Amalia S. Levi

Archivist by night, PhD by day at @DependencyBonn. #archives #digitization #GlobalDH, Caribbean Jewish history.

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

@hchesner Michelle, this word reminds me of the Ladino publication Me'am Lo'ez, I looked up the spelling of the phrase (which apparently comes from Psalm 114), and it is like this: מֵעַ֥ם לֹעֵֽז So maybe that's the meaning of this word?

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

More digitization doesn't mean more access--it means more fragile information at risk.

"By empowering libraries and archives legally, culturally, and financially, we can safeguard the public’s ability to maintain access to our cultural history and our digital future."

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[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

Read the full report, Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record 🕳️ #VanishingCulture

👉 https://t.co/IcGMa396TJ

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Wonderful essay by @RuthAhnert & colleagues on using network analysis not only for locating connections among entities, but also for foregrounding the archival infrastructure that shapes our access to the past.

Alongside other excellent case studies here: https://t.co/gcQEMY4HcZ

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

People assign hidden meanings and metaphors behind "the Archive" because often archival institutions are housed in derelict asylums, old hospitals, abandoned monasteries, even abattoirs...

...while it all comes down to neglect, devaluing, lack of funding & commitment.

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Come find me there. @amaliasl.bsky.social

[Soc Amer Archivists @archivists_org]

#SAAwords: archival debt

n. ~ the burden on archival workers and repositories resulting from previous decisions and practices

https://t.co/LC4x0LfHFx

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

This sounds awesome! 😍

Knowing *how much* of humanity's knowledge and data is "hidden" and inaccessible to LLMs, I'm amazed at the naivety of those who think that generative AI generates...comprehensive or representative or substantial stuff.

[Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @CSMC_Hamburg]

ENCI, our mobile CT scanner for cultural heritage objects, is on its second major field mission: Our team is looking inside sealed #cuneiform tablets @Muzekart in Ankara, reading #ancient contracts and letters for the first time:
https://t.co/F1hxaxZzeB

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

New study highlighting the critical role of web archives & the @waybackmachine in preserving web content at risk of disappearing ⬇️

Authors: @kritika_garg, @ibnesayeed, Dietrich Ayala, @weiglemc, @phonedude_mln

[Samantha Thompson @harchivist]

Check out my latest blog post if you

🔶 Always wondered how archivists package historical records
🔶 Love demo pictures showing how professionals do practical things
🔶 Are fascinated by cultural differences in cultural fields
🔶 Love paper

https://t.co/tvDMv54Mkk

[Cheyenne Carron @cheyennecarron]

Les fouilles à la Cathédrale Notre-Dame.

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

7000 ads! A great accomplishment, @ITSS_Copenhagen team, congrats! 👏

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

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[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

We received feedback from a grant application that included "While your impact metrics & thoughtful approach to addressing systemic issues in AI are impressive, some reviewers noted the inherent risks of navigating this space without alignment with larger corporate players,"

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Honored to be among the nine winners for a @JHSEngland award!

[Jewish Historical Society of England (JHSE) @JHSEngland]

🏆 Congratulations to the nine award winners who successfully applied to the JHSE Award Committee for funding in support of some highly original and innovative project proposals.

Read all the detail here ⬇️ https://t.co/69Uas1P69L

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Hanging in there at #3 😂

[The London Archives @TheLdnArchives]

Mondays hit everyone differently...

All images from our collections!

#MemeMonday #HistoryMemes #Archives #TheLondonArchives

[@[email protected] 🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ @kgeographer]

Now with more than a bit of "spare" time, finally getting around to preparing a @WHGazetteer contribution for the Digging into Early Colonial Mexico project (DECM), for @patymurrieta, @bgmartins, et al. cc @StanglWerner , @gimenadelr . Maybe that LatAm gazetteer is not far off?

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

@amalexathorn 🤗 Thank you for reading!

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Wonderful to see this open-access out in the world!

I've contributed an article: "Along, Against, Beyond Silences in Colonial Archives"
https://t.co/G2G9dTlTUh

Congrats and thanks, @RojasCastroA and @tobias_kraft !

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

Wonderful to see this open-access out in the world!

I've contributed an article: "Along, Against, Beyond Silences in Colonial Archives"
https://t.co/G2G9dTlTUh

Congrats and thanks, @RojasCastroA and @tobias_kraft !

[Amalia S. Levi @amaliasl]

@hchesner @Footprints_Heb @adam_shear Michelle, I showed the inscription to a friend (who reads Ottoman Turkish) who translated it as Osmanî Vezîret, meaning Ottoman vizierate. This might mean several scenarios, one of which that the book some time found its way into the imperial library.

[GHI Washington @GHIWashington]

📣 The CFP for“Real-Time History: Engaging with Living Archives and Temporal Multiplicities,” our March 2025 Digital Humanities/Digital History conference, is still open! Send in your proposals— more details here: https://t.co/UFJzejUlEv