Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African and Asian Studies.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
If you have no experience with programming, this walkthrough on how to make a word cloud is just for you. … Continue reading Making word clouds with Python
The Digital Orientalist 