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Tackling Poetry with Python (2)
Coding, DH in General, Textual Analysis

Tackling Poetry with Python (2)

In a previous post, I described the preliminary work to do automated analysis on poetry. I now describe the actual … Continue reading Tackling Poetry with Python (2)

Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies

Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited

In this post I will respond to some points raised by Titus Nemeth. I already discussed his rhetoric so I … Continue reading Digital Printing of Arabic: The Problem Revisited

Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities
DH in General, Theory

Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities

Talking about DH on a blog will get some people angry with you. I will discuss here some examples arising from … Continue reading Difficulties in Keeping a Dialogue About Digital Humanities

Making Sense of the Cacophony of Voices from the Post-Classical Period of Islam
Islamic Studies, Theory

Making Sense of the Cacophony of Voices from the Post-Classical Period of Islam

This small article explains how close reading is not useful in research on post-classical Islamic intellectual history. Instead, close reading … Continue reading Making Sense of the Cacophony of Voices from the Post-Classical Period of Islam

Review of The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies
Coding, Islamic Studies, Workflow

Review of The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies

The book The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies provides an excellent introduction into DH for students and scholars. … Continue reading Review of The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies

Running Windows software on Mac
DH in General, Hardware, Software, Workflow

Running Windows software on Mac

Many people in universities have a Mac. Yet, the world still for the most part runs on Windows. This can … Continue reading Running Windows software on Mac

Mediation of Islamic Knowledge: Face to Face Conversations in Manuscripts
Islamic Studies, Using Real Paper

Mediation of Islamic Knowledge: Face to Face Conversations in Manuscripts

A small article on why manuscripts kept being popular in the Islamic world until very late. It appeared last year … Continue reading Mediation of Islamic Knowledge: Face to Face Conversations in Manuscripts

Tackling Poetry with Python
Coding, DH in General, Textual Analysis

Tackling Poetry with Python

Poetry is among the best kind of texts to be manipulated with a programming language. Most of that work lies … Continue reading Tackling Poetry with Python

Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar
Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar

After having defined the problem, and having seen a solution, let us now familiarize ourselves with a bad example. Much … Continue reading Digital Printing of Arabic: Mushaf Qatar

Get Out of the Cloud
Between Legal and Illegal, DH in General, Theory

Get Out of the Cloud

I use Dropbox and Google Drive to keep a synced backup of a handful of important files. I have noticed … Continue reading Get Out of the Cloud

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