Anastasia Salter

@anasalter.bsky.social

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Professor of English and Director of Texts & Technology at UCF. Author most recently of Playful Pedagogy in the Pandemic & Twining. More at: https://anastasiasalter.net/

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Oct 9

My new book Undertale: Can a Game Give Hope? is out today from the @uchicagopress.bsky.social Replay series, which is dedicated to short, personal takes on games. I hope it invites readers to visit (or revisit) the Underground and befriend some fabulous monsters. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Replay book: Undertale - Can a Game Give Hope? with some absolutely fantastic University of Chicago Press wrapping paper.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 36m

I agree with that generally, but I do thing CC-web is a significant step in that direction - the GitHub part is a lift, but not having to deal with the command line and configuration on a computer makes it much more accessible.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 39m

The materials from that presentation are here - anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ - I have been continually impressed by what my students can produce by the end of my grad course, but it definitely not insta-DH. Procedural + interface literacy built over time.

Distant Coding for the Digital Humanities at MLA 2026

MLA 2026 Session 213 Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 18h

Thanks everyone who joined us for Distant Coding at #MLA26! I've updated the resources page with a transcript of the workshop as well as some of the examples we created together during the session, please enjoy the millennial nostalgia 🤩 See it all at: anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/

A Dragonalnce-themed midi soundscape site, built with Claude Code Web and Opus 4.5

An editable Livejournal meets Geocities blog site that stores changes locally, built with Claude Code CLI

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I'm working on updating some of the exercises to take advantage of what's available now in AI code assistance. Always one of my favorite courses to teach :)

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 2d

There are threads of #DHMakes in the Critical Making course I'm teaching this spring, syllabus and exercises are available here: anastasiasalter.net/CriticalMaki... and I'm still looking for a few more awesome folks to interview 😄

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AAUP @aaup.org · 2d

Worried about increased surveillance of syllabi & course curricula at your institution?

Check out these resources from the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom to integrate in your course, such as language for academic freedom to put in your syllabus, a teaching module, and a reading list.

Your Syllabus and Academic Freedom

Making an affirmative case for the values that underpin our work.

academicfreedomontheline.substack.com

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 4d

On Friday from 10:15 - 11:30, Lai-Tze Fan and I are running a beginner-friendly workshop on agentic tools for digital humanities projects, with discussion of how distant coding is shaping programming pedagogy and practice. Overview at: anastasiasalter.net/DistantCoding/ #MLA2026 #MLA26

Distant Coding for the Digital Humanities at MLA 2026

MLA 2026 Session 213 Friday, 9 January 2026 10:15 AM - 11:30 AM

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 4d

For those headed to #MLA2026, please consider dropping by the two sessions sponsored by @eliterature.bsky.social: first up, a roundtable conversation, "Open Source Humanities in the Age of AI" on Thursday, 3:30 - 4:45 PM. Panelists and abstracts at: anastasiasalter.net/OpenSourceHu... #MLA26

MLA 2026 Session 82 - Open Source Humanities in the Age of AI

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Stephan Lewandowsky , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Rebecca Solnit, Stephan Lewandowsky, Steve Peers, Philip N. Cohen, Anders Nilsson, Bessma Momani, Anastasia Salter, James Goodwin, Brian Keegan, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Kristina McElheran

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 7d

I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...

How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point

Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.

spitfirenews.com

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · 21d

The submissions portal for our next @eliterature.bsky.social conference, which will be fully online including performances and a hypertext electronic literature exhibition, is now open at stars.library.ucf.edu/elo2026/ - please submit an abstract by January 15th to join us!

ELO 26: (un)supervised - graphic by PD Edgar

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · Dec 10

Hey, look at that, the 2026 site for @iftechfoundation.org's annual @narrascope.org conference on narrative games is live narrascope.org

NarraScope 2026 | A Hybrid Conference on Interactive Narrative

NarraScope is a conference that brings together the writers, developers, scholars, and players of interactive narrative.

narrascope.org

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · Dec 9

Uh oh, you have billions invested in generative AI:

aftermath.site/generative-ai-...

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 5

Excellent, will ping to set something up!

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 5

Yay, I will ping you to set something up! 😄

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Dec 4

Hey #dhmakes folks, would anyone be up for scheduling a quick zoom call to chat with me about your practice and making? I'm running a new iteration of Critical Making, and my students always benefit from hearing your advice!

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words " anyone ? anyone ? "

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words " anyone ? anyone ? "

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · Dec 1

my 2020 book with @anasalter.bsky.social, "A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy: The Construction of Authorship in Transmedia Franchises," is 50% OFF for December 1 and 2. makes a great gift for all the nerds in your life. www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...

A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy

Increasingly over the past decade, fan credentials on the part of writers, directors, and producers have come to be seen as a guarantee of quality media making—the “fanboy auteur. ” Figures like Joss ...

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 27

Congratulations! 🎉

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 26

Courtesy of @pdedgar30.bsky.social 😄

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 25

We're excited to be hosting the next fully-online #ELO2026 @eliterature.bsky.social conference at UCF. As before, we're committed to a low-cost event with an open access archive of recordings and a virtual exhibition open to all. CFP up now: projects.cah.ucf.edu/elo2026/ #dhmakes

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you!

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Mark Sample @samplereality.bsky.social · Nov 24

It's National Novel Generation Month. LLMs have drained much of the original creativity and impetus for NaNoGenMo, but I gave it a go this year anyway. I took "No Time to Discourse," my interactive web-based speculative atlas of climate disaster, and turned it into a ~400-page book.

No Time to Discourse (Novel) · Issue #15 · NaNoGenMo/2025

My NaNoGenMo '25 contribution reworks No Time to Discourse, my interactive web-based speculative atlas of climate disaster, transforming it into a stable print book. The online version uses context...

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thank you, that's very kind!

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 24

We're entering the last week of my Humanities in the Age of AI course, and I ended up completely revising the last five weeks of assignments to take advantage of Claude Code's new web version and emphasize the growing non-code uses of agents. Final version is here: anastasiasalter.net/HumanitiesAI/

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 20

Congrats, can't wait to read it!

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Dr Suzanne Black @suzannerblack.bsky.social · Nov 19

My first monograph, 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction', will be published by
@lsupress.bsky.social on 16 May 2026!

It connects contemporary fiction, fanfiction and literary theory.

See lsupress.org/978080718642... for more details.

Cover of book 'Between Novel and Network: Technology and Literary Form in Fiction and Fanfiction.

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hey folks in the MLA, please consider voting for me in the Executive Council election. apps.mla.org/ballot_main My statement is on the site: I particularly bring experience navigating ideological pressures on institutions as a Florida professor and a critical lens to AI, edtech & surveillance #MLA26

Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 17

Welcome to the grad studies leadership club, happy to chat sometime if you want! Grats!

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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · Nov 15

my book with @anasalter.bsky.social, A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy, is ON SALE through November 19. if you have been waiting to get your hands on it, now's the time! www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Po...

A Portrait of the Auteur as Fanboy

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Anastasia Salter @anasalter.bsky.social · Nov 15

One of the lovely things about Florida.

Morning view of palms and sand in Hollywood Beach

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playfultimemach.bsky.social @playfultimemach.bsky.social · Nov 11

Tune in this Thursday as we ask: what's your favorite crafting mechanic in a game? We'll discuss gendered labor, optimizing creations and, of course, running our own small business. At 15:00, as always on www.twitch.tv/streamingthe...

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