Élika Ortega
@elikaortega.bsky.social
Assist. Prof. of Spanish
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Dog person. Rose person.
Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish
https://elikaortega.net
Book: Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Lit from across the Americas (SUP 2025)
Dog person. Rose person.
Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish
https://elikaortega.net
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Élika Ortega
@elikaortega.bsky.social
· Mar 4
Binding Media | Stanford University Press
Far from causing the "death of the book," the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation....
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Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas is officially out today from @stanfordpress.bsky.social! 🎉 If you’re interested in publishing, book history, cultural hybridity, media archaeology, and digital literature, you might like the book! A not so short thread 1/
hella tempting recipe from @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for pumpking Basque cheesecake might make this week's plans change...
pumpkin basque cheesecake
It’s been 17 months since I first questioned whether anyone even needed another recipe for a basque cheesecake — the burnished, custardy and uncluttered kind that hails from San Sebasti…
smittenkitchen.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 AM
hella tempting recipe from @smittenkitchen.bsky.social for pumpking Basque cheesecake might make this week's plans change...
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Del #archivo: “La venganza del guajolote” de Xavier De León (El Heraldo Mexicano, 1927). Un guajolote protesta su destino festivo y promete venganza desde la barriga del comensal.
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Del #archivo: “La venganza del guajolote” de Xavier De León (El Heraldo Mexicano, 1927). Un guajolote protesta su destino festivo y promete venganza desde la barriga del comensal.
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
“Pues bien, si a mí me coméis,
os juro que en la barriga
os mostraré mi venganza…”
Do you like scary movies or do you shut your eyes and cover your ears when something spooky is about to happen too?
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Do you like scary movies or do you shut your eyes and cover your ears when something spooky is about to happen too?
Ugh. Waymo spotted in my neighborhood 🤢
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ugh. Waymo spotted in my neighborhood 🤢
Enjoy this blooming Christmas (Thanksgiving?) cactus.
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Enjoy this blooming Christmas (Thanksgiving?) cactus.
I didn’t know it, but really needed a cornflake-crusted-condensed-milk-kaya-coconut-jam French toast to make my brain ease into the *much anticipated* Fall break.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I didn’t know it, but really needed a cornflake-crusted-condensed-milk-kaya-coconut-jam French toast to make my brain ease into the *much anticipated* Fall break.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
No pic because, despite being delicious, the toast doesn’t photograph that well.
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a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
Lori Emerson - Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook. Mexican Summer & Anthology.
Buy Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook by Lori Emerson on Mexican Summer & Anthology.
shop.mexicansummer.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
a Friday surprise! my beloved book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, is now officially back in print AND ON SALE! #othernetworks if you know folks who have been trying to track down a copy, I'd love it if you'd repost shop.mexicansummer.com/merch/495898...
I miss you, @denversnow.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I miss you, @denversnow.bsky.social
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🇲🇽 On the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, we honor Leonor Villegas de Magnón—revolutionary, writer, and founder of La Cruz Blanca. Her memoir lives on in La Rebelde (Spanish) and The Rebel (English) from Arte Público Press. artepublicopress.com/product/the-... @artepublico.bsky.social
The Rebel - Arte Publico Press
by Leonor Villegas de Magnón ISBN: 978-1-55885-056-9 Publication Date: September 1, 1994 Bind: Trade Paperback Pages: 350
artepublicopress.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🇲🇽 On the anniversary of the Mexican Revolution, we honor Leonor Villegas de Magnón—revolutionary, writer, and founder of La Cruz Blanca. Her memoir lives on in La Rebelde (Spanish) and The Rebel (English) from Arte Público Press. artepublicopress.com/product/the-... @artepublico.bsky.social
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November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
November is digital heritage month. Anyone needing help with a collection can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply to UMaine's all-online graduate certificate, which has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." digitalcuration.umaine.edu
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📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press
Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...
uolpress.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly
@sas-news.bsky.social
@sas-news.bsky.social
Husband just texted this:
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Husband just texted this:
Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Read this and buy a bunch of indy press books.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
Aplica para todo el mundo.
