's plans change...
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Del #archivo: “La venganza del guajolote” de Xavier De León (El Heraldo Mexicano, 1927). Un guajolote protesta su destino festivo y promete venganza desde la barriga del comensal.
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Del #archivo: “La venganza del guajolote” de Xavier De León (El Heraldo Mexicano, 1927). Un guajolote protesta su destino festivo y promete venganza desde la barriga del comensal.
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
Do you like scary movies or do you shut your eyes and cover your ears when something spooky is about to happen too?
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Do you like scary movies or do you shut your eyes and cover your ears when something spooky is about to happen too?
Ugh. Waymo spotted in my neighborhood 🤢
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ugh. Waymo spotted in my neighborhood 🤢
Enjoy this blooming Christmas (Thanksgiving?) cactus.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Enjoy this blooming Christmas (Thanksgiving?) cactus.
I didn’t know it, but really needed a cornflake-crusted-condensed-milk-kaya-coconut-jam French toast to make my brain ease into the *much anticipated* Fall break.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I didn’t know it, but really needed a cornflake-crusted-condensed-milk-kaya-coconut-jam French toast to make my brain ease into the *much anticipated* Fall break.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
I miss you, @denversnow.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I miss you, @denversnow.bsky.social
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🇲🇽 On the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, we honor Leonor Villegas de Magnón—revolutionary, writer, and founder of La Cruz Blanca. Her memoir lives on in La Rebelde (Spanish) and The Rebel (English) from Arte Público Press. artepublicopress.com/product/the-... @artepublico.bsky.social
The Rebel - Arte Publico Press
by Leonor Villegas de Magnón ISBN: 978-1-55885-056-9 Publication Date: September 1, 1994 Bind: Trade Paperback Pages: 350
artepublicopress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🇲🇽 On the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, we honor Leonor Villegas de Magnón—revolutionary, writer, and founder of La Cruz Blanca. Her memoir lives on in La Rebelde (Spanish) and The Rebel (English) from Arte Público Press. artepublicopress.com/product/the-... @artepublico.bsky.social
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November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
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📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Husband just texted this:
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Husband just texted this:
Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
I had never thought of flautas as a "non-taco."
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I had never thought of flautas as a "non-taco."
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
Yeah a bunch of students emailed before 7am saying they wouldn’t be in the 8 am class today. BUT, at least I got a great parking spot. 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yeah a bunch of students emailed before 7am saying they wouldn’t be in the 8 am class today. BUT, at least I got a great parking spot. 🙃
once again, non-humanist discover the value of the humanities but neglect their humanist colleagues' expertise.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
once again, non-humanist discover the value of the humanities but neglect their humanist colleagues' expertise.
CU Boulder (@colorado.edu), I love that you're showcasing this! You should also see what the languages departments are (have always been) teaching!
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
How much power do words hold in the age of AI? 💬
A new seminar led by CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute challenges first-year engineering students to explore how language shapes technology and vice versa.
https://bit.ly/4oVP855
A new seminar led by CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute challenges first-year engineering students to explore how language shapes technology and vice versa.
https://bit.ly/4oVP855
The weight of words in the age of AI
An ATLAS faculty-led seminar challenges first-year engineering students to explore the power of language in a digital age.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
CU Boulder (@colorado.edu), I love that you're showcasing this! You should also see what the languages departments are (have always been) teaching!
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?