Research Sketches

Workflow experiments, analysis techniques, and methodological notes — ways AI has proven useful (and useless) in actual humanities scholarship.

Apr 2026 tested processing sources hours to set up; ~12hr/register researcher

Medieval Handwriting Recognition Workflow

big datapaleographyagentic AI

• building an agentic pipeline for bulk document processing
• combining multiple LLMs to improve transcription accuracy
• enabling full-text search of handwritten archival sources

An AI agent worked with Gemini and Claude to bulk process 300 images of archival documents and enable full-text search of handwritten sources.

Apr 2026 tested data work less than 1 hour any

Photos to Map Pins

vibe codingmapsagentic AI

• extracting GPS metadata from image files
• building a map visualization with AI-assisted coding
• presenting geolocated data in a public-facing format

Create an interactive map with pins for hundreds of photos, using GPS metadata already embedded in your phone's images — in under an hour.

Apr 2026 tested data work 30–60 min any

Generate 3D Prints from 2D Drawings

3D printingmaterial culturetactile

• generating 3D-printable files from 2D historical images
• reconstructing material culture objects for research
• incorporating tactile elements into research presentations

AI can transform a historical line drawing into a 3D-printable file, adding a tactile dimension to research that images alone can't provide.

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