• CFP: AI & Culture — SWPACA 2026 Summer Salon Virtual — Deadline April 27, 2026

    Area Chair: Andrew Chen, PhD, Minnesota State University Moorhead, andrewsw@gmail.com General Call for Proposals: The AI & Culture area welcomes proposals on all things related to Artificial Intelligence. Topics include, but are not limited to: Important Considerations: Panel Submissions: The Area Chair welcomes thematically linked panel submissions. Please contact the Area Chair to discuss potential panel…

  • “Artificial Ignorance” and Data Sycophancy

    (Reposted and revised from “‘Artificial Ignorance’ and Data Sycophancy,” Feb 4, 2026) Artificial Ignorance A recent exhaustive study of AI use by computer programmers conducted by Judy Hanwen Shen and Alex Tamkin (“How AI Impacts Skill Formation”) shows that using AI may speed some aspects of your programming but, it, at the same time, “impairs…

  • AI and the end of empathy

    NHK recently did an amazing closer look on AI, that will only be available for the next few weeks, titled “Closer Than Friends or Family? — Turning to AI for Companionship” Described as the following: Today’s Close-Up The struggles of everyday life are driving more and more people to use AI chatbots to fill the…

  • Comics and Machines Conference 2026 – Uppsala/Stockholm – Call for Submissions

    Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden) & Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm, Sweden) Call for Papers and TalksRoyal Institute of Technology in Stockholm & Uppsala University, Sweden 22-23 April, 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 1st December 2025 Comics and Machines  Steering Committee: Jan Baetens, Jaqueline Berndt, Jan von Bonsdorff, Gareth Brookes, Benoît Crucifix, Björn-Olav Dozo, Anna Foka, Isabelle…

  • “AI & Culture” area Call for Papers (area of SWPACA 2026 in ABQ) – October 31, 2025 Abstract Due Date

    The AI & Culture area welcomes proposals on all things related to Artificial Intelligence. (This area is part of the (https://swpaca.org/) SWPACA 2026 Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM – https://swpaca.org/albuquerque-conference/ .) Topics include, but are not limited to: Important Considerations: Submission instructions can be found at https://swpaca.org/app Deadline: October 31, 2025

  • CBR: The Dangerous Art of Text Mining Chapter 2: From Fantasy to Engagement: Channeling the Potential of ‘Hybrid’ Teams.

    Jo Guldi. The Dangerous Art of Text Mining: A Methodology for Digital History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Chapter Reviewed: Chapter 2: From Fantasy to Engagement: Channeling the Potential of ‘Hybrid’ Teams. Review by: Elizabeth Varkey. Introduction The second chapter of Jo Guldi’s work titled “From Fantasy to Engagement” begins by returning to the Chinese…

  • CBR: The Connectivity Of Things. Chapter 5: Telephones, Exchanges, and Voices Around 1890

    Sebastian Giessmann. The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832. The MIT Press. 2024 Chapter Reviewed: Chapter 5: Telephones, Exchanges, and Voices Around 1890 Review by: Karisa Bridgelal, Syracuse University In chapter five of The Connectivity of Things,  “Telephones, Exchanges, and Voices Around 1890,” Sebastian Giessmann explores how telephony evolved from a localized hands-on practice…

  • CBR: The Connectivity Of Things. Chapter 4: Channels: The Politics of Networking Around 1850

    Sebastian Giessmann. The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832. The MIT Press. 2024 Chapter Reviewed: Chapter 4: Channels: The Politics of Networking Around 1850 Review by: Leila Markosian Geissman’s fourth chapter departs from the theoretical level of network cultures, and begins to historicize the social and political function of the network as a technology…

  • CBR: The Connectivity Of Things. Chapter 3: An Archive of Networking

    Sebastian Giessmann. The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832. The MIT Press. 2024 Chapter Reviewed: Chapter 3: An Archive of Networking Review by: Nazua Idris, PhD Candidate in Literary Studies, Washington State University  “An Archive of Networking,” the third chapter of Sebastian Giessmann’s The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832, focuses on situating…

  • CBR: The Connectivity Of Things. Chapter 2: Six Strata of Network History: Genealogy of a Cultural Technique

    Sebastian Giessmann. The Connectivity of Things. Network Cultures since 1832. The MIT Press. 2024 Chapter Reviewed: Chapter 2: Six Strata of Network History: Genealogy of a Cultural Technique Review by: Catherine A. Evans, Carnegie Mellon University, caevans@andrew.cmu.edu  In the opening to The Connectivity of Things: Network Cultures since 1832, Sebastian Giessmanndraws attention to the seemingly…