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.
Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely … Continue reading The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
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
How to train custom OCR/HTR models in Kraken Continue reading Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 1
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
Since starting my teaching career, I have increasingly integrated video games where I can into classroom activities, going so far … Continue reading Video Games in the Classroom and the Non-Western World
Introduction: The READ Workbench and its Potential The READ (‘Research Environment for Ancient Documents’) Workbench, originally designed for interpreting and … Continue reading ‘READ Workbench (part 2): Digital Repatriation, Pedagogy and Transnational Heritage’
Knight Lab, produced by Northwestern University, is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to … Continue reading Knight Lab JS and Storytelling Tools
OCR of historical printing in Bengali using segmentation and recognition models trained in Kraken from an annotated dataset of Bengali texts published between 1860 and 1940. Continue reading eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 3
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)
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