Boorandoom Wailsh
@walshbr.bsky.social
Head of Student Programs, @scholarslab. DH, pedagogy, sound studies, text analysis. Editorial board @JITpedagogy. More info at walshbr.com
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Boorandoom Wailsh
@walshbr.bsky.social
· Sep 25
if you enjoyed these posts and have something you might want to share at a future session please do reach out by filling out the form here - forms.gle/uh66msjsaKqu... . We are almost through the initial group of folks who signed up, so it’s a good time to register interest!
#ByteSizedPedagogy
It’s important to maintain a balanced teaching diet! This free and open-to-the-public zoom series on digital pedagogy features paired lightning talks introducing teaching topics, interesting approache...
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Always on the lookout for future #ByteSizedPedagogy contributions! If you have an idea, syllabus, lesson, theory, fail, etc etc you’d like to share with a supportive group fill out the form below. I always find the sessions very enriching.
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Yesss! The Keywords for Black Louisiana just won the Digital Project Award at the ASA. Proud to have contributed to this amazing team. Some of the best DH students I've trained up in there. Congrats too for @mellymeldubs.bsky.social & @miriamposner.com. Read all about it in the poster. 🥳🥳🥳
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Yesss! The Keywords for Black Louisiana just won the Digital Project Award at the ASA. Proud to have contributed to this amazing team. Some of the best DH students I've trained up in there. Congrats too for @mellymeldubs.bsky.social & @miriamposner.com. Read all about it in the poster. 🥳🥳🥳
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This fellowship grew from @walshbr.bsky.social running a pilot of a teaching exercise in his book on speculative budgeting w/staff+students; he & @spw4s.bsky.social built on student suggestions for funding faculty+PhD student teams, & UVA Data Analytics Ctr's interest in outreach to UVA humanists
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This fellowship grew from @walshbr.bsky.social running a pilot of a teaching exercise in his book on speculative budgeting w/staff+students; he & @spw4s.bsky.social built on student suggestions for funding faculty+PhD student teams, & UVA Data Analytics Ctr's interest in outreach to UVA humanists
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So many people at this in @scholarslab.bsky.social that I'm sitting on the ground 😂 Work-in-progress event for new joint IATH+SLab/DH Center+DAC fellowship, which supports faculty+grad student team working w/us+Data Analytics Ctr. Meant to show humanities research uses for high-performance computing
UVA people, please join us tomorrow at 11am in The Scholar’s Lab where I’ll be talking with Professor Adrienne Ghaly about our use of LLM’s to look for biodiversity in nineteenth century prose fiction. There’s lunch and we’re looking for feedback on our work.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
So many people at this in @scholarslab.bsky.social that I'm sitting on the ground 😂 Work-in-progress event for new joint IATH+SLab/DH Center+DAC fellowship, which supports faculty+grad student team working w/us+Data Analytics Ctr. Meant to show humanities research uses for high-performance computing
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Lots of fun presenting with @lbmcgrath.bsky.social and @jdporter.bsky.social at this week’s fabulous conference on the world of audiobooks! Thanks to @corinnanorue.bsky.social and @millicentweber.bsky.social for organizing. And watch this space for more on “Echoing: A Theory of the Audiobook”!
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lots of fun presenting with @lbmcgrath.bsky.social and @jdporter.bsky.social at this week’s fabulous conference on the world of audiobooks! Thanks to @corinnanorue.bsky.social and @millicentweber.bsky.social for organizing. And watch this space for more on “Echoing: A Theory of the Audiobook”!
Suddenly just realized I defending my dissertation a decade ago come this holiday season. Wild how time has flown. The thing is available openly on UVA's digital repository if you want to check it out.
libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
Libra ETD
libraetd.lib.virginia.edu
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Suddenly just realized I defending my dissertation a decade ago come this holiday season. Wild how time has flown. The thing is available openly on UVA's digital repository if you want to check it out.
libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
libraetd.lib.virginia.edu/public_view/...
