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.
In my previous discussion, I examined AKU-PAL, the palaeographical database for hieratic script among ancient Egyptian writing systems. This article … Continue reading The Demotic Palaeographical Database Project: A Digital Repository of Ancient Egyptian Demotic Script and Text Corpora
The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean & Egyptian Miracles of Mary Project (PEMM), hosted by Princeton University, aims to bring together the … Continue reading Ethiopic Miracles: A Database to Link Images and Texts of Marian Miracles
This is a guest post by Anna Osterlow. See bio at the end of this post. When looking at current scholarly … Continue reading African Tech Inventions, Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation: A Historical Perspective
In the previous instalment of this interview, DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina discussed how … Continue reading Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)
The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries … Continue reading Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
Since 2006, the French linguist community has had a tool for depositing the sound sources that document the world’s linguistic … Continue reading Cocoon: A Platform for Documenting the World’s Languages
Report of Gǀui Archiving Project By Kanji Kato ROIS-DS Center for Open Data in Humanities/ Tokyo University of Foreign Studies … Continue reading Archiving Gǀui, a Kalahari Khoe Language in Southern Africa
(Part 2) Although we initially thought that the Ethiopian community would find something to satisfy its curiosity, it was clear … Continue reading How to build a community of collaborative transcription? Feed-back from an on-going project
(Part 1) For my first post here on African studies and the use of digital tools, I’ll talk about my … Continue reading How to build a community of collaborative transcription? Feed-back from an on-going project
Coptic is the last stage of the Egyptian language and is still used at Coptic Christian churches. Coptic uses the … Continue reading Read and Write Coptic on Your Smartphone: Interview with Mina Makar on Coptic Bible, Dictionary, Keyboard, and Agpeya Apps
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