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Category: DH in General

DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Teaching, Visualization

DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies

In a previous post I briefly presented some of the richest and most commonly used online resources for Korean Studies. … Continue reading DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)
Buddhist Studies, Chinese Language, DH in General, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)

In my previous post about the text-matching database BuddhaNexus, I corresponded with project co-director Orna Almogi, who described the promise … Continue reading Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)

Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
Archiving, DH in General, Digitization, Equipment, Hardware, Japanese Studies, OCR

Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro

I recently purchased a CZUR Aura X Pro to scan documents and books in my office, home, and at libraries … Continue reading Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro

‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects
DH in General, Syriac Studies, Theory, Workflow

‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects

During my training I was lucky enough to benefit from some of the most authoritative voices in the field of … Continue reading ‘Back to the Sources’: The First Steps in (Digital) Projects

Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS
DH in General, Digital Cartography, Islamic Studies, Ottoman Studies, Software, Visualization

Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS

This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS

Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts
DH in General, Social Media, Syriac Studies

Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts

A few months ago, I noticed a plethora of posts on social media about the discovery of the hidden library … Continue reading Social Media and the Distribution of Knowledge about Missing Syriac Manuscripts

Project Management Tips for the Digital Humanist
DH in General, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Workflow

Project Management Tips for the Digital Humanist

Photo by Octavian Dan on Unsplash. As a scholar who has spent nearly a decade working on a variety of … Continue reading Project Management Tips for the Digital Humanist

Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial
DH in General, Digital Cartography, Ottoman Studies

Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial

As discussed in several of our previous posts by Fatma, Deniz, and Giulia, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a useful … Continue reading Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial

The Divergence between Digital Humanities and Traditional Academic Fields: Some Initial Points
DH in General, Islamic Studies

The Divergence between Digital Humanities and Traditional Academic Fields: Some Initial Points

Several weeks ago, I had a discussion with a rather unhappy senior colleague about the current state of digital Islamic … Continue reading The Divergence between Digital Humanities and Traditional Academic Fields: Some Initial Points

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, DH in General, Online Resources, Textual Analysis

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be … Continue reading Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

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