I've pitched D&D characters that are more realistic.
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I've pitched D&D characters that are more realistic.
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this is *precisely* the energy our vichy admin has brought to every statement, every meeting, every question they even deign to consider: they view us as children who need to shut up already & let the grownups deal with the big scary world by abjectly surrendering to it
From the beginning, we told UC administrators we needed to fight. They treated us like children, too starry-eyed and naive to grasp the reality of our new regime.
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
this is *precisely* the energy our vichy admin has brought to every statement, every meeting, every question they even deign to consider: they view us as children who need to shut up already & let the grownups deal with the big scary world by abjectly surrendering to it
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Resolution calling for resignations of Rector & Vice Rector passes, 41 – 17 – 2.
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Resolution calling for resignations of Rector & Vice Rector passes, 41 – 17 – 2.
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"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Ryan and Sheridan provide full accounts of Ryan’s resignation. They differ significantly
“I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,” former Board Rector Robert Hardie said.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
@quinnanya.me is such a treasure of a friend. Can't thank them enough for the time and energy they gave to something I shared so sheepishly. And live slacking with them during their long commute was such a pleasure.
Wrote a few words about virtually hanging out with @walshbr.bsky.social this week, by means of reading his book draft and sending him my reactions as I was reading. It really was one of the best parts of this week and you should try it with a friend.
(Also, his book is ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥!!)
(Also, his book is ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥!!)
Hanging Out with a Friend and their Manuscript
https://www.quinndombrowski.com/blog/2025/11/14/hanging-out-friend-manuscript/ A funny thing about academic life, and perhaps digital humanities in particular, is that you end up building solid frien...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
@quinnanya.me is such a treasure of a friend. Can't thank them enough for the time and energy they gave to something I shared so sheepishly. And live slacking with them during their long commute was such a pleasure.
Late 30’s is thinking you are having a heart attack but you really just stood up too quickly after cleaning out the dryer vent.
November 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Late 30’s is thinking you are having a heart attack but you really just stood up too quickly after cleaning out the dryer vent.
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I could not be more excited that the brilliant @plach.bsky.social is visiting Arizona and @asulincolncenter.bsky.social this week to talk about the stories we need, the voices we need, the histories we need in these (urgent) times.
The lecture will be hybrid! Join us in-person or ✨online✨!
The lecture will be hybrid! Join us in-person or ✨online✨!
Join us tomorrow and Thursday for an exciting event series with @plach.bsky.social !
Tomorrow -- The Stories We Still Need: Podcasting for Urgent Times asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
Thursday -- Humanities Podcasting 101 asuevents.asu.edu/event/humani...
Tomorrow -- The Stories We Still Need: Podcasting for Urgent Times asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
Thursday -- Humanities Podcasting 101 asuevents.asu.edu/event/humani...
The Stories We Still Need: Podcasting for Urgent Times | ASU Events
How do we tell stories in times of crisis? And how do we tell those stories in conversation with our communities, in ways that are sustaining and generative? In this talk, Lach proposes a methodology ...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I could not be more excited that the brilliant @plach.bsky.social is visiting Arizona and @asulincolncenter.bsky.social this week to talk about the stories we need, the voices we need, the histories we need in these (urgent) times.
The lecture will be hybrid! Join us in-person or ✨online✨!
The lecture will be hybrid! Join us in-person or ✨online✨!
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How do we tell stories in times of crisis? Join me at 2pm MST today, in person at ASU or on Zoom, to consider "The Stories We Still Need: Podcasting for Urgent Times"
asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How do we tell stories in times of crisis? Join me at 2pm MST today, in person at ASU or on Zoom, to consider "The Stories We Still Need: Podcasting for Urgent Times"
asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
asuevents.asu.edu/event/storie...
