I'm a professor in digital humanities & English at UC Santa Barbara. For public humanities, I founded http://4Humanities.org & co-founded https://center-humanities-communication.org/. My website: https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/https://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mqryaq4wp226#1) All parts of @adjb.co’s six-part series introducing the digital humanities are now up on his blog: www.adamdjbrett.com/blog/ I’m impressed by the quality and usefulness of this series, particularly by … (go to #2 in thread) [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqryaq4wp226https://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mqpivl3ems2bJust published open-access: @sarahciston.com et al., *Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI* https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/6171/Inventing-ELIZAHow-the-First-Chatbot-Shaped-the. @berrydm.bsky.social15 Jul 2026 19:56 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpivl3ems2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mqo23kysq22bJust out: part 1 of @adjb.co’s six-part blog series introducing & explaining the digital humanities, https://www.adamdjbrett.com/blog/dh-part-1-what-are-the-digital-humanities. Part 1 is quite good. I would assign it in an Intro to DH course.15 Jul 2026 05:58 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqo23kysq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mq3noik7a22mI posted on arXiv.org the preprint of my “AI Virtue: What Is ‘Good’ Knowledge in the Age of Artificial Intelligence?” arxiv.org/abs/2607.01776, which is forthcoming in a double special issue of “MFS Modern Fiction Studies on “Cultural AI” in 2027.07 Jul 2026 22:28 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3noik7a22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mow3skpdts2vWeb page I made collecting copies of all Bluesky threads I recently posted describing our Critical Infrastructures and Digital Humanities book (Debates in DH series): https://alanyliu.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/CIS_DH_Bluesky_threads.html @uminnpress.bsky.social23 Jun 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mow3skpdts2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3moe3entcqk2aMy own “infrastructural manifest” for the Debates in DH book on Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities: https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/fe1ec2a6-e87b-4d11-ad54-f63550c21680/resource/dfbb3770-fb42-4083-9586-d85594ffa14f (The “Download” button opens HTML version of a spreadsheet) [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jun 2026 20:04 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3moe3entcqk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mo5zgd6rbk2nAnother of my early experiments in the creative/critical use of hypertext: my Lytotard Auto-Differend, https://liu.english.ucsb.edu/lyotard-auto-differend-page/13 Jun 2026 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5zgd6rbk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mo5z2awlv22nFeeling elegiac tonight. Reread my “Hacking the Voice of Shuttle” essay on life & death of my VoS website. Like mourning a dear, intimate pet that I spent hours each day caring for. Open-access manuscript: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3345019x13 Jun 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5z2awlv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mo4kgow7ns2nFrom Kyle Booten’s Chap 19, “Subjective Functions: How Should Humanistic Research Be Quantified?” in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ (p. 335 in print ed.) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/b8ccaf60-c513-40eb-a4d0-a1a53be833ca#ch19 @uminnpress.bsky.social12 Jun 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4kgow7ns2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnzwqp5ixc2cSylvia K. Miller in Ch18, “Imagining a Future of Multimedia E-books,” in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ draws up an infrastructural roadmap for publishing digital scholarly books that integrate multimodal materials https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/4dec118a-8be0-45a1-b8e0-8a13e35d768c#ch18 @uminnpress.bsky.social11 Jun 2026 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzwqp5ixc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnzvwpa37k2cBeginning of @tinkeringhuman.bsky.social & @miriamposner.com’s Ch 17, “Digital Humanities from Below: Speculating on Solidarity Infrastructure” in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 315 in print ed.) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/a6e76e76-9462-4d5f-aa91-6c1b976810ea#ch17 @uminnpress.bsky.social11 Jun 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzvwpa37k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnxelassxc2kFrom Puthiya Purayil Sneha & Saumyaa Naidu’s Ch. 16, “Online Feminist Publishing and Content Creation as Feminist Infrastructure in India,” in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 306 in print ed.) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/09971337-3a3d-4116-8c44-5cb2e9b8c539#ch16 @uminnpress.bsky.social10 Jun 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxelassxc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnxe5wsqfc2kFrom Lucie Kolb’s Chap. 15, “Making Infrastructure Writable,” in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 297 in print ed.) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/3a44b240-0077-4742-966d-79c154387148#ch15. @uminnpress.bsky.social10 Jun 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxe5wsqfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3m76wgreubk2cU Minnesota Press's Spring 26 catalog, listing our new Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities (in Debates in DH series), eds. Alan Liu, Urszula Pawlicka-Deger, @jamessmithies.bsky.social): z.umn.edu/spring26. Table of contents: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916084/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/ @uminnpress.bsky.social04 Dec 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76wgreubk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3m76zmiqx4c2cI had fun writing alt-text for this image of the cover of the new _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities book (in Debates in DH series) I co-edited. See alt-text of the image. (Book description & contents