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DREAMSEA
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Textual Analysis

DREAMSEA

This is guest post by Mark Boersma. Recently I came across a website of a project on manuscripts from Southeast … Continue reading DREAMSEA

Databases of premodern Chinese manuscripts and languages upped their game. 
DH in General, DH in Practice, Sinology

Databases of premodern Chinese manuscripts and languages upped their game. 

And they are playing to win. In a post from 2021, I introduced the database Guyin xiaojiing 古音小鏡 (Little Mirrors … Continue reading Databases of premodern Chinese manuscripts and languages upped their game. 

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan
DH in Practice, Japanese Studies, Teaching

The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

This is a gust post by Joanne Bernardi This post introduces readers to Re-Envisioning Japan: Japan as Destination in 20th … Continue reading The Multidisciplinary DH Classroom: Material Culture meets Digital Curation in Re-Envisioning Japan

Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, South Asian Studies, Teaching, Workflow

Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach

Oh great, yet another podcast! Like many researchers, I find myself listening to more diverse types of academic media in … Continue reading Podcasting as Digital Storytelling in Research and Outreach

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts
Coding, Digital Cartography, Japanese Studies, Visualization

Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction In my previous post, I showed how to extract proper names … Continue reading Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts

Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)
Chinese Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Textual Analysis, Theory

Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)

This is a guest post by Aleksandra Piskunova. Have you ever wondered how readable texts are? What even makes a … Continue reading Measuring Readability of Texts: Theory and Practice (Part 1)

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)
Biblical Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

Greg Paulson has already written a very helpful introduction to the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) as a guest … Continue reading A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 1)

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction
Japanese Studies, Online Resources

The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

The Digital Orientalist has long published pieces pertaining to the study of the history of Christianity in Japan. In 2021, … Continue reading The Marega Collection Database: A Review and Introduction

A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digital Cartography, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Building off James Harry Morris’s post on Historical Storytelling with Twine in 2019 in which he presented his experience of … Continue reading A Twine Journey to Mecca: Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

An alternative to the undergraduate research paper: Online Exhibitions with ArtSteps
Software, Teaching

An alternative to the undergraduate research paper: Online Exhibitions with ArtSteps

The release of a public version of OpenAI’s generative AI platform, Chat GPT, at the end of last year has … Continue reading An alternative to the undergraduate research paper: Online Exhibitions with ArtSteps

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