Abstract: This essay aims to explore the impact of digital media on the perception of history, focusing on its effects on historical understanding, memory, and identity....
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I am a pre-homo sapien hunter, fearing for my life as I am chased by a sabre-toothed cat through the forest. I am a pillaging viking,...
Continue reading...Where did tumblr tumble down?
In my mid-teens, I started a tumblr. What is this weird spelling for a liquid-holding vessel you may ask? In internet lingo a “tumblr” refers to...
Continue reading...Citizen science, accelerating research.
In our current digital landscape there are vast amounts of data that need to be processed. In some situations the data can not be verified by...
Continue reading...Clip-who? Looking back on Microsoft’s best worst Office Assistant
Spurred by this week’s prompt being “what is an early memory of digital technology”, I took a deep dive in my childhood. Suddenly I remembered an...
Continue reading...Transkribus: an AI-powered text recognition tool for (old) handwriting
Last week I wrote about the (digital) historical mapping of Leiden. It is a project that uses multiple historical sources from different times to reproduce and...
Continue reading...Mapping historical Leiden: getting to know more about Leiden and it’s inhabitants in the past
About a year ago I stumbled across a project that caught my interest. It is called Historisch Leiden in kaart. The project by Erfgoed Leiden &...
Continue reading...The first ARMY? The rise of Roh Moo-hyun and internet’s first political fan club
If you have been on Twitter for some time, the term “ARMY” might sound familiar. Indeed, this group of fervent fans of boys’ band BTS is...
Continue reading...NFT’s and digital art
In our workgroup (Web Weavers) a few weeks ago we discussed NFT’s in response to Jacqueline’s blog post on Meta Birkins. It sparked discussion about why...
Continue reading...Halloween Special: Slender Man and Spreading Horror Stories in the Virtual Realm
Get ready to shiver and prepare yourself for the horrors the internet can deliver: it’s time to dive into the paranormal world of Creepypastas. Horror stories such...
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I think everybody has heard of fanfiction, but people have many different ideas about and opinions of what it is. In Media and Social studies there...
Continue reading...The rise of tone indicators
History Tone indicators go way back, all the way to the late 16th century when a man named Henry Denham tried to introduce the percontation point....
Continue reading...How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Taught Me English
I remember a few years back asking my dad a question that had just come to me in that moment. “When did you know that I...
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In the digital age we are becoming more and more available because the internet connects us all. Today many people use instant messenger apps such as...
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Episode 11: Christmas Special! This the eleventh episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, very overdue edition, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities,...
Continue reading...Digital Art: Expression Beyond Capability
“Digital design is like painting, except the paint never dries…” – Neville Brody Last weekend I had the amazing opportunity to visit NXT Museum in Amsterdam,...
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Games from the Digital Stone Age
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Digital Educational History
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Digital Discussions Episode 3
Episode 3: Physical vs VR Museums This the third episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities, and...
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