here: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517916084/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/) @uminnpress.bsky.social.04 Dec 2025 22:31 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76zmiqx4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnuygnc34c2pFrom Ch. 14, “Resisting BYOI (Bring Your Own Infrastructure) in Digital Humanities Learning Spaces” by @kshpatel@mastodon.social, Ashley Caranto Morford, & Arun Jacob https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/0c7d89a4-235d-49c9-87ec-e0c5d4a36127#ch14, in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ @UMinnPress@mastodon.social09 Jun 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuygnc34c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnuygnc34c2pFrom Ch. 14, “Resisting BYOI (Bring Your Own Infrastructure) in Digital Humanities Learning Spaces” by @kshpatel@mastodon.social, Ashley Caranto Morford, & Arun Jacob https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/0c7d89a4-235d-49c9-87ec-e0c5d4a36127#ch14, in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ @UMinnPress@mastodon.social09 Jun 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuygnc34c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnux7lpgts2pFor the last section of Critical Infrastructure Studies & DH on “Reenvisioning DH Infrastructure” (beginning with Ch 14) we sought briefer pieces that are speculative, creative, or playful, including through visual & interactive means. https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/20b6c43b-7bfd-4305-8f8c-97998ec961b5#pt03 @uminnpress.bsky.social09 Jun 2026 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnux7lpgts2phttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnsfha6chc2sFrom Darren Wershler’s Chap. 13 (“Scrounging”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/61d3502f-85cd-4704-acbe-7347e526f712#ch13 (p. 260 in print ed.) @uminnpress.bsky.social08 Jun 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsfha6chc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnr2i4frz22a@bestqualitycrab.bsky.social @mikejonesphd.bsky.social Toby Burrows & Ann Borda: see this article cited in ‪@timelfen.bsky.social's reply, whose argument of "generativity" vs "reliability or reproducibility" is tangent to yours in "Reproducibility &Contestation in Humanities Digital Infrastructure" [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2026 06:27 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnr2i4frz22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnq3rb6jek2sVery impressed by @edinburghup.bsky.social’s “AI Policy” for authors: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/publish-with-us/writing-your-book/ai-policy. Best I’ve run into so far, though I’ve not searched systematically. (Given changefulness of AI, though, the page could usefully be dated and versioned.)07 Jun 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnq3rb6jek2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnpwf46cpk2aExcerpts from Verhoeven et al., Ch 12 (“Reproducibility & Contestation in Humanities Digital Infrastructure”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies & Digital Humanities_ https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/dd4008c2-cb04-4f29-b36c-2e607a6391b2#ch12 @bestqualitycrab.bsky.social @mikejonesphd.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social07 Jun 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpwf46cpk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnpvinaoms2nFrom Lik Hang Tsui & Jing Chen’s Ch. 11 (“Connecting Digital Systems by Whom and for Whom? Taking Stock of the Digital Humanities Infrastructures in China”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 223 in print ed) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/5278a9d7-67d3-424f-b0d0-959181ab88c0#ch11 @uminnpress.bsky.social07 Jun 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnpvinaoms2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnnemqsyts25First paragraph of Maya Dodd & Sharika Parmar’s Chap. 10 (“What’s Missing: Studying Digital Humanities and Critical Infrastructure in India”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 210 in print ed.), https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/cb6cce32-858b-49ce-95d3-b8e867ebe4b9#ch10 @uminnpress.bsky.social06 Jun 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnnemqsyts25https://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnne2ftxa225Three excerpts from Paul Spence’s Chap. 9 (“Understanding Multilingualism in Digital Humanities Infrastructures”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (pp. 196, 197, 205 in print ed.) https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/b47e4c45-872d-4fb6-ad36-f1e6f1c12407#ch09. @politonaiz.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social06 Jun 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnne2ftxa225https://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnl3fot6zk2sFrom Wermer-Colan, Wythoff, Gomez, & Washington’s Ch 8 (“Alternative Infrastructures for Digital Equity: Community-Based Internet Access”) in Critical Infrastructure Studies & DH, https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/7f3c5cef-8fdf-4956-915c-f1b1b2e8ab51#ch08 @phillywireless.bsky.social @princetoncdh.bsky.social @uminnpress.bsky.social05 Jun 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnl3fot6zk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnl2wgp2cc2sFrom Javier Cha and Ian M. Miller’s Chap. 7 (“Digital Humanities and the Energetics of Big Data”) in _Critical Infrastructure Studies and Digital Humanities_ (p. 167 in print edition), https://dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/read/critical-infrastructure-studies-and-digital-humanities/section/e06a41d9-6fc6-4408-bf1b-2c50e4039ee5#ch07. @javiercha.bsky.social, @uminnpress.bsky.social05 Jun 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnl2wgp2cc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/alanyliu.bsky.social/post/3mnjrhk2xok2sAI is often future-oriented. But the back time-arrow is also important. The human record needs to be retrofitted for AI. Issues include: can AI respect archival “respect des fonds”? See Colavizza & Jaillant, “AI Ready: How to Prepare Archives for Artificial Intelligence....” https://doi.org/10.1080/23257962.2026.267593705 Jun 2026 08:57 +0000at://did:plc:focvijs2anjmlfqlrxcumphd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnjrhk2xok2s