About Me
“Work as if you lived in the early days of a better civilization.” — Alasdair Gray
My name is Denis. I’m a researcher, data engineer, and archaeologist devoted to reconstructing ancient knowledge systems and designing tools for modern scholarship.
My academic formation began in the field—among the ruins of coastal sanctuaries and mountainous fortresses—and matured in the archives of historical method and network theory. I believe serious research begins with a simple premise: that the questions we ask shape the worlds we see.
My work often merges computational fluency with humanistic reflection—writing code in the morning and footnotes in the afternoon.
Vision of Research
I am not interested in building content. I am interested in building meaning.
This site is a research studio: a space to think in the open. It’s shaped by three beliefs:
- Not fast. Focused — Fast science is often shallow. Serious work needs room to breathe.
- Technical tools are philosophical instruments — Every software pipeline implies a worldview.
- Knowledge is networked — Across time, space, and media. The task of research is to trace the pattern.
Projects & Writings
Much of my current work appears (or will appear) in:
- Research Log: informal notes, fieldwork fragments, thinking aloud
- Library: essays on historical method, networks, and research tools
- The Studio: a structured project offering methods and services
Read with Me
A few influential works on my shelf:
- Aby Warburg, Mnemosyne Atlas
- Fernand Braudel, The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World
- Peregrine Horden and Nicholas Purcell, The Corrupting Sea: A Study of Mediterranean History
- Ivan Illich, Tools for Conviviality
- Georg Simmel, The Problems of the Philosophy of History
- Bruno Latour, Reassembling the Social
- Edward Soja, Postmodern geographies
- Ruth Benedict, Patterns of Culture
- Émile Benveniste, Problems in General Linguistics
- George Lakoff & Mark Johnson, Metaphors We Live By
You can find more in my Reading List (coming soon).
Language & Thought
Language, like geography or code, is a map of meaning.Alongside networks and historical systems, I’m increasingly drawn to ancient linguistics—how language encodes spatial, social, and ontological relations across time.Language & Thought
Stay connected
If any of this resonates with you, you can learn more in The Studio or reach out via Collaborate.
This is not a place of fast answers.
But perhaps a place where better questions begin.