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.
An old mantra among digital circles: online resources to access material circulating in digital formats are so numerous that it … Continue reading Shuge: the world’s libraries. Or, just a website that works for you.
Bodies and Structures, a Scalar-based teaching and research platform mainly focused on Japanese spatial histories and their connections to other … Continue reading (Re)Mapping Spatial History: An Overview of the Bodies and Structures Platform
Today I am happy to introduce the second and final part of our interview with Prof. Hashimoto Yuta (National Museum … Continue reading Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 2
Long term readers of the Digital Orientalist will likely remember pieces that I wrote on “Digital Resources for Japanese Palaeography” … Continue reading Minna de Honkoku and the Cambridge Summer School in Japanese Early Modern Palaeography: An Interview, Part 1
It’s no secret that the South Korean government has invested heavily in digitizing and making available a large amount of … Continue reading NRICH: An extensive online resource for Korean cultural heritage
The Three Levels of Digital Humanities I wish to sketch out a general framework that should make it easier to … Continue reading How to level up in DH
My recent posts have focused on the biblical text and ways to access it online. Here I will turn to … Continue reading Biblical Studies: Material Culture Online and in the Classroom
In a previous post I briefly presented some of the richest and most commonly used online resources for Korean Studies. … Continue reading DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies
Several months ago, some of my colleagues in Japan launched an online portal through which it is possible to explore … Continue reading Virtual Reality from Mamluk-Period Cairo
Biblical work obviously primarily relies on working with “the text.” However, as anyone involved in biblical studies knows, there really … Continue reading Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues
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