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.
At Utrecht University, the project ‘Bridging the Gap: Digital Humanities and the Arabic-Islamic corpus’, seeks to “harness state-of-the art … Continue reading DH Project at Utrecht University: Bridging the Gap
In a previous post, I described the preliminary work to do automated analysis on poetry. I now describe the actual … Continue reading Tackling Poetry with Python (2)
Talking about DH on a blog will get some people angry with you. I will discuss here some examples arising from … Continue reading Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities
Many people in universities have a Mac. Yet, the world still for the most part runs on Windows. This can … Continue reading Running Windows software on Mac
Poetry is among the best kind of texts to be manipulated with a programming language. Most of that work lies … Continue reading Tackling Poetry with Python
I use Dropbox and Google Drive to keep a synced backup of a handful of important files. I have noticed … Continue reading Get Out of the Cloud
Interested in learning more about Digital Humanities? Or technology in general? How do you keep up with the latest? Here … Continue reading Keeping up with Digital Humanities
DH is a buzzword that many are not sure what to do about. It is in general agreed upon, by … Continue reading What to do with “Digital Humanities”?
In before centuries, it was common for a book to have a lavishly illustrated cover which, through signs and symbols, … Continue reading Explaining the cover of my new book
Academics should ramp up downloads of valuable resources, to make them available privately, offline. Relying on them being available on the internet is changing from precarious to foolish. Here is why. Continue reading “Why you should download now – as much as possible”
The Digital Orientalist 