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.
Over the past year, I have been working on a textual analysis project exploring Japanese understandings of Judaism, Israel, and … Continue reading On Voyant Tools, Stopword Lists, and Japanese Textual Analysis and Visualisation
The first of three articles looking at how the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin’s digital platform CrossAsia is changing the way Asian … Continue reading CrossAsia: A Gateway to Asian Studies in the Digital Age (Part 1)
In the ever-expanding web of academic literature, exploring the research landscape and searching for publications can often feel complicated, overwhelming, … Continue reading Tools for Literature Mapping
Ancient Egyptian civilization, which flourished in the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta, is widely known for its monumental hieroglyphs … Continue reading Ancient Egyptian Hieratic Palaeography Database: AKU-PAL
Although resources for learning to read or assist with deciphering cursive Japanese script found in historical books and documents are … Continue reading Digital Resources for Reading Japanese Seals
The Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies (rKTs) is an open-access digital platform that is currently the largest database of … Continue reading Resources for Kanjur and Tanjur Studies: Introduction and Review
Introduction In 2021, Japan’s NDL launched a project to digitise around 300,000 books (approximately 45 million digital images) in that … Continue reading Unearthing Modern Japan’s Subterranean Networks with the National Diet Library’s (NDL) Full-Text Search System (Part 1): Kugimiya Iwao and the Circles of Orthodox Christians
In my last post, I explored how to collate TEI XML transcriptions of Greek New Testament manuscripts, yielding a TEI … Continue reading Analyzing Collation Files: Apatosaurus
In my last post, I discussed the DiGA project with two of its members – Dr Jessie Pons, project leader, … Continue reading The DiGA Project—Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts – Part 2
This article was co-authored by guest contributors Raúl Cervera Álvarez (Universitat de Barcelona) and Celia Gonzalez Diaz (Universitat Autonoma de … Continue reading Aozora Bunko: Notes on Usage