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.
Every humanities researcher dreams of finding keywords in archival documents quickly and easily. Thanks to OCR technology, we have realized … Continue reading Innovative Designs on Ottoman Turkish Search Engines: Wikilala and Muteferriqa
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
In a previous post, I explained how to build a simple map from scratch with ArcGIS Online. This tutorial introduces another … Continue reading StoryMaps: A Brief Tutorial
Sometimes it takes days or even weeks to be able to read and decipher a word in manuscripts. This problem, … Continue reading Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus
This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS
This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 1: Digitizing Historical Maps and Creating District Polygons in ArcGIS
As discussed in several of our previous posts by Fatma, Deniz, and Giulia, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a useful … Continue reading Simple Map-Making with ArcGIS Online: A Brief Tutorial
Digital research methods and software that allow spatial analysis enable different research questions to be produced by moving cities, places, … Continue reading Georeferencing Historical Maps: Applying Map Warper to Ottoman Urban History
