Amalia S. Levi, PhD
@amaliasl.bsky.social
Archives, life writing, history. Research focus: Caribbean Jewish history; slavery; record-keeping & archival dependencies; digital history. Archival silences that are not. https://hcommons.org/members/amaliasl/
Subaltern Lives | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Thanks. It is talked among humanities scholars, but most people don't realize the scale of heritage collections out there. And also: for self-evident reasons LLMs are marketed as if they know..."everything."
Here's a good article raising some issues:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/da...
Here's a good article raising some issues:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/da...
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de
January 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Thanks. It is talked among humanities scholars, but most people don't realize the scale of heritage collections out there. And also: for self-evident reasons LLMs are marketed as if they know..."everything."
Here's a good article raising some issues:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/da...
Here's a good article raising some issues:
journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/da...
Back when Twitter was useful, I asked historians and archivists about the things they found in the archives that made them go 'wut?' and wrote this piece about it.
theconversation.com/i-asked-hist...
theconversation.com/i-asked-hist...
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
I live in the heart of California gold country. One of the richest mines ever in CA is nearby. Opened circa 1860 closed 1942. A local foundation has preserved the records on site. I know not a stitch has been digitized and am confident no more than 2 pro historians have ever been in there.
January 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
😅😆 don't put ideas in me!
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
😅😆 don't put ideas in me!
😄 That's the first thing I did after my dissertation submission! I had missed so much to read printed, fiction, non-academic books! Already finished one, and on to another.
January 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
😄 That's the first thing I did after my dissertation submission! I had missed so much to read printed, fiction, non-academic books! Already finished one, and on to another.
;) ignorance is bliss!
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
;) ignorance is bliss!
o haha, sorry!
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
o haha, sorry!
....why.... ? I want to know the story of a) who donated it... and b) who decided to keep them and c) under...what series they're arranged and described...
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
....why.... ? I want to know the story of a) who donated it... and b) who decided to keep them and c) under...what series they're arranged and described...
@thiagokrause.bsky.social for what it's worth, I know someone at the Belize archives. If you want, I could ask them to suggest someone in Salvador (if they know).
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
@thiagokrause.bsky.social for what it's worth, I know someone at the Belize archives. If you want, I could ask them to suggest someone in Salvador (if they know).
December 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is why...historians still have to go to archives, as @marcus1984.bsky.social @contingent-mag.bsky.social has written.
contingentmagazine.org/2019/03/25/m...
contingentmagazine.org/2019/03/25/m...
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
This is why...historians still have to go to archives, as @marcus1984.bsky.social @contingent-mag.bsky.social has written.
contingentmagazine.org/2019/03/25/m...
contingentmagazine.org/2019/03/25/m...
Digitization is a laborious process, and @harchivist.bsky.social has explained it superbly here:
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peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...
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peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...
Why don’t archivists digitize everything?
Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records o…
peelarchivesblog.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Digitization is a laborious process, and @harchivist.bsky.social has explained it superbly here:
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peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...
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peelarchivesblog.com/2017/05/31/w...