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.
Building on the conversations initiated under the Future of the Commons (overviews of which can be found here and here), … Continue reading Imagining a Contextual Tech for Indian Languages: A Postcard from Bahu Bhasa 2025
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
Readers of The Digital Orientalist, you are among the first to know! Today’s post is dedicated to the release of … Continue reading From Vienna to the World: Launching the First Public Syriac HTR Model on Transkribus
This year’s Editor’s Digest for Chinese Studies falls right after the Chinese New Year, so first of all let me … Continue reading Editor’s Digest January 2025: Chinese Studies
Recent years have witnessed a wave of fascinating research findings in both natural and artificial intelligence. While scholars remain cautious … Continue reading Cognitive Stylometry as an LLM-Based Methodology in Chinese Literary Studies
The recent rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots like Gemini has opened up exciting new possibilities for interacting with and … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence for Garshuni-Arabic on Gemini
This entry introduces a platform that utilizes Machine Learning (ML) algorithms from the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to … Continue reading NLP Tools for Sinology: Introducing the WYD Platform
In my previous post (Part 1: here), I presented some preliminary tests of chatting in Classical Syriac with Google Bard (/Gemini) … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence for Syriac on Google Bard (/Gemini) – Preliminary Tests (Part2)
Since the release of the ChatGPT, many Syriac users have been hoping that this chatbot would enable Syriac as a … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence for Syriac on Google Bard (/Gemini) – Preliminary Tests (Part1)
In recent years, visual studies have gained significance in digital humanities due to advancements in processing visual materials at scale, … Continue reading Object Detection in Visual Studies: Computer-Asssisted Comparison of Chinese Papercut Patterns
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