The first German cookbook authored by a woman was published in 1597: Entitled "Ein köstlich new Kochbuch", it was written by Anna Wecker and combined culinary instruction with medical advice, featuring endorsements from (male) medical experts 👇
#hypolingual
Who keeps AI running? In Mexico, Carolina, Ricardo, and Laura perform the hidden labor that sustains our digital world. Their stories reveal how remote work promises flexibility - and delivers isolation and exhaustion.
Nahima Dávalos-Vázquez accompanied three remote workers in the #AI world and asks: Who has the right to be a body in this new era of work? ⬇
https://trafo.hypotheses.org/60094
#Trafo #hypolingual #sociology #GlobalSouth #Technology #DigitalWork
Eight years after #MeToo swept the globe, sexual harassment laws in the US remain intact - but under Trump’s leadership, enforcement is hollowed out.
Nicole Colaianni traces how budget cuts, leadership shifts, and shifting priorities at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission echo Ronald Reagan’s tactics and leave victims without real recourse ⬇
Long before geography was established as an academic discipline, Johannes Justus Rein built his scholarly reputation through fieldwork in Japan. His strategic ties to the Perthes publishing house laid the foundations for his scientific standing - a relationship that became almost symbiotic.
Tobit Nauheim explores how such collaborations helped to forge global knowledge and establish geography as an academic discipline at German universities. ⬇
"In a world of persuasive myths, a refutation must do more than correct facts—it must compete for attention, build understanding, and displace false beliefs with something more memorable."
@StefanTSiegel explains how to write effective refutations and bust myths ⬇
Architect, Gardener, or Librarian: Which type of notetaker are you?
Just like there are no fixed types of learning styles (though the myth is still out there), maybe there isn't a fixed type of notetaker, either, writes Stefan Siegel at #NoteLab:
How to write a lot: Sarah Lang reviews Paul J. Silvia's book by the same title. Read her report for a summary - or trust her and read the whole book 📖!
https://epigrammetry.hypotheses.org/4041
#Pomodoro #AcademicWriting #APALifeTools #EnglishFridays #hypolingual
According to a UNESCO report from 2019, only 2.5% of vice-chancellors were women across sub-Saharan Africa, but 24% of academic staff. What can universities to do increase gender equality in leadership and to create a safe and creative working environment at universities across the African continent?
Susann Baller reports on insights from three speakers at the "Re-thinking the academic environment for increasing gender-balance and inclusion" conference 👇
.@SarahOberbichler arbeitet mit großen Datenmengen historischer Zeitungsartikel. Die Korpusbildung dafür nahm in der Vergangenheit oft mehr Arbeit ein als die wissenschaftliche Analyse. Das änderte sich mit der #generativeAI und der Möglichkeit, #LLM für Textextraktion und Artikelseparation zu nutzen.
Wie das konkret aussehen kann, erklärt sie hier:
https://dhlab.hypotheses.org/4938 (auf Englisch, via @DHLab_IEG)
#Obsidian can be used to convert terms, phrases or entire sentences into placeholder links. Read @davidlohner's article to find out how you can use the Dataview plugin to find all placeholders of which you might otherwise lose sight 👇
From a letter to an oppressive symbol:
At ➡ Religion and Urbanity, Claudine Moulin reflects on the letter >Z< as both a propaganda symbol and a symbol of Russian totalitarianism:
https://urbrel.hypotheses.org/8821
#hypoverse #EnglishFridays #hypolingual #RussianZ #UkraineInvasion
How to Banish Alcohol from Turkish Society:
At ➡ TRAFO Blog, Elife Biçer-Deveci explores how scientists in early twentieth-century Turkey shaped the narrative of drinking as an alien element of the Turkish nation 👇
"Religions have made cities and cities have made religions and they continue to do so."
👉 https://urbrel.hypotheses.org/7094
At the blog ➡ UrbRel Jörg Rüpke considers how we can understand objects and their associated practices within the larger framework of religion.
"the Habsburg Monarchy became the first state in modern times to make its Jewish population liable for conscription"
https://habsmon.hypotheses.org/1184
Ilya Berkovich on Jewish Kaiserjäger at the end of the Napoleonic period
#HabsburgMonarchy #Habsburgermonarchie #Napoleonic #JewishHistory #JewishStudies #NewMilitaryHistory #englishfridays #hypolingual
The double-edged power of card-file systems:
Learn about a revolution in information technology in the 1920s, which may seem old and dusty to us at first, but really isn't. It's about data flows, information management, and data-driven decision making – in a country that devolved into a dictatorship and didn't use these tools for any good.
https://nghm.hypotheses.org/8416
#englishfridays #hypolingual #DigitalHumanities #DataScience #datafication #WeimarerRepublik #NaziGermany
"When claims of truthfulness and authenticity are implicit in documentary theatre and film, the audience should remain vigilant."
https://vigilanz.hypotheses.org/3969
Lily Climenhaga on "Milo Rau and the Performative Panopticon"
Among whalers: how missionary William Puckey was reassigned from New Zealand to Sidney and met an early end through alcoholism.
https://transoceanic.hypotheses.org/1469
Blog post by Haureh Hussein
Astrid Schmölzer on academic New Year's blues and how to get rid of it:
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