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.
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
The term “ancient Silk Roads” conventionally refers to the historical networks of trade routes spanning West, East, Central, and South … Continue reading Exhibiting the Ancient Silk Roads Virtually
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 These rare manuscripts remain exceptional, … Continue reading Georgian-Persian Illuminated Historical Documents from K.Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts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
This post is prepared together with Tilman Schalmey (Trier University). Right before going on summer hiatus, we launched a survey … Continue reading What can you share about your DH project? – Survey Results.
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned,” Benjamin Franklin wrote. Personally, lack of organization has always been … Continue reading Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet
In this post, I continue my exploration of digital reconstructions in Asian art historical practice. I virtually sat down for … Continue reading Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou
Almost 10 years ago, under the nickname of “The DIgital Orientalist” Cornelis van Lit started a blog. The exact date … Continue reading The Digital Orientalist: 10 years in the making