Rick Godden
@rickgodden.bsky.social
Medievalist. First Gen. Assistant Professor, LSU. Disability advocacy, medieval stuff, and food/drinks. And cats. Opinions my own. he/him
Gods. Damnit. First case of Covid. The timing could not be worse.
January 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Gods. Damnit. First case of Covid. The timing could not be worse.
I and others have written already about the potential for new technologies to make things less rather than more accessible.
![In closing this essay, I want to briefly interrogate the utopian promise of technology, especially as a fundamental quality to UD (and Digital Humanities). In Imrie’s critique of UD, he notes that the “focus on technical innovation may underestimate how far design outcomes are dependent on use and fail to recognize that far from technology being a prop of/for social action, it is influenced, and mediated, by its emplacement in specific social and cultural contexts.” 18 Imrie’s example of the wheelchair-user boarding a bus speaks to the ways that use can fail in practice. Closer to the world of Digital Humanities, Dominika Bednarska offers an example concerning blind students using assistive technology that raises some important questions that all advocates for People with Disabilities need to consider. Although Bednarska is writing about the limitations of technology and not specifically about UD, I do think that her cautions are salient. She argues that “[a] greater emphasis on technology can often overlook the drawbacks of technological reliance […]. A focus](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cb7wenrhnaoyxzg5bhaesvb3/bafkreihy6kiteuqhebryniwjyc4qzndynkucznijzwgmlikkbjcjoskcja@jpeg)
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I and others have written already about the potential for new technologies to make things less rather than more accessible.
Does ... does this mean I've arrived?
(It seems like spam/phishing).
(It seems like spam/phishing).
November 11, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Does ... does this mean I've arrived?
(It seems like spam/phishing).
(It seems like spam/phishing).
A complete impulse buy just for the can, but it’s not too bad!
September 22, 2024 at 10:54 PM
A complete impulse buy just for the can, but it’s not too bad!
2024 is getting off to a weird start.
January 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
2024 is getting off to a weird start.
Though most of our New Year’s Eve eats has tended more toward the junk food side (deliciously so), we also made some crab–stuffed mushrooms.
Happy New Year y’all!
Happy New Year y’all!
January 1, 2024 at 3:49 AM
Though most of our New Year’s Eve eats has tended more toward the junk food side (deliciously so), we also made some crab–stuffed mushrooms.
Happy New Year y’all!
Happy New Year y’all!
November 8, 2023 at 6:00 PM
It has been a trying week, but nothing that a judicious application of pretzel, mustard, and beer cheese can't help.
October 28, 2023 at 11:08 PM
It has been a trying week, but nothing that a judicious application of pretzel, mustard, and beer cheese can't help.
Ok, how do we go about getting a keyboard for medievalists?! Give me those thorns and yoghs.
September 19, 2023 at 7:47 PM
Ok, how do we go about getting a keyboard for medievalists?! Give me those thorns and yoghs.
Nimue decided to watch the game. You might not notice it, but she was disapproving. 
August 27, 2023 at 9:04 PM
Nimue decided to watch the game. You might not notice it, but she was disapproving. 
Seafood risotto, scallops and shrimp.
July 31, 2023 at 1:05 AM
Seafood risotto, scallops and shrimp.
Reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals like
July 4, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Reconnecting with my Twitter mutuals like