Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction
James Harry Morris and I have put together an introduction to Digital Humanities for people working on one or the … Continue reading Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia: An Introduction
Author: Cornelis van Lit
DH and Islamic Studies. Founder of The Digital Orientalist. Follow me @LWCvL on Twitter or GitHub
Writing from right-to-left in a left-to-right digital world
For most beginners’ purposes, specialized DH tools (like Transkribus, Voyant Tools, or any specialized database) are already a major boost … Continue reading Writing from right-to-left in a left-to-right digital world
Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France
Infrastructure in academia is what gives cohesion to a subject. It is a meeting place you know you can go … Continue reading Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France
How to level up in DH
The Three Levels of Digital Humanities I wish to sketch out a general framework that should make it easier to … Continue reading How to level up in DH
Technological Threats to Academic Publishing
This is a short and pessimistic view on what could be out there in the near future that seriously impedes … Continue reading Technological Threats to Academic Publishing
Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections
There comes a time when using Word or PowerPoint or Excel is not going to be enough to create a … Continue reading Your first computed visualization, or, how to use Python to understand the reception of Bukhari and Muslim Hadith collections
My daily workflow
How are you supposed to work as a scholar in the humanities? What is it, exactly, that we do on … Continue reading My daily workflow
Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog
You can turn any collection of books and articles from Zotero into a website that is easy to search, accessible … Continue reading Turning a Zotero bibliography into an online, browsable catalog
Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey
We are conducting a global survey about the difficulties facing Humanities scholars and students when working in digital environments when … Continue reading Disrupting Digital Knowledge Infrastructures: A Status Quo Survey
ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
When we cannot find a digitized version on the internet, we photograph or scan a book or article ourselves. We … Continue reading ScanTailor: Installation Instructions and Impressions
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