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Category: Teaching

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, New Post, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Introduction The jump from reading the text of the Greek New Testament in a printed edition to reading the same … Continue reading Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Seeing the Text Arranged: Using Omeka to Critically Engage with Bengali Language Texts
Digitization, New Post, South Asian Studies, Teaching, Textual Analysis

Seeing the Text Arranged: Using Omeka to Critically Engage with Bengali Language Texts

In my previous post, I discussed how using Voyant reveals the infrastructural bias of DH tools when confronted with an … Continue reading Seeing the Text Arranged: Using Omeka to Critically Engage with Bengali Language Texts

When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning
AI, New Post, Sinology, Teaching

When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning

This is the first entry in a multi-part series on English-Chinese AI chatbot design experience. More to come. Speaking a … Continue reading When the Machine Listens: How an AI Chatbot is Transforming Chinese Language Learning

Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past
African Languages, African Studies, DH in Practice, Teaching

Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past

The Langarchiv project, officially titled “Language as Archive: European Linguistics and the Social History of the Sahara and Sahel in … Continue reading Wikipedia as an Open Access Tool for Restituting Knowledge on African Past

Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures
AI, DH in Practice, LLM, New Post, Sinology, Teaching

Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures

This post was co-authored with Prof. Du Chunmei (Lingnan University, Department of History). History can feel like a silent discipline, … Continue reading Voices from the Past: Retrieval-Augmented Dialogues with Chinese Historical Figures

Teaching Bengali Digital Texts to Anglophone Undergraduates: What Voyant Reveals about the Infrastructural Bias of DH Tools
DH in Practice, New Post, OCR, South Asian Studies, Teaching

Teaching Bengali Digital Texts to Anglophone Undergraduates: What Voyant Reveals about the Infrastructural Bias of DH Tools

In designing an introductory Digital Humanities class, I am often faced with the question of how best to incorporate linguistic … Continue reading Teaching Bengali Digital Texts to Anglophone Undergraduates: What Voyant Reveals about the Infrastructural Bias of DH Tools

Online Teaching Resources on Shinto
Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Teaching

Online Teaching Resources on Shinto

I have taught an introductory English-language course to religions in Japan for several years making use of available online resources … Continue reading Online Teaching Resources on Shinto

Think Tasks Not Tools: Teaching AI Literacy in East Asian Art History
AI, DH in General, Japanese Studies, Teaching, Theory

Think Tasks Not Tools: Teaching AI Literacy in East Asian Art History

This guest contribution was written by Dr. Stephanie Santschi, who is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Zurich’s Department … Continue reading Think Tasks Not Tools: Teaching AI Literacy in East Asian Art History

Education and Technology: Understanding History through Anime Productions
Japanese Studies, Teaching

Education and Technology: Understanding History through Anime Productions

This guest post was written by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman (UNISINOS). Learn more about her work here. Since I … Continue reading Education and Technology: Understanding History through Anime Productions

Introducing Network Analysis in the Classroom
DH in General, Teaching, Visualization

Introducing Network Analysis in the Classroom

In March and May 2024, as a Training Fellow of the Centre of Data, Culture, and Society (CDCS) at the … Continue reading Introducing Network Analysis in the Classroom

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