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Category: Buddhist Studies

Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou
Buddhist Studies, DH in Practice, Visualization

Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou

In this post, I continue my exploration of digital reconstructions in Asian art historical practice. I virtually sat down for … Continue reading Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou

<strong>The Toyo Bunko Archive: a source of joy and torment</strong>
Buddhist Studies, DH in General, Digitization, New Post, OCR, Online Resources

The Toyo Bunko Archive: a source of joy and torment

As promised previously, in this post I am leading you in a deep dive into a major digital archive I … Continue reading The Toyo Bunko Archive: a source of joy and torment

Transkribus in Practice: Abbreviations
Buddhist Studies, DH in Practice, HTR, Software, Tibetan Studies

Transkribus in Practice: Abbreviations

In my last article, I wrote about my experiments to improve the accuracy of a Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) model … Continue reading Transkribus in Practice: Abbreviations

Transkribus in Practice: Improving CER
Buddhist Studies, DH in Practice, HTR, Software, Tibetan Studies

Transkribus in Practice: Improving CER

Since joining the ERC-funded project, The Dawn of Tibetan Buddhist Scholasticism (11th-13th C.)(TibSchol),1 at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in … Continue reading Transkribus in Practice: Improving CER

READ Workbench (Part 1): An Introduction to a Text and Image Annotation Ecosystem
Buddhist Studies, DH in Practice, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Topics

READ Workbench (Part 1): An Introduction to a Text and Image Annotation Ecosystem

The ‘Research Environment for Ancient Documents’ (or ‘READ‘) is an ecosystem of open-source tools and platforms for the creation of … Continue reading READ Workbench (Part 1): An Introduction to a Text and Image Annotation Ecosystem

Digital resources for the study of Buddhist Art in Central Asia: a general overview
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Digital resources for the study of Buddhist Art in Central Asia: a general overview

When it comes to Buddhist studies, the number of online resources can feel very overwhelming – from the thousands of … Continue reading Digital resources for the study of Buddhist Art in Central Asia: a general overview

Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (2/2)
Buddhist Studies, Japanese Studies, New Post, Online Resources, Sinology, Software, Textual Analysis

Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (2/2)

This is the second part of our interview with Professor Kiyonori Nagasaki (twitter @knagasaki), Senior Fellow at the International Institute … Continue reading Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (2/2)

Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (1/2)
Buddhist Studies, Chinese Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Textual Analysis

Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (1/2)

Continuing our series of interviews with scholars working in Digital Humanities in Japan, this is the first of a two-part … Continue reading Digital Humanities and Buddhist Studies in Japan: An Interview with Kiyonori Nagasaki (1/2)

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

This is a guest post by Udita Das. Jātaka Stories is a free online repository of jātaka tales. Jātakas are … Continue reading Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Software

A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit

This is a guest post written by Udita Das. A few months back a friend of mine told me about … Continue reading A Beginners’ Guide to Digital Resources in Sanskrit

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