Why Artists Make Robots

In the final CHAT DHC episode of 2025-2026 the Digital Humanities Center staff take turns asking and answering questions of each other. Enjoy this very insightful episode.Individual segments produced by Alexis Curtis, Iris Cosgrove, Ani Yeghoyan, Tyler Granger, Raine Porath, Sofia Dell'Aquila, Brooklyn Longueira, and Sydney Bowen.Episode produced by Brooklyn Longueira and Sydney BowenEpisode art by Syd Bowen

This special episode of CHAT DHC we listen to SDSU English and Comparative Literature Professor Jessica Pressman and Amaranth Borsuk in a talk that asks you to think strategically about the history and future of literature and language, the book and digital platforms for poetics. This episode was captured at the recent HUMTech event at the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University Library.Episode cover art by Syd Bowen

This special episode of CHAT DHC is a conversation with Brian Hie, Stanford professor and lead of the Evo Project whose work sits at the frontier of artificial intelligence and biology and Todd Butler, Dean of College of Arts and Letters at San Diego State University. This episode was captured at the recent HUMTech event at the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University Library.Cover art by Tyler Granger

In this episode of ChatDHC, the Digital Humanities Center staff shared their thoughts during the semester break and answered questions about SDSU and themselves. Enjoy the chat.Podcast episode produced by Ani Yeghoyan, cover art by Raine Porath

This episode of CHAT DHC captures the discussion from the recent live event at the Digital Humanities Center titled, "Powering AI from the Borderlands, Organizing against Data Centers". In this roundtable discussion, community advocates from two borderland regions of the Southwest U.S., Dona Ana County, New Mexico and Imperial County, California, detail their experiences organizing against the development of AI data centers. The panel includes panel host, Dustin Edwards, and guests, Annie Ersinghaus, Daisy A. Maldonado, and Gilberto Manzanarez.Cover art by Alexis Curtis

Following the lecture, "Why Artists Make Robots," featuring Dr. Yin Yu and Dr. Qi Wang, DH team members Patrick Flanigan, Tyler Granger, and Syd Bowen discuss the the psychology of automation and the interdisciplinary possibilities of robotics, from biomorphic fabrication to artistic performance.Podcast episode produced by Syd Bowen, cover art by Tyler Granger

The DH Team members, Brooklyn Longueira, Alexis Curtis, Ani Yeghoyan, Sofia Dell Aquila, Tyler Granger, Iris Cosgrove, Raine Porath, and Syd Bowen share their stories on how they came to the Digital Humanities Center, what they're looking forward to learning in the coming academic year and a fun fact about themselves.Cover art by Sofia Dell Aquila

This is a special episode of CHAT DHC where we hear a discussion from our live event Ecocriticism, Blue Humanities, & Moby Dick, a conversation with Steve Mentz, Jessica Pressman & Diana Long. This event was held in the Digital Humanities Center at San Diego State University Library in Fall 2025.Episode cover art by DHC Team member, Syd Bowen

DHC Friends, Robert Lang and Kasside Sahagun-Escalante chat with Mark Marino. Mark is a writer and scholar of digital literature living in Los Angeles. He is a Full Professor (Teaching) at the University of Southern California where he directs the Humanities and Critical Code Studies (HoCCS) Lab, which pursues collaborations with computer scientists in developing methodologies for humanities-based explorations of digital objects through the entry point of source code.Dr. Marino's research focuses on conversational agents (chatbots), new media, emerging writing forms, instructional technology, game studies, social networking, selfies, fake news, contemporary writing practices and Critical Code Studies. He is the author of Critical Code Studies.