CALL FOR PAPERS VOL:18 No. 31 Navigating the Future: Emerging Innovations and Methodologies in Digital Humanities

Posted on 2025-10-31

ABOUT THIS SPECIAL ISSUE

Digital Humanities has established itself as a space of epistemic transformation where humanistic tradition and technological innovation converge. This special issue of Virtualis seeks to position the most advanced and disruptive discussions in the field, bringing together research that not only applies digital technologies but critically reflects on their impact on the production, circulation, and democratization of humanistic knowledge.

At a historical moment when artificial intelligence, machine learning, and digital infrastructures are reconfiguring our academic practices, we invite researchers to present work that engages with contemporary challenges: How can we develop digital methodologies that are culturally situated and ethically responsible? In what ways can emerging technologies serve as tools for epistemic justice and knowledge decolonization? What new theoretical-methodological frameworks do we need to understand digital culture in Latin America and the Spanish-speaking world?

THEMATIC AREAS

  1. Methodological and Epistemological Innovation in Digital Humanities

We seek articles that present:

  • New computational methodologies applied to humanistic corpora (distant reading, network analysis, topic modeling, NLP)
  • Critical reflections on digital infrastructures and their impact on research
  • Comparative studies of tools and platforms
  • Projects that integrate artificial intelligence and humanities in innovative ways
  • Mixed methodologies combining quantitative and qualitative analysis
  1. Digital Cultural Heritage: Preservation, Access, and Sustainability

Research on:

  • Digitization of collections and archives with a focus on accessibility and sustainability
  • Digital repositories: best practices, standards, and interoperability challenges
  • Long-term digital preservation strategies
  • Virtual museums, digital exhibitions, and immersive experiences
  • Democratization of access to cultural heritage through open technologies
  1. Digital Pedagogies and Educational Transformation

Contributions addressing:

  • Design of Open Educational Resources (OER) and digital learning experiences
  • Pedagogical innovation in virtual and hybrid environments
  • Digital literacies and computational thinking in humanities
  • Assessment of educational technology impact
  • Communities of practice and networked collaborative learning
  1. Indigenous Languages, Linguistic Diversity, and Digital Justice

Projects focused on:

  • Digital documentation and revitalization of minoritized languages
  • Language technologies for low-resource languages
  • Multilingual digital corpora and computational analysis
  • Epistemic resistance and decolonizing technologies
  • Language policies and digital sovereignty
  1. Digital Cultures: Art, Literature, and Emerging Narratives

Analysis of:

  • Electronic literature, transmedia narratives, and new forms of storytelling
  • Video games as cultural objects and spaces of meaning-making
  • Digital art, net art, and computational artistic practices
  • Digital culture archives and collective memory
  • Critical studies of platforms, algorithms, and media ecologies

Guest Editors:

Rubria Rocha de Luna is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Tecnológico de Monterrey and a Candidate (2023–2026) in Mexico’s National System of Researchers (SNII). She is the co-founder of Redes, migrantes sin fronteras (Networks, Migrants Without Borders), a non-profit digital initiative that connects migrants with civil society organizations. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, an M.A. in Educational Sciences from the Universidad de Monterrey, an M.A. in Foreign Languages and Cultures from Washington State University, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic Studies from Texas A&M University. She has taught and conducted research in Mexico and the United States, participating in digital humanities projects such as 18thConnect, Torn Apart / Separados, and Humanizing Deportation. Her current work focuses on rhetoric, culture, and digital activism, as well as on the intersection between technology and social justice, with a particular emphasis on migration in Mexico. She is co-editor, along with Dr. Maricruz Castro Ricalde, of the forthcoming book Digital Culture and U.S.-Mexico Border: Rhetorics on Human Mobility (Routledge, in press).

Mariángela Abbruzzese Abajián is a visual artist and researcher. She holds a Master’s degree in Communication from Universidad Iberoamericana and a Ph.D. in Humanistic Studies from Tecnológico de Monterrey. Through her creative project Recorta y mueve (“Cut and Move”), she has participated in two group exhibitions: the opening of the Otates Restaurant-Gallery (Guadalajara, 2017) and Noches de autor at the Sociedad Dante Alighieri (Mexico City, 2019).

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