Find yourself friends like @quinnanya.me who will devour half of your book manuscript on the commute to work and live slack you their thoughts. ✨❤️✨
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Find yourself friends like @quinnanya.me who will devour half of your book manuscript on the commute to work and live slack you their thoughts. ✨❤️✨
Started playing The Alters, a game that asks what would happen if you found yourself in a room with a whole bunch of your clones and they all found each other mildly abrasive.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Started playing The Alters, a game that asks what would happen if you found yourself in a room with a whole bunch of your clones and they all found each other mildly abrasive.
Childcare is chaotic this week so I'll be skipping my usual blog rhythm. Instead, ICYMI late on Friday I shared this post on gratitude, gifts, and finding purpose in your writing.
On the gifts we give to others, writing against despair, and gratitude for others - "The Gift We Give."
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
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The Gift We Give · Brandon Walsh
Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library
walshbr.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Childcare is chaotic this week so I'll be skipping my usual blog rhythm. Instead, ICYMI late on Friday I shared this post on gratitude, gifts, and finding purpose in your writing.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
I love this series. Check it out if work on digital pedagogy, music, sound studies
Boosting again! Please submit your proposals for the #DLFteach toolkit on digital pedagogy in music & sound studies by Dec. 5, 2025!
CfP for #DLFteach toolkit vol. 5 is now live! This volume will focus on digital pedagogy in music & sound studies. Deadline is December 5, 2025. Read at bit.ly/dlfteach5. Reach out to me or Jess Grimmer with questions.
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I love this series. Check it out if work on digital pedagogy, music, sound studies
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Tryig to give everyone their flowers now, while they can appreciate them 🌻
In the @scholarslab.bsky.social, @literaturegeek.bsky.social and I try to practice what we call "gossip for good," performative and outspoken gratitude and appreciation to people's faces and also behind their back. Hear someone praising the work of someone else? They should know about.
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Tryig to give everyone their flowers now, while they can appreciate them 🌻
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THIS PART — which I was just texting to a friend:
November 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
THIS PART — which I was just texting to a friend:
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Keep making and sharing things. It matters. #DHmakes
On the gifts we give to others, writing against despair, and gratitude for others - "The Gift We Give."
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
The Gift We Give · Brandon Walsh
Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library
walshbr.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Keep making and sharing things. It matters. #DHmakes
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I was just telling a friend I have been deeply touched by friend-colleagues from my “home” fields recently sharing ways in which they respect/look to my work & the way I move in the world.
As someone who too-often thinks about what I have failed to do or be, this has meant a great deal.
As someone who too-often thinks about what I have failed to do or be, this has meant a great deal.
The two inspirations mentioned briefly in the post here are @literaturegeek.bsky.social and @friede.bsky.social. So much gratitude for their examples, their work, and their humanity.
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I was just telling a friend I have been deeply touched by friend-colleagues from my “home” fields recently sharing ways in which they respect/look to my work & the way I move in the world.
As someone who too-often thinks about what I have failed to do or be, this has meant a great deal.
As someone who too-often thinks about what I have failed to do or be, this has meant a great deal.
On the gifts we give to others, writing against despair, and gratitude for others - "The Gift We Give."
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
The Gift We Give · Brandon Walsh
Head of Student Programs at the Scholars' Lab in the UVA Library
walshbr.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
On the gifts we give to others, writing against despair, and gratitude for others - "The Gift We Give."
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
walshbr.com/blog/the-gif...
It’s a thing, y’all. Printed it out for my final proofing read front to back. Working title right now is “Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s a thing, y’all. Printed it out for my final proofing read front to back. Working title right now is “Embedded Pedagogies: Digital Humanities Teaching and the Infrastructure of Change.”
The Mamdani speech last night was so good. Clear example of a gifted speaker and charismatic personality meeting a speechwriter who knows how to absolutely cook for their person.
November 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The Mamdani speech last night was so good. Clear example of a gifted speaker and charismatic personality meeting a speechwriter who knows how to absolutely cook for their person.