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Category: Sinology

Digital Humanities Approaches to Navigating the Early Colonial Hong Kong History
DH in Practice, Digitization, Hong Kong Studies, Sinology

Digital Humanities Approaches to Navigating the Early Colonial Hong Kong History

This is a guest post by Eric H. C. Chow and Ryan Iu. For more information, see at the end … Continue reading Digital Humanities Approaches to Navigating the Early Colonial Hong Kong History

A Glimpse of Ethnic Borderlands of Modern China through the Lens of Early Chinese Ethnologists
DH in Practice, Online Resources, Sinology

A Glimpse of Ethnic Borderlands of Modern China through the Lens of Early Chinese Ethnologists

This is a guest post by Wei-chieh Tsai. See information at the end of this post. Between 1928 and 1943, … Continue reading A Glimpse of Ethnic Borderlands of Modern China through the Lens of Early Chinese Ethnologists

Object Detection in Visual Studies: Computer-Asssisted Comparison of Chinese Papercut Patterns
DH in Practice, Machine Learning, Sinology

Object Detection in Visual Studies: Computer-Asssisted Comparison of Chinese Papercut Patterns

In recent years, visual studies have gained significance in digital humanities due to advancements in processing visual materials at scale, … Continue reading Object Detection in Visual Studies: Computer-Asssisted Comparison of Chinese Papercut Patterns

Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography. Yes, again! 
DH in Practice, Sinology, Workflow

Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography. Yes, again! 

When I joined the Digital Orientalist, I did so motivated by the desire to share with colleagues in Chinese studies … Continue reading Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography. Yes, again! 

Editor’s Digest December 2023: Chinese Studies
DH in General, Editor's Digest, Sinology

Editor’s Digest December 2023: Chinese Studies

Starting this academic year, the Digital Orientalist is introducing a new type of post: the editor’s digest, where editors summarize … Continue reading Editor’s Digest December 2023: Chinese Studies

Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis
Chinese Language, Coding, DH in Practice, Sinology, Textual Analysis, Topics

Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis

In an earlier post here on The Digital Orientalist, Mariana Zorkina introduced the topic of regular expressions (or in short … Continue reading Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis

Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digital Cartography, Sinology

Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities

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

The evolution of Kaom.net 
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Sinology, Workflow

The evolution of Kaom.net 

Guyin xiaojing 古音小鏡 is a database that gathers data and tools for Old Chinese linguistics, but not exclusively. I previously … Continue reading The evolution of Kaom.net 

Can I automate the boring stuff with ChatGPT?
Chinese Language, Coding, DH in Practice, Sinology

Can I automate the boring stuff with ChatGPT?

A quick API solution for a Chinese text classification task– and its limitations. This is a guest post by Tilman … Continue reading Can I automate the boring stuff with ChatGPT?

A Review of MARKUS: More than Marking Up Classical Chinese
Chinese Language, New Post, Online Resources, Sinology, Textual Analysis

A Review of MARKUS: More than Marking Up Classical Chinese

The technology of Natural Language Processing (NLP) identifies named entities, which are words or phrases referring to specific people, places, … Continue reading A Review of MARKUS: More than Marking Up Classical Chinese

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