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Category: Textual Analysis

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)
Buddhist Studies, Chinese Language, DH in General, Indian Studies, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)

In my previous post about the text-matching database BuddhaNexus, I corresponded with project co-director Orna Almogi, who described the promise … Continue reading Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)

Data Cleaning Chinese Text with OpenRefine
Chinese Language, Online Resources, Sinology, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Data Cleaning Chinese Text with OpenRefine

So you have heard about some cool text analysis tools that identify word frequencies, generate word clouds, and look for … Continue reading Data Cleaning Chinese Text with OpenRefine

The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters
Digitization, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis

The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

In addition to the contributions of the Beth Mardutho Institute to the world of Syriac Digital Humanities (which I have … Continue reading The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters

Fingernail Art: Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Iranian Studies, Islamic Studies, Textual Analysis

Fingernail Art: Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Part I : Iran Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium, which was used in … Continue reading Fingernail Art: Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Teaching, Textual Analysis

Digitized Hebrew and Greek Manuscripts: Access and Issues

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

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part I)
Buddhist Studies, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part I)

BuddhaNexus is a text-matching database with visualization capabilities that draws its data from Buddhist literary corpora in Pāli, Sanskrit, Tibetan, … Continue reading Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part I)

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, DH in General, Online Resources, Textual Analysis

Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be … Continue reading Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies

Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation
DH in General, Indian Studies, Software, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation

The best advice I had when starting out with digital humanities came from David Beavan and was simply to only … Continue reading Time and pragmatism in the digital humanities: TEI and Juxta Commons for South Asian manuscript collation

Web Scraping with Python for Beginners
Coding, DH in General, Japanese Studies, Textual Analysis

Web Scraping with Python for Beginners

Introduction Web scraping is a technique that allows us to extract and copy specific pieces of data from a website. … Continue reading Web Scraping with Python for Beginners

Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python
Coding, DH in General, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python

Whether we are involved in Japanese Studies or Islamic Studies, Near Eastern Studies or African Studies, we are all likely … Continue reading Making a Basic Textual Analysis program in Python

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