(Digital) Humanities

Books, museums, arts & the humanities with steps into archeology. Classic and digital methods. Twitter: @GertjanF

By Gertjan Filarski

27 ways to learn how to code on the cheap (or free)
TNW - Chad Catacchio
Whether you are looking to switch careers and become a full-time programmer, want to try to build a website or app on the side, or are just looking to round out your skill set, learning to code has certainly
My journey into data visualization
visualcinnamon.com - Nadieh Bremer
I often get emails from people asking me diverse question about my path into data visualization. And after typing out my story for the Nth time I …
Naval Base Believed to Have Been Used in the Legendary Battle of Salamis Found
smithsonianmag.com - Jason Daley
In late 2016, a team of 20 researchers took a detailed look at Ampelakia Bay on the Greek Island of Salamis and found what they believe is one of the …
Nations pledge millions to protect cultural heritage
DW News - DW English
A donor conference in Paris committed millions to the protection of cultural heritage sites after meeting in the wake of the destruction of ancient …
These AI bots created their own language to talk to each other
recode.net - April Glaser
It is now table stakes for artificial intelligence algorithms to “learn” about the world around them. The next level: For AI bots to learn how to …
Long Lost Van Gogh Paintings Go On View in Amsterdam Amid Controversial New Documentary
artnet.com - Eileen Kinsella
Tomorrow morning in Amsterdam, the Van Gogh Museum is planning a press conference to mark the return and unveiling of two long-lost masterpieces: The …
Saving Syria's heritage: Archaeologists discover invisible solution
bbc.co.uk - Frank Gardner
The recent plundering of priceless artefacts from Syria and Iraq by both terrorists and criminal gangs has taken place on an unprecedented scale.
The Haunting Face of a Man Who Lived 700 Years Ago
Gizmodo - George Dvorsky
This may look like a photograph, but the highly realistic face staring back at you belongs to a man who died over 700 years ago. The researchers who …
Crusader Shipwreck Tells a Golden Knights’ Tale
history.com - By Sarah Pruitt
The ship that marine archaeologists recently discovered in the Bay of Haifa appears to have been damaged by the dredging that occurred when Acre’s …
The lost townscape of sixteenth-century Edinburgh has been brought back to life
medium.com - Science Editor
The new digital reconstruction is the first to be created of the period, and is based on a drawing from 1544, thought to be the earliest accurate …
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These Bookstore Employees Found The Most Genius Way To Waste Time At Work
Refinery29 - Christopher Luu
Ah, France. Things are just cooler there. French girl fashion is a bonafide thing. Baguettes are French. So are croissants. And idle time? Let's say the French have mastered that, too. Just take a peek
Charlemagne: creating the myth
historyextra.com - Rachel Dinning
In the later Middle Ages, England found itself entangled in a long and bitter war with France known as the Hundred Years' War. So why did English …
16th century 'zoological goldmine' discovered – in pictures
The Guardian - Florike Egmond
It was one of those moments historians dream of. In 2012, Florike Egmond discovered an enthralling collection of 16th-century drawings and watercolours of animals collected by the founding father of zoology
How we’ve destroyed user stories
medium.com - Sherif Mansour
Psst! Hey…You know there’s a simple way to get engineers to build what you want, and as a bonus you can call it “agile”…Shh! Try to keep this …
Alternative history: the dangerous byproduct of fake facts
The Guardian - Jill Abramson
From Ben Carson claiming slaves came over as ‘immigrants’ to Betsy DeVos ignoring Jim Crow – history is a new frontline in the battle for truth Fake news has morphed into something far more egregious,
What Happens When an Archaeologist Challenges Mainstream Scientific Thinking?
smithsonianmag.com - Heather Pringle
This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at …
The tangled tale of two Italian literary giants
theweek.com - Lili Loofbourow
This is the story of two Italian literary giants writing back-and-forth novels about a broken family. And there may well be a deeper story about the …
Rome if you want to: university offers free virtual tour of ancient city
The Guardian - Maev Kennedy
University of Reading launches online course allowing students to explore the Rome of 315AD using an immersive 3D panoramic model Students from all over the world who sign up to a new free online course
Pollen adds to intrigue over Bronze Age woman 'Ava'
bbc.co.uk - Steven McKenzie
'Robot lawyer' that overturned 160,000 parking tickets now helping refugees
The Telegraph - By Mark Molloy
A chat bot that helped overturn 160,000 parking tickets is now giving free legal aid to asylum-seeking refugees through Facebook. DoNotPay, which has been dubbed the world’s first robot lawyer, was created
Google Translate rolling out neural machine translation improvements in more languages
9to5Google - Jordan Kahn
After first rolling out neural machine translation for certain languages back in November, Google Translate is now adding the feature to improve translations for even more languages. The feature, which
Remembering Gabriel Garcia Marquez, icon of magic realism
DW News - Susanne Spröer (ad)
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of Latin America's most widely acclaimed authors, died in 2014. He would have turned 90 on March 6 this …
This Crazy Gorgeous Font Evolves As You Type With It
huffingtonpost.com - Claire Fallon
This being a digital age, our lives are suffused with fonts. Just about every word we read is set in a font crafted by an artist, a team of them, or …
Exhibition reveals hidden history of Colosseum after the fall of Rome, from medieval fortresses to slaughterhouses
The Telegraph - By Nick Squires
Archaeologists in Rome have discovered the remains of a timber walkway used by soldiers guarding a fortress built into the remains of the Colosseum during the Middle Ages. Gladiatorial contests and other
The machine learning in Microsoft Word's new Editor is scarily good
Business Insider - VentureBeat
I mean, you really suck. That's what I wanted to write, but a new feature in the Office 365 version of Word called Editor made an interesting suggestion. The "machine" noted how the word "really" is superfluous,
The Masada mystery
aeon.co - Eric H Cline
In 73 or 74 CE, 960 Jewish zealots – men, women and children – committed suicide on top of the mountain of Masada by the Dead Sea in Israel rather …
'We were nine round the table, now I am the only one'
bbc.co.uk - Sean Coughlan
If you think of the Imperial War Museum as a place full of tanks, interactive displays and a Spitfire hanging above an exhibition hall - its beginnings were very different. As the museum marks its centenary,
Google Search is now better at technical queries about programming languages
9to5Google - Abner Li
Google Search is getting a minor update that improves its ability to answer technical questions related to programing languages. Aimed at improving computer science-related queries, the search engine now