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.
It is fascinating to see how Ottoman Turkish texts are transcribed with the help of artificial intelligence (AI)-operated tools, such as Handwritten … Continue reading Exploring the (Digital) World of Ottoman Turkish Texts: The Digital Ottoman Corpora
As Dominique Stutzmann points out in an article for the renowned French media outlet L’Histoire in 2017, paleography has undergone … Continue reading At the Dawn of Digital Studies on Arabic Script in France
Aksharamukha, a free and open-source transliteration tool supporting 121 scripts and 21 romanization methods, enhances access to multilingual texts and facilitates cross-cultural communication. Continue reading Aksharamukha: The Automated Transliteration Tool to Simplify Script Conversion
In March and May 2024, as a Training Fellow of the Centre of Data, Culture, and Society (CDCS) at the … Continue reading Introducing Network Analysis in the Classroom
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
This is a guest post by Joanne Bernardi. Overview This post introduces a series on digital pedagogy, specifically, designing and … Continue reading Exploring Digital Humanities in the Classroom (Part 1)
Three seems to be a magical number. Something about it is so convenient, encapsulated in Netflix’s method of describing a … Continue reading Linked Data: An Intensive Introduction by Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
How does Algeria fit into the world of digital humanities? First, we have to determine what we mean, when we … Continue reading A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities
Introduction As the digitization of cultural heritage progresses on both a local and a global level, the importance of digital … Continue reading Exploring Digitized Cultural Heritage Through Search Culture
The China Biographical Database The China Biographical Database (CBDB) is ‘a relational database of biographical information for China before the … Continue reading The China Biographical Database (CBDB): An Introduction and Conversation with Professor Peter Bol