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.
As a Digital Humanities student working with Hindi-language texts, I expected extracting text from a Hindi PDF to be a … Continue reading Why Extracting Hindi Text from PDFs Is So Much Harder Than English (And How You Can Do It)
In designing an introductory Digital Humanities class, I am often faced with the question of how best to incorporate linguistic … Continue reading Teaching Bengali Digital Texts to Anglophone Undergraduates: What Voyant Reveals about the Infrastructural Bias of DH Tools
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
In her essay “Why Are the Digital Humanities So White? or Thinking the Histories of Race and Computation,” Tara McPherson … Continue reading Global DH vs. Area Studies: Rethinking “China and the West (Rest)” Beyond Lenticular Logic
One of the biggest challenges of working with large (and often incomplete) collections of data lies in how best to … Continue reading Beyond Rows and Columns: Visualising Data with RAWGraphs
This is a guest post by Rose Ting-Yi Conference slides can be viewed here On March 3rd, 2025, I hosted a … Continue reading Workshop: Initiating Digital Humanities Engagement in the East Asian Studies Department, University of Toronto
While not readily apparent, the New Testament Virtual Manuscript (NTVMR) room has an API that is publicly accessible. An API, … Continue reading Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API
This article examines the flow of Ottoman citizens, including Armenians, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, to the United States during the … Continue reading Flourish: Visualizing Ottoman Migration to the United States
The CrossAsia Lab equips researchers in Asian Studies with practical tools to engage with data in more interactive and meaningful … Continue reading Inside CrossAsia’s Lab (Part 2)
Decades ago, one of the main concerns of the cultural heritage community was the lack of digitized data. Although digitization … Continue reading Bridging Narratives and Data: ResearchSpace 4.0.0 and the Power of Knowledge Graphs
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