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Category: Online Resources

Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data
Buddhist Studies, DH in General, Digitization, Indian Studies, Online Resources

Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data

The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature based in Boston, … Continue reading Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data

Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages
Chinese Language, Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Sinology, Workflow

Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages

Many readers will likely be aware of the Digital Orientalist’s Keyboard Layouts (launched in 2014 and improved upon in 2017) … Continue reading Making Custom Keyboard Layouts to Transliterate East Asian Languages

Defining word boundaries for Modern and Classical Chinese
Chinese Language, Coding, Online Resources, Sinology, Software, Textual Analysis

Defining word boundaries for Modern and Classical Chinese

Basic corpus analysis is an amazing way to start exploring digital humanities. What could be easier? One just needs to … Continue reading Defining word boundaries for Modern and Classical Chinese

Digital Ottoman Studies: A New Force in Ottoman and Turkish Studies
DH in General, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies, Workflow

Digital Ottoman Studies: A New Force in Ottoman and Turkish Studies

In early 2021, a new platform, Digital Ottoman Studies (DOS), was established with the aim of contributing to digital humanities … Continue reading Digital Ottoman Studies: A New Force in Ottoman and Turkish Studies

Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection
Japanese Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection

In a piece that I wrote for the Digital Orientalist last year, I compiled a list of digital resources for … Continue reading Minna de honkoku: An Overview and Reflection

Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Teaching

Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom

My recent posts have focused on the biblical text and ways to access it online. Here I will turn to … Continue reading Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom

Mapping A Thousand Buddhist Monasteries in Mongolia: Introducing the Digital Database “Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries”
Buddhist Studies, Digital Cartography, Mongolian Studies, Online Resources

Mapping A Thousand Buddhist Monasteries in Mongolia: Introducing the Digital Database “Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries”

What is the Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries The Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries is an online database featuring more than a … Continue reading Mapping A Thousand Buddhist Monasteries in Mongolia: Introducing the Digital Database “Documentation of Mongolian Monasteries”

Codicological Visualization of a Syriac Manuscript with VisCodex
DH in Practice, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Visualization

Codicological Visualization of a Syriac Manuscript with VisCodex

A data model for modelling and visualizing the structure of books in codex formats has existed since the middle of … Continue reading Codicological Visualization of a Syriac Manuscript with VisCodex

DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Korean Studies, Online Resources, Teaching, Visualization

DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies

In a previous post I briefly presented some of the richest and most commonly used online resources for Korean Studies. … Continue reading DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies

Typing in Tamil in contemporary and ancient scripts
Indian Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Typing in Tamil in contemporary and ancient scripts

Tamil is one of the twenty-two official languages spoken in India and its representation in writing dates back to the … Continue reading Typing in Tamil in contemporary and ancient scripts

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