#538: Python in Digital Humanities
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. Episode sponsors Sentry Error Monitoring, Code talkpython26 Command Book Talk Python Courses Links from the show Guest David Flood: davidaflood.com DARTH: digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu Amendments Project: digitalhumanities.fas.harvard.edu Fionn Folklore Database: fionnfolklore.org Mapping Color in History: iiif.harvard.edu Apatosaurus: apatosaurus.io Criticus: github.com github.com/palewire/django-bakery: github.com sigsim.acm.org/conf/pads/2026/blog/artifact-evaluation: sigsim.acm.org Hugo: gohugo.io Water Stories: waterstories.fas.harvard.edu Tsumeb Mine Notebook: tmn.fas.harvard.edu Dharma and Punya: dharmapunya2019.org Pagefind library: pagefind.app django_webassembly: github.com Astro Static Site Generator: astro.build PageFind Python Lib: pypi.org Frozen-Flask: frozen-flask.readthedocs.io Watch this episode on YouTube: youtube.com Episode #538 deep-dive: talkpython.fm/538 Episode transcripts: talkpython.fm Theme Song: Developer Rap 🥁 Served in a Flask 🎸: talkpython.fm/flasksong ---== Don't be a stranger ==--- YouTube: youtube.com/@talkpython Bluesky: @talkpython.fm Mastodon: @talkpython@fosstodon.org X.com: @talkpython Michael on Bluesky: @mkennedy.codes Michael on Mastodon: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Michael on X.com: @mkennedy