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Category: Theory

Digital Humanities in Motion: When Pop Culture Rewrites Aging
DH in General, Korean Studies, New Post, Social Media, Theory

Digital Humanities in Motion: When Pop Culture Rewrites Aging

This guest contribution was written by Virgine Borges de Castilho Sacoman, MS to PhD student in Sociology at the University … Continue reading Digital Humanities in Motion: When Pop Culture Rewrites Aging

Chorded Input and the Japanese Language: An Introduction and Invitation
DH in General, Hardware, Japanese Studies, Software, Theory

Chorded Input and the Japanese Language: An Introduction and Invitation

Those of us who use languages written in the Latin alphabet likely don’t think much about how we input text. … Continue reading Chorded Input and the Japanese Language: An Introduction and Invitation

Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient
Conference Proceedings, DH in General, Digital Cartography, Theory, Visualization

Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient

This contribution is based on a presentation given at The Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Conference 2025 (AI and the Digital Humanities) … Continue reading Mapping Eighteenth-Century British Travel Writing on the Orient

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

How the Sounds (Im)properly Educate the People: Korea and the World, Then, and Now
DH in General, Korean Studies, Theory

How the