@ayushikhemka
PhDing in Philosophy @ the University of Alberta as a Killam Trusts laureate; studying racism(s) through philosophy and digital humanities; ex- JNU; Opinions mine because who else will even bother with this (she/her)
Maybe the first step is simply making sure the scores match the comments. Anyway. Curious if others have seen similar things in conference reviews.
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Conference review cultures still quietly assume a default voice and style of English. If we want DH to be genuinely international, we probably need to ask harder questions about how language gets evaluated in conference reviews and whether our rubrics are actually being followed.
In global fields like Digital Humanities, “readability” can quietly become a proxy for judging how closely writing conforms to "native" English expectations, even in supposedly blind review where reviewers can often infer an author’s "background" from the topic or context. (A conversation for later)
Conference mystery of the week:
If a review gives a paper 6/10 for readability but the comment says “No issue at all,” what exactly is being evaluated? Vibes? Or just an ineffable sense that the English is… insufficiently "native"? 🧐
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Last week, I had the privilege of attending a research retreat with @bridgdivides.bsky.social, learning about fascinating work being done by colleagues on migration. A colleague and I presented on epistemic injustices from algorithmic bias in migration management in Canada. Paper coming soon!
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Is anyone working on epistemic sadism and weaponised pedagogy? I'd love to know! Maybe throw in some stuff on the metaphysics of micromanaged misery too! (For research purposes only of course!)
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Having taken DHSI courses online while sitting in my bedroom in India to taking more DHSI courses in its legendary Victoria days to now teaching at DHSI, this feels so surreal! I am so lucky to have received such amazing support from my supervisor, Prof. Rockwell & the support from the DH community.
I am so so so thrilled to share that I will be teaching a course on #Voyant and #Spyral at DHSI in Montreal in June 2026, with the lead programming developer of Voyant, Andrew MacDonald. Come, join us in exploring the messy world of textual analysis!
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Come hear me discuss my work on Canadian immigration discourse on social media and anti-South Asian racism in Canada tomorrow at 4 PM UK time/9 AM Edmonton time. Really excited to know more about my fellow panelists' research! @dh-researchhub.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities #DH #PhDing
This is gonna be awesome. So excited to send some stuff here!
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