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Category: Archiving

OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital
Archiving, Digitization, Indian Studies, New Post, South Asian Studies

OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital

This is a guest post by Saniya Irfan. Studies in Digital Humanities (DH) constantly illustrate that the discipline cannot be confined … Continue reading OH in DH: Listening to Memory in the Age of the Digital

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025
AI, Apps, Archiving, Coding, Conference, Digitization, Indian Studies, Machine Learning, OCR, Online Resources, Social Media, Software

Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Building on the conversations initiated under the Future of the Commons (overviews of which can be found here and here), … Continue reading Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025

Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Indian Studies, New Post, South Asian Studies

Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books

In my previous post, I wrote about the Sindhi Halchal Archive: a passion project that extends the work of the … Continue reading Sindhi Sanchaya: A Repository of Data about Sindhi Books

Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library
Archiving, DH in General, New Post, Online Resources, South Asian Studies

Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library

In my previous post, I wrote about potentialities: I spoke about what might be doable for the Sindhi presence within … Continue reading Sindhi Halchal Archive: Building on the PG Sindhi Library

From Bonn to Berlin: The Journey of Tibetan Digital Archives (CrossAsia Series Part 3)
Archiving, Digitization, Tibetan Studies

From Bonn to Berlin: The Journey of Tibetan Digital Archives (CrossAsia Series Part 3)

Image taken from DTAB CrossAsia In the third and final part of the series, we present one of CrossAsia’s database … Continue reading From Bonn to Berlin: The Journey of Tibetan Digital Archives (CrossAsia Series Part 3)

M-Classi: A Digital Tool for the Classification of Sciences in Islam and Beyond
Archiving, Digital Cartography, Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, New Post, Ottoman Studies, Persian Studies

M-Classi: A Digital Tool for the Classification of Sciences in Islam and Beyond

Introduction A fundamental question in the history of science from antiquity to the premodern era is how people organized knowledge, … Continue reading M-Classi: A Digital Tool for the Classification of Sciences in Islam and Beyond

PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, South Asian Studies

PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months

Archives and archive building hold great potential within the theory and praxis of digital humanities in India. Sindhi, a minor … Continue reading PG Sindhi Library: Revisiting the Archive after 18 Months

​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India
Archiving, Conference, Indian Studies

​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India

This is a follow-up to part one on the “Future of the Commons” conference published earlier this week. While that … Continue reading ​​Archives in Indian Languages as Digital Commons in India

Balancing Innovation and Preservation: Sustainability in the Oral History of Tibetan Studies Project
Archiving, Conference Proceedings, DH in Practice, New Post, Tibetan Studies

Balancing Innovation and Preservation: Sustainability in the Oral History of Tibetan Studies Project

This post was co-written with Daniel Wojahn. The Oral History of Tibetan Studies (OHTS) project aims to collect and preserve … Continue reading Balancing Innovation and Preservation: Sustainability in the Oral History of Tibetan Studies Project

P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India
Archiving

P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India

P G Sindhi Library is an archive I built to make sense of Sindhi books I found in someone else’s … Continue reading P G Sindhi Library: A Digital Archive for Sindhi Writing Published in Post-Partition India

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