I had never thought of flautas as a "non-taco."
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I had never thought of flautas as a "non-taco."
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
cc @miblogestublog.bsky.social
Yeah a bunch of students emailed before 7am saying they wouldn’t be in the 8 am class today. BUT, at least I got a great parking spot. 🙃
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Yeah a bunch of students emailed before 7am saying they wouldn’t be in the 8 am class today. BUT, at least I got a great parking spot. 🙃
once again, non-humanist discover the value of the humanities but neglect their humanist colleagues' expertise.
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
once again, non-humanist discover the value of the humanities but neglect their humanist colleagues' expertise.
CU Boulder (@colorado.edu), I love that you're showcasing this! You should also see what the languages departments are (have always been) teaching!
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
How much power do words hold in the age of AI? 💬
A new seminar led by CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute challenges first-year engineering students to explore how language shapes technology and vice versa.
https://bit.ly/4oVP855
A new seminar led by CU Boulder’s ATLAS Institute challenges first-year engineering students to explore how language shapes technology and vice versa.
https://bit.ly/4oVP855
The weight of words in the age of AI
An ATLAS faculty-led seminar challenges first-year engineering students to explore the power of language in a digital age.
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
CU Boulder (@colorado.edu), I love that you're showcasing this! You should also see what the languages departments are (have always been) teaching!
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
Want to check out my Spring class on Art, Activism and Technology in Latin America?
In a gesture of "someone has to do it" paired with maybe naive optimism, and some masochism, I said yes to being the new (as of January) assoc. chair of graduate studies in my department.
*hyperventilates*
survival strategy recommendations much appreciated.
*continues to hyperventilate*
*hyperventilates*
survival strategy recommendations much appreciated.
*continues to hyperventilate*
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
In a gesture of "someone has to do it" paired with maybe naive optimism, and some masochism, I said yes to being the new (as of January) assoc. chair of graduate studies in my department.
*hyperventilates*
survival strategy recommendations much appreciated.
*continues to hyperventilate*
*hyperventilates*
survival strategy recommendations much appreciated.
*continues to hyperventilate*
How many letters of recommendation did you write in the last couple of weeks?
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
How many letters of recommendation did you write in the last couple of weeks?
🤯🤯
From the Denver Art Museum
From the Denver Art Museum
November 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
🤯🤯
From the Denver Art Museum
From the Denver Art Museum
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What are people watching these days?
It’s finally Friday and I already finished The Diplomat, Task, and GBBO. I also already watched Frankenstein.
TY
It’s finally Friday and I already finished The Diplomat, Task, and GBBO. I also already watched Frankenstein.
TY
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What are people watching these days?
It’s finally Friday and I already finished The Diplomat, Task, and GBBO. I also already watched Frankenstein.
TY
It’s finally Friday and I already finished The Diplomat, Task, and GBBO. I also already watched Frankenstein.
TY
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I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me...
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet.
1/n
@hollym.bsky.social Hi! I'm striking out looking for your email online. Would you mind emailing me at elika[dot]ortega[at]colorado[dot]edu?
November 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@hollym.bsky.social Hi! I'm striking out looking for your email online. Would you mind emailing me at elika[dot]ortega[at]colorado[dot]edu?
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Thanks also to @elikaortega.bsky.social for helping us display the cover of her book "Binding Media: Hybrid print-digital literature from across the Americas"! Élika gave a fantastic talk for @scholarslab.bsky.social in '22 on literary & material experimentations via hybrid print-digital books.
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Thanks also to @elikaortega.bsky.social for helping us display the cover of her book "Binding Media: Hybrid print-digital literature from across the Americas"! Élika gave a fantastic talk for @scholarslab.bsky.social in '22 on literary & material experimentations via hybrid print-digital books.