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Author: The Digital Orientalist

Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, OCR, Textual Analysis, Theory, Visualization, Workflow

Accessibility of Texts and Tools in Ancient Studies: Reframing the Discussion

This is a guest post by Sarah Blake LaRose. As a scholar of biblical studies who is blind, I often … Continue reading Accessibility of Texts and Tools in Ancient Studies: Reframing the Discussion

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Workflow

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

This is a guest post by Laurent Van Cutsem (Ghent University). Part 2 can be read here. Part I: The … Continue reading The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

DREAMSEA
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Textual Analysis

DREAMSEA

This is guest post by Mark Boersma. Recently I came across a website of a project on manuscripts from Southeast … Continue reading DREAMSEA

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Teaching

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

This is a gust post by Joanne Bernardi This post introduces readers to Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th … Continue reading The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts
Coding, Digital Cartography, Japanese Studies, Visualization

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction In my previous post, I showed how to extract proper names … Continue reading Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)
Chinese Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Textual Analysis, Theory

Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)

This is a guest post by Aleksandra Piskunova. Have you ever wondered how readable texts are? What even makes a … Continue reading Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)

Sustainability in the DH.
Conference

Sustainability in the DH.

Call for Papers for the Digital Orientalist conference 2023 Abstract deadline: April 15th Paper submission deadline: May 26th  We are no … Continue reading Sustainability in the DH.

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Applications for scanning and 3D printing objects 

This is a guest post by Steve Lang, keeper of the Asian collection at the Penn Museum on 3D printing … Continue reading Applications for scanning and 3D printing objects 

A closer look at a big, classic humanities project
DH in Practice, Digitization, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

A closer look at a big, classic humanities project

This is a post by DO founder L. W. Cornelis Van Lit Does a research project which produced a large … Continue reading A closer look at a big, classic humanities project

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

This is a guest post by Adam H. Lisbon. Many thanks to James Morris for coordinating it. In August of … Continue reading When CJK Metadata Gets Left Behind

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