fortext lab

@youyouwu.bsky.social @yuanzheng.bsky.social + more! (5/5)

@richardjeanso.bsky.social @hoytlong.bsky.social @mmvty.bsky.social @ashnotketchup.bsky.social @kirstenostherr.bsky.social @devenparker.bsky.social @emilyrobinson.bsky.social @karinarodriguez.bsky.social @tedunderwood.com @adityavashisht.bsky.social @mattwilkens.bsky.social ... (4/5)

Co-authors (whom we can find on bsky): @ruthahnert.bsky.social @mariaa.bsky.social @emmanouilb.bsky.social @mrsbunz.bsky.social @bcaramiaux.bsky.social @shaunaconcannon.bsky.social @martindisley.bsky.social @jeddobson.bsky.social @yalidu.bsky.social @eaduenez.bsky.social @jwyg.bsky.social ... (3/5)

We argue that generative AI systems should be understood and evaluated as cultural, interpretive technologies — not just predictive models. That shift has implications for how we design benchmarks, involve people in evaluation, and account for context. (2/5)

Our paper (see co-authors in the thread), "Computational hermeneutics: evaluating generative AI as a cultural technology", is now out in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence. (1/5)

It was a truly rewarding week in Vienna! Many thanks to the organizers and the #DH community for the inspiring exchanges and insights into ongoing research. As always, we are already looking forward to next year’s DHd! (4/4)

At the poster session, Mari and Steffi presented the editorial workflow of the fortext journal, from Call for Papers to publication. 📝 Great conversations with participants sparked new ideas for future editions and underlined the ongoing importance of a focus on DH teaching. (3/4)

In the session “Epistemology & Interpretation,” @evelyngius.bsky.social made the case for measurement in DH, showing what analysis processes can learn from measurement theory, bridging everything from temperature to hermeneutic interpretation. A manifesto in the making. ✨ (2/4)

This week, part of our team attended #DHd2026 in sunny Vienna — it was a joy to meet the community, exchange ideas, and present some of our current work 👇 (1/4)

WFH/Homeoffice is possible with prior agreement. 1-2 days attendance per week is expected for important team meetings.

Please share with anyone who may be interested! The deadline for applications is the 16th of March.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the position. (3/3)

The focus of the development work is on extending the API, separating frontend and backend, and implementing a modern, redesigned GUI.

Become part of the 3-person dev team! Details here: www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt... (2/3)

We are looking to extend the @catma.bsky.social development team! This is an E13, full-time position for 36 months and relates to the ongoing development of our open source annotation tool.

#DigitalHumanities #DH #DHd #ResearchSoftware #CATMA #Annotation #RSE #DHTech #DHTools (1/3)

Come work with us! Das @fortextlab.bsky.social sucht Verstärkung für @catma.bsky.social. Die Stelle (E13, 100%, 3 Jahre) wird Teil des dreiköpfigen Entwicklungsteams: www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt... Bewerbungsschluss ist der 16.03.!
#DigitalHumanities #ResearchSoftware #CATMA #Annotation

To the full conference programme here → dhd2026.digitalhumanities.de?page_id=548&... (4/4)

Also on Thursday, at the first poster session, the forTEXT journal team will share insights into the development of the editorial and review processes over the past two years. The team is looking forward to a lively exchange and new ideas for themed issues on teaching concepts. (3/4)

On Thursday morning, @evelyngius.bsky.social will give a talk on methods in the Digital Humanities. She will suggest to think of analyses in DH as measurement processes and explore what that could mean for our workflows. (2/4)

Some of us will be heading to Vienna next week for this year's #DHd2026 conference. We are looking forward to learning about current DH projects! Our team will be presenting a talk on measurement in DH and participating in the poster session with the forTEXT journal: (1/4)

We understand climate fiction to be texts that deal with the ecological, social, and emotional effects of man-made climate change...so we are primarily concerned with contemporary literature. It would be great if you could send us your ideas via DM or post them here. Thank you in advance! (2/2)

We are currently compiling a collection of German-language climate fiction novels. So we have a question for the community: Which texts come to mind for you? #climate-change-fiction #CLS #ecocriticism #climate-fiction #digitalhumanities #cli-fi #germanliterature #climate-change (1/2)

The approach looks promising and definitely worth exploring. So while Steffi dives back into STS literature to see what these frameworks can reveal about literary histories, we’re excited to watch the project unfold! (3/3)


Literary histories intertwine complex contexts while shaping and stabilizing canon(s). This week we explored whether knowledge production within them can be analyzed with the help of ideas from Science & Technology Studies (STS). (2/3)

In this week’s project seminar, Steffi from our team shared a peek at her PhD project, which explores the question: What shapes literary histories as texts? (1/3)

Many thanks to all colleagues and of course Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre for their trust and collaboration over the past three years 🙏 (4/4)

Seeing how positively our portals and services are received by the community makes the effort worthwhile. This is why we are already developing future visions to keep our work meaningful beyond this funding phase – so stay tuned! (3/4)

We revisited three years of projects, shared challenges and key learnings – and once again, it became clear that we are all in the same boat, navigating the everyday joys and hurdles of editorial and development processes together. (2/4)

rote Tafel der Stiftung mit Schrift: Lehre bereitet Wege für die Zukunft

Last week, Steffi from our forTEXT team attended the final “Fokus Portale” workshop in Hamburg, hosted by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre - reflecting on the past funding phase of our forTEXT journal and annotation software @catma.bsky.social. (1/4)

Many thanks to all colleagues and of course Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre for their trust and collaboration over the past three years 🙏 (4/4)

Seeing how positively our portals and services are received by the community makes the effort worthwhile. This is why we are already developing future visions to keep our work meaningful beyond this funding phase – so stay tuned! (3/4)

We revisited three years of projects, shared challenges and key learnings – and once again, it became clear that we are all in the same boat, navigating the everyday joys and hurdles of editorial and development processes together. (2/4)

Thank you to all participants for coming to Darmstadt and making this a successful, fun and energizing 2nd installment of what will hopefully become a longer workshop series! [title image generated with Gemini - notice anything off?] (5/5)