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HASTAC Scholars Spotlight
Niloufar Esmaeili Ph.D. Fellow Department of English University of Texas at San Antonio 1. Why did you apply to HASTAC? I applied to HASTAC to keep myself in dialogue with all the people contributing to the field of digital humanities and learn from them. As a doctoral student who is invested in the intersection of…
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Chalk Dust and Code: Why Art Teachers Are the Prompt Engineers You Never Knew You Needed
The Great Tea Cup Metropolis by Mechelle Gilford and Sir Bard circa 2024 Chalk Dust and Code: Why Art Teachers Are the Prompt Engineers You Never Knew You Needed For art teachers, the summer months offer a chance to recharge our creative batteries. But what if we could turn our passion for art and visual…
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Field Notes
Lessons from the Orchard by Mechelle Gilford and Sir Bard circa 2024 Field Notes The chalkboard swirls, a verdant storm, Fractured knowledge in cubist form. Mathematics dance, a cryptic rhyme, Amidst the orchard, bathed in time.
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HASTAC Scholar Spotlight: Hiranya Mukherjee
1) Why did you apply to HASTAC? As I was nearing the end of my Master’s program in English Literature, I was apprehensive about leaving the university circle and setting forth into the world outside academia. In the five consecutive years that comprised my Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in Literary Studies, I had grown accustomed…
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Scholar Spotlight: Kyla Yein
Why did you apply to HASTAC? I applied to HASTAC because I wanted to be connected with an academic community that overlapped with my own research interests and to enrich my own understanding of the dialogue among media arts, technology, and the humanities. As a first-year Cinema and Media Master’s student at UCLA, I wanted…
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So Much Depends on Equus Skates
So Much Depends on Equus Skates by Mechelle Gilford and Sir Bard circa 2024 This year, I am also teaching Equine Art part-time. Here is a demo for an equine art & poetry lesson inspired by poet William Carlos Williams. I call it “The So Much Depends Prompt.” So Much Depends on Equus Skates Asphalt…
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The Audacity of Algorithms: How AI is Remixing the Art World
Delightful Messiness by Mechelle Gilford and Sir Bard circa 2024 The word “audacity” itself offers a delightful point of entry. It stems from the Latin ‘audax’, meaning bold, daring, even a bit reckless. It’s a word that implies a willingness to break boundaries, to court controversy, a refusal to play it safe. Artists throughout history,…
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Unlocking Potential: Play, Art, and the Critical Windows of Brain Development
Giddy Up by Mechelle Gilford circa 2024 Unlocking Potential: Play, Art, and the Critical Windows of Brain Development Children with blindness, low vision, or Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) paint a vivid picture of how adaptable the human brain truly is. Their unique way of experiencing the world invites us to think beyond sight, and to…
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The Missing Operator, the Ringy-Dingy World, and the Art of Rewired Perception
The Missing Operator by Mechelle Gilford (a.k.a. Mrs. Gilly) and Sir Bard circa 2024 The Missing Operator, the Ringy-Dingy World, and the Art of Rewired Perception Picture your brain as a bustling telephone exchange from a bygone era. Cables hum, operators frantically plug connections… you know, the kind Lily Tomlin immortalized as Ernestine the Operator…
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The New Landscape of Plagiarism: Transparency, AI, and a Continuum of Learning
The New Landscape of Plagiarism: Transparency, AI, and a Continuum of Learning Plagiarism. The word evokes images of students lifting passages verbatim, hoping to pass off someone else’s work as their own. But in today’s digital age, the lines between acceptable use of sources and outright plagiarism have blurred. This necessitates a shift in perspective,…