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Cindy Anh Nguyen

@cindyanguyen.bsky.social

Historian-Artist. Assistant professor UCLA, Information Studies, Digital Humanities, Southeast Asia, libraries. cindyanguyen.com Author of Bibliotactics https://bibliotactics.com

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Quinn Daedal@quinnanya.me · 21h ago

I love this idea, and now I'm thinking about how to apply it to some of my more currently-frustrating crafts. And the examples for Terminal and Git are wonderfully thought-out. Relatedly, the #DataSittersClub has a tl;dr that we'll be posting soon by @alyssavi.bsky.social about the Terminal. 🥰

Brandon Walsh@walshbr.bsky.social · last wk.

New post applies Kenny Werner's concept of Effortless Mastery to DH. Maps out a semester-long, daily practice with the very basics of terminal, Git, HTML, CSS. Intended to help students find inner confidence as they navigate difficulty, frustration, and GenAI. walshbr.com/blog/effortl...

Dr. Paula R. Curtis@paularcurtis.bsky.social · 5d ago

First session happening on Monday! You can still register for either forum. ✌️ We especially want to learn what kind of support would be effective to enhance the work of library specialists and the resources they endeavor to make available to you! Links in the announcement below. ⬇️

Japan Past & Present@jppinfo.bsky.social · last mo.

Japan Past & Present (JPP) is pleased to announce that its Library Services Team will host a virtual open forum for librarians and information specialists who work with Japanese resources. japanpastandpresent.org/en/news/anno...

An advertisement with the Japan Past & Present logo at the top labeled "Open Forums on Japanese Library Resources." The text reads: Japan Past & Present (JPP) is pleased to announce that its Library Services Team will host a virtual open forum for librarians and information specialists who work with Japanese resources. In order to facilitate participation by specialists in disparate time zones, the open forum will comprise two sessions: one on August 3/4, 2026 and a second on August 5/6, 2026. https://japanpastandpresent.org/en/news/announcement-open-forums-on-japanese-library-resources In recent years, information science specialists—those trained as Japan Studies professionals, as well as those who support faculty and students in the field—have struggled with resource availability, shifting institutional commitments and expectations, training opportunities, and more. In March 2026, the JPP Library Services Team put out a survey focused on needs and challenges pertaining to Japanese Studies resources; the two open forums will begin with a report and discussion of the results of that survey, followed by a listening session intended to give the Library Services Team a better understanding of the needs and challenges of librarians and library staff around the world.  The two sessions of this open forum will serve as a valuable opportunity to share information about the shared challenges of information specialists in Japan Studies, or Area Studies more broadly. At the same time, they will also inform the planning of an in-person academic symposium and workshop, to be held at UCLA in early 2027, in support of Japan-related librarianship in its many forms. As part of its mission to provide equitable access to scholarly tools and materials, and to help realize an increasingly diverse and inclusive future for the Japanese humanities, JPP is keen to learn more about the needs of Japanese Studies librarians, information specialists, and library staff who engage with Japanes…
Cindy Anh Nguyen@cindyanguyen.bsky.social · 7d ago

Attempting to ‘Fix the World’s AI Problems’ in 90 minutes: Public Panel on AI and the Future of History Honored to be in dialog with the impossible urgent conversation of AI through the framework of history--from narrative, truth, world making to labor and learning ecosystems. Thank you to my…

Attempting to ‘Fix the World’s AI Problems’ in 90 minutes: Public Panel on AI and the Future of History

Honored to be in dialog with the impossible urgent conversation of AI through the framework of history--from narrative, truth, world making to labor and learning ecosystems. Thank you to my co-panelists David Myers, Toby Higbie, Saadia Gabriel, and Todd Presner and the Wende Museum community for the privilege of collectively working through and past the doomer or boomer debate into a critical community process of understanding and shaping AI technologies.

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diaCRITICS@diacritics-dvan.bsky.social · 4w ago

“Bibliotactics” by @cindyanguyen.bsky.social (and published by @ucpress.bsky.social) details the fascinating history of colonial libraries in Vietnam. diacritics.org/2026/07/book...

The Everyday Politics of Libraries - diaCRITICS

In her recently published book Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam, Cindy Anh Nguyen details the fascinating history of colonial libraries in Vietnam. The central claim of her ...

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Cindy Anh Nguyen@cindyanguyen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Is there a community of DH folks who are hanging out in the space of transformers, GOFAI, and knowledge graphs, minimal computing who want to make things together? What happened to interpretable ai and slow research design?

Cindy Anh Nguyen@cindyanguyen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Interpretive Digital Humanities: Multivocal Meaning Making between Computation and Culture – Global DH Keynote Honored to deliver this keynote with Global DH 2026--to be capacious and humble that centers the importance of why DH, now? Abstract: How do we confront the ongoing epistemological…

Interpretive Digital Humanities: Multivocal Meaning Making between Computation and Culture – Global DH Keynote

Honored to deliver this keynote with Global DH 2026--to be capacious and humble that centers the importance of why DH, now? Abstract: How do we confront the ongoing epistemological violence of colonialism upon the cultural record? This talk seeks to confront this cultural record of colonialism that perpetuates an epistemological divide between the west and rest, modern and traditional, global north and south.

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Toby Higbie@thigbie.bsky.social · 2mo ago

If you're in L.A. June 10, I'll be on a panel on the "Future of History in the Age of A.I." at @wendemuseum.bsky.social with Saadia Gabriel, Cindy Anh Nguyen, and David Myers. Join us to discover whether history will still matter when we achieve AGI. wendemuseum.org/event/ai-his...

The Future of History in the Age of A.I. - Wende Museum

What will history look like in the age of AI? Who will decide what is true? Whose memory survives, and whose is lost?

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The Price Lab@pricelab.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We are thrilled to announce that Dream Lab 2026 will kick off with a workshop led by @halperta.bsky.social, a writer, scholar, labor advocate, and founding member of the Sidra Collaborative consultancy. Hannah will speak about DH with Purpose, igniting our imaginations for a week of DH⚡️

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Cindy Anh Nguyen@cindyanguyen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

@tedunderwood.com at a DH event that tacked on ai and was invited to comment on the horizon. Three years into formally teaching DH (a field always in process of becoming-unraveling) and found your former reflections familiar/comforting in this “ai age”. Does the existential crisis get easier?

Global DH Symposium@globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cindy shares an example in difference of captioning from French and Vietnamese, emphasizing the oversimplification of the caption when translated into French. Her team used natural language processing models to find captions in drawings most similar in meaning though a similarity matrix. #MSUDH #DH

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Global DH Symposium@globaldhsymposium.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cindy touches on multivocality and how it cannot be used as a solution, but instead open up to a non-identifiable ground. Cindy centers plural authorship (invisible labor), alternative narratives (non-linearity), & the reimagining of social worlds when approaching these cultural drawings. #MSUDH #DH