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Category: Sinology

Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part Two)
AI, DH in Practice, New Post, OCR, Online Resources, Sinology

Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part Two)

This is a guest post by Jiajun Zou. See bio at the end of this post. Find part one here. Part … Continue reading Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part Two)

Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)
AI, DH in Practice, New Post, OCR, Sinology, Visualization, Workflow

Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)

This is a guest post by Jiajun Zou. See bio at the end of this post. Part I Tianyige Ming … Continue reading Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)

The Magic of Philology and Indexing
Chinese Language, Conference Proceedings, DH in Practice, Sinology

The Magic of Philology and Indexing

Tracking Drug Names Across Language, Time, Space and Knowledge Domains to Produce New Visions of Traditional Medicine This is a … Continue reading The Magic of Philology and Indexing

Introduction to Programming with Chinese
Chinese Language, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Sinology, Workflow

Introduction to Programming with Chinese

This post was prepared together with Tilman Schalmey. Find here the tutorial files for this post. As digital technologies develop, … Continue reading Introduction to Programming with Chinese

The Shang Dynasty Has An Unexpected Ally: AI
AI, DH in Practice, Sinology

The Shang Dynasty Has An Unexpected Ally: AI

This is an account based on the articles linked throughout and at the end of the article. I thank Kevin … Continue reading The Shang Dynasty Has An Unexpected Ally: AI

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

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