Python in Digital Humanities - Talk Python to Me Ep. 538

Digital humanities sounds niche, until you realize it can mean a searchable archive of U.S. amendment proposals, Irish folklore, or pigment science in ancient art. Today I’m talking with David Flood from Harvard’s DARTH team about an unglamorous problem: What happens when the grant ends but the website can’t. His answer, static sites, client-side search, and sneaky Python. Let’s dive in. ▬▬▬▬ About the podcast ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ This video is the uncut, live recording of the Talk Python To Me podcast ( https://talkpython.fm ). We cover Python-focused topics every week and publish the edited and polished version in audio form. Subscribe in your podcast player of choice (100% free) at https://talkpython.fm/subscribe. ▬▬▬▬ Guests ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ David Flood ▬▬▬▬ Links and resources from the show ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ DARTH: https://digitalhumanities.fas.harvard... Amendments Project: https://digitalhumanities.fas.harvard... Fionn Folklore Database: https://fionnfolklore.org/en Mapping Color in History: https://iiif.harvard.edu/projects/map... Apatosaurus: https://apatosaurus.io/ Criticus: https://github.com/d-flood/criticus github.com/palewire/django-bakery: https://github.com/palewire/django-ba... sigsim.acm.org/conf/pads/2026/blog/artifact-evaluation: https://sigsim.acm.org/conf/pads/2026... Hugo: https://gohugo.io Water Stories: https://waterstories.fas.harvard.edu/ Tsumeb Mine Notebook: https://tmn.fas.harvard.edu/ Dharma and Punya: https://dharmapunya2019.org/ Pagefind library: https://pagefind.app django_webassembly: https://github.com/m-butterfield/djan... Astro Static Site Generator: https://astro.build PageFind Python Lib: https://pypi.org/project/pagefind/ Frozen-Flask: https://frozen-flask.readthedocs.io/e... ▬▬▬▬ Dive deeper ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Listen to the Talk Python To Me podcast at https://talkpython.fm and explore over 275 hours of Python courses at https://training.talkpython.fm/courses. ▬▬▬▬ Follow us on Social ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Mastodon: Michael - https://fosstodon.org/@mkennedy & Talk Python - https://fosstodon.org/@talkpython Bluesky: Michael - https://bsky.app/profile/mkennedy.codes & Talk Python - https://bsky.app/profile/talkpython.fm X: Michael - https://x.com/mkennedy & Talk Python - https://x.com/talkpython