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.
The collections of African objects in French museums remain rather unknown. Yet the holdings of some 200 French museums contain … Continue reading African and Oceanian Objects in French Museums: Mapping as a Tool for Rethinking Heritage and Historicizing Objects
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
This time, I (So Miyagawa) decided to interview Arbaab (Hatim Eujayl), who is making Sawarda Nubian, an Old Nubian script … Continue reading Making a Unicode Font for the Nubian Language Revitalization Movement
For the past year, questions of how to decolonize the historical records of North Africa have been in the news, … Continue reading Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records
By Franziska Naether (Leipzig/Stellenbosch) Franziska Naether (PD Dr. phil habil.) is an Egyptologist, museum curator, and digital humanist with a focus … Continue reading Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)
Based at MIT’s Aga Khan Documentation Center, Archnet (AKDC@MIT) is an open-access resource focused on architecture, conservation issues, environmental and … Continue reading Decolonize University-Based Databases
This is a post by our guest contributors, Ulrich Rebstock and Marvin Müller The application AABC (African Alphabets of the … Continue reading AABC – African Alphabets of the Bayreuth Cluster
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