Anastasia Salter

@anasalter.bsky.social

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Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Oct 9

My new book Undertale: Can a Game Give Hope? is out today from the @uchicagopress.bsky.social Replay series, which is dedicated to short, personal takes on games. I hope it invites readers to visit (or revisit) the Underground and befriend some fabulous monsters. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Replay book: Undertale - Can a Game Give Hope? with some absolutely fantastic University of Chicago Press wrapping paper.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 6h

Agreed, and an institutional contract will be monitored by someone for changes - individual subscriptions are yet another thing for us to each manage and watch. But right now, that's the only option I've got.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 6h

I find Anthropic's policies on data usage fairly transparent (and I've turned off the use of chats, etc., for future training in my subscription), but I agree that an institutional contract would provide clearer assurances and protection, especially for students inclined towards the free plan.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 6h

Claude Code Web is the best solution I have to offer right now for folks without their own computer to install the tools on, and it is...fine, and great for getting newcomers a sense of agentic workflows, but not great for major lifts in digital humanities projects.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 6h

This gets at a fundamental frustration for me teaching at a Microsoft campus right now: my students and colleagues can access the Claude model, but not any of the harnesses worth using. Even if I can convince them to subscribe, they can't install Claude Code or Cowork on a university device.

Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 22h

Every few months, I write an updated, idiosyncratic guide on which AIs to use right now.

My new version has the most changes ever, since AI is no longer just about chatbots. To use AI you need to understand how to think about models, apps, and harnesses. open.substack.com/pub/oneusefu...

A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

It's not just chatbots anymore

open.substack.com

Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Anastasia Salter, Bruce Bradbury

Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 22h

A Guide to Which AI to Use in the Agentic Era

It's not just chatbots anymore

open.substack.com

Reposted by Anastasia Salter, Travis P. Wagner

Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 1d

In the inaugural “Media Necromancy” talk @skeuomorphpress.org, @drtlwagner.bsky.social asks “what does it mean to take seriously obsolescence as a fundamental part of queer archival work?”

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

Also Markdown, now more useful than ever 🤣

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

Nice. Our IT policy has been that no tool incorporating cloud-based AI can be installed unless it is from an approved vendor, which has basically meant Copilot. There's a new team in charge, so we will see if the situation improves...

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

You might want to look at @lucidbard.bsky.social - github.com/lucidbard/zo... - adds a bridge for write access that I don't think that one has.

GitHub - lucidbard/zotero-mcp

Contribute to lucidbard/zotero-mcp development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, but those same students need to know where their files are and what a command line is to get real benefits out of working this way now. There's still fundamental literacy to build...though I also wonder how that's going to shift over the next year.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

I'm helping out one of our undergrad journals that needs to do a full archival overhaul from PDF to accessible html. The only reason it isn't done is first we have to convince the administration to let them install Claude Code.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

I understand - I think these discussions are critical as this moment requires some fundamental changes in DH pedagogy, but plenty of folks disagree even at my own institution 🤣

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, we teach critical code studies methods and use those tools to help assess success. But there are also lots of pragmatic tasks, like handwriting transcription, making humanities games, or data collection from BlueSky, where the results can be assessed directly and used to iterate.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm. I see this from the opposite direction - working with these tools well for research is a form of natural language programming. I can bring my students closer to understanding that part of the code than I ever could in the one semester Python, one semester JavaScript constraints I had before.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

For example, one exercise I use is connecting to their own Zotero library through MCP and building different interfaces to explore it and find what works for their goals. Then it's easy to build a reusable skill for their preferred workflow. (2/2)

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

I see that a bit differently - when a student is walking through the process of describing how they want to work with the data, they could for instance control that type of representation of citation networks and think about how the software they need should function. (1/2)

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 3d

I still teach some low code software tools (Twine this week), but I also expect my students to be able to take much more control of their output. I see that as building experience to use agentic interfaces as the ultimate flexible low code tools.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 6d

Submissions for this year's fully online @eliterature.bsky.social conference are open through February 28th! We've added more information on the logistics, registration (free with ELO membership!), AI, membership waivers for financial needs, and awards nominations: stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/

ELO (un)supervised 2026 | University of Central Florida

stars.library.ucf.edu

Reposted by Shawn Graham, Anastasia Salter

Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 7d

I wrote up the talk I gave at CESTA a couple weeks ago, on how we're overdue on changing the narrative about what digital humanities prepares students for. It's not fallback jobs in tech, it's getting involved in your community in moments of crisis. And craft helps build those skills. #DHmakes

Craftivism in a Crisis: Making the Humanities Matter When It’s All ...

[/assets/images/header_craftivism.jpg] https://www.quinndombrowski.com/blog/2026/02/10/craftivism-crisis/ This is a write-up of a talk I gave at CESTA on January 29, 2026, with an epilogue covering...

quinndombrowski.com

Reposted by Anastasia Salter

Bridget Kies @bridgetkies.bsky.social · 12d

I'm conducting a research study to learn more about video game players' attitudes toward generative AI. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes of your time. tinyurl.com/videogameAIs...
#gaming #videogames #videogame

Pale blue flyer in the style of retro video game that reads "Calling all gamers! Do you have big feelings, positive or negative, about generative AI? Now is your chance to participate in a research study to share your thoughts." The link to the survey is tinyurl.com/videogameAIsurvey. The image has two trees on the bottom in each corner.

Reposted by James O’Sullivan, Anastasia Salter

scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 12d

"Democracy demands wisdom and vision in its citizens. It must therefore foster and support a form of education, and access to the arts and the humanities, designed to make people of all backgrounds and wherever located masters of their technology and not its unthinking servants."

scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 12d

1965 founding legalistion of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Title 20 U.S. Code. Chapter 26. Section 951.

"The Congress finds and declares the following:

The arts and the humanities belong to all the people of the United States."

(cont'd.)

Reposted by Anastasia Salter, Elisa D. Mekler

Aurelia Brandenburg @hekabeohnename.bsky.social · 23d

New CfP by @pachuki.bsky.social and me! We'll be editing a special issue at gamevironments and are looking for contributions focused on DIY print publications like fanzines, newsletters and even DIY aspects of commercial gaming magazines. #GameStudies

journals.suub.uni-bremen.de/index.php/ga...

Calls for Papers | gamevironments

journals.suub.uni-bremen.de

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 24d

This beautiful boy didn't make it, but if you want to donate to help owls like him, the folks at this center are lovely: www.audubon.org/cbop

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 27d

My afternoon took a turn when I came across this barred owl. Took it to the local rescue, he had enough energy to be indignant so fingers crossed.

An injured barred owl fluffed up and sitting on a sidewalk

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 27d

Please enjoy the additional irritated owl photos that I would normally not have been allowed close enough to take.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 27d

My afternoon took a turn when I came across this barred owl. Took it to the local rescue, he had enough energy to be indignant so fingers crossed.

Reposted by Anastasia Salter, Elisa D. Mekler

Laine Nooney @ 🔥🗑️🔥 @lainenooney.bsky.social · 27d

📡 Signal blasting for new followers: I wanna do a lil intro abt ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories @romchip.bsky.social b/c we got an important fundraiser coming up in a few weeks.

It's a free, open-access journal dedicated to game history, and if you love games, here's why you should care 🕹️🎲🀄🎯

Reposted by Anastasia Salter

Quinn Dombrowski @quinnanya.me · 29d

#DHmakes folks, join me in feasting your eyes on the work of Onna Schwindt, who's sitting in front of me at an embroidery retreat this week, and is going to be teaching beaded embroidery later today. So many exciting data visualization possibilities here. 😍

Intuitive Embroideries — Onna Schwindt

www.onnaschwindt.com

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thanks, that's very kind of you.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Jan 12

The first day of classes is upon us, and I'm excited to be teaching a new version of my Critical Making course with an emphasis on thinking about voice and intention through multimodal expressions. Initial syllabus here, but the exercises will be updated as I go: anastasiasalter.net/CriticalMaki...

My spring semester: Critical Making, Candidacy Exams, and Dissertations

Reposted by Anastasia Salter

Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Jan 11

Perhaps harder to interpret if you didn’t hear @kiberens.bsky.social, @briancroxall.bsky.social, & @matthewkollmer.com's papers just before, but here are my brief remarks as a respondent in today’s "Student-Centered AI & DH Practices" roundtable at #mla2026

Response: Student-Centered AI & DH Practices Roundtable | Ryan C. Cordell

Book history, digital humanities, old newspapers, and information sciences

ryancordell.org

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