# Topics

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/topics

The subjects that run through everything on this site, from how AI works to metaphor, dyslexia and open education. Choose a topic to see every piece, talk, paper, guide and app on it, newest first.

- [Czech language and culture](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/czech) (241 items; Writing 224, Research 13, Talks 1, Guides 1, Agent skills 1, Websites 1): Work on and in Czech: the language, its grammar, and writing for Czech readers.
- [Society, politics and culture](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/society-and-politics) (205 items; Writing 203, Research 1, Apps 1): Commentary on politics, gender, religion, nationalism and culture, often through the lens of language.
- [Discourse analysis](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/discourse-analysis) (129 items; Writing 113, Research 10, Talks 5, Websites 1): How public, political and media debates are framed and negotiated, and methods for analysing them.
- [Frames, schemas and cognition](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/frames-and-cognition) (110 items; Writing 84, Research 17, Talks 5, Apps 1, Websites 3): Cognitive linguistics: frames, image schemas, conceptual blending and folk theories as models of how meaning works.
- [Language and linguistics](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/language-and-linguistics) (104 items; Writing 85, Research 12, Talks 4, Teaching 1, Agent skills 2): How language works: grammar, meaning, language change, and what linguistics can and cannot tell us.
- [Learning technology and online learning](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/learning-technology) (92 items; Writing 68, Research 3, Talks 17, Guides 2, Apps 2): Moodle, MOOCs, educational video, webinars and online events: the practice of teaching with technology.
- [How AI works](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/how-ai-works) (86 items; Writing 35, Talks 24, Teaching 16, Guides 3, Apps 3, Agent skills 1, Websites 4): What large language models are, what they can and cannot do, and how the field has changed since ChatGPT.
- [Metaphor and analogy](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/metaphor) (84 items; Writing 74, Research 6, Talks 1, Apps 1, Agent skills 1, Websites 1): How metaphors and analogies shape thinking, argument and explanation, and how to use them deliberately.
- [Technology, media and the web](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/technology-and-the-web) (65 items; Writing 65): How digital technology, the web and media have changed how we live and work, and what the hype got wrong.
- [Knowledge, expertise and science](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/knowledge-and-science) (64 items; Writing 58, Research 5, Talks 1): Epistemology, the philosophy and history of science, and how we decide what counts as knowing.
- [Building with AI](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/building-with-ai) (63 items; Writing 4, Talks 10, Teaching 1, Guides 2, Apps 2, Agent skills 42, Websites 2): Vibecoding, agents and agent skills: making your own tools with AI, with or without a programming background.
- [Reading and writing](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/reading-and-writing) (41 items; Writing 21, Research 1, Talks 4, Teaching 1, Guides 5, Apps 4, Agent skills 5): Academic writing, literacy and reading, and the tools that change how we do both.
- [Language learning and teaching](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/language-learning) (39 items; Writing 23, Research 8, Talks 4, Guides 2, Apps 1, Websites 1): How people learn languages and how teachers can support them, from grammar to corpora to AI.
- [Dyslexia, readability and accessibility](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/dyslexia-and-accessibility) (38 items; Writing 12, Research 11, Talks 8, Guides 5, Apps 1, Agent skills 1): Making text and technology usable for everyone, including dyslexic readers and people with print disabilities.
- [Open education and open source](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/open-education) (34 items; Writing 24, Research 3, Talks 7): Open educational resources, open licensing, open-source software and the communities that sustain them.
- [Research practice and communities](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/research-communities) (32 items; Writing 31, Websites 1): How researchers work, share and collaborate, and the tools and communities that support them.
- [AI in education](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/ai-in-education) (28 items; Writing 4, Talks 21, Guides 2, Websites 1): What AI changes about teaching, learning and assessment, and how educators can use it well.
- [AI for research and academic work](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/ai-for-research) (28 items; Writing 5, Talks 2, Teaching 6, Guides 2, Apps 3, Agent skills 9, Websites 1): Using AI tools for reading, literature search, analysis and writing in academic practice.
- [Deliberate practice and skill](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/deliberate-practice) (12 items; Writing 6, Talks 1, Guides 3, Apps 2): How skill and expertise are built through practice, and what that means for learning in the age of AI.