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.
Museums and collections of Islamic art around the world have dedicated a substantial part of their efforts and fundings to … Continue reading Uncovering Hidden Histories of Artifacts with Arches Platform: A Case Study of Persian Architectural Fragments
While others have discussed the possibilities in utilizing Transkribus and other HTR resources in research, I want to briefly discuss … Continue reading Transkribus in the Classroom
Learn about Kraken’s segmentation model and the process of training our own custom segmentation models for layout analysis tasks. Continue reading Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 2
The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries … Continue reading Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely … Continue reading The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
This is a guest post by Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh@ruthmostern Like all terms for disciplines and methodologies, the digital … Continue reading Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities
If you are interested in digital humanities, cultural heritage, or any field that involves working with images and audio/visual materials … Continue reading Transforming the way we interact with digital (text) collections with IIIF
How to train custom OCR/HTR models in Kraken Continue reading Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 1
The digitization of Georgian-Persian illuminated documents represents an important and urgent cultural and research desideratum. These rare manuscripts remain exceptional, … Continue reading Georgian-Persian Illuminated Historical Documents from K.Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts
It is a rarity that writers at the Digital Orientalist explore projects that might be described as “DH for fun,” … Continue reading Generating Kuzushiji Images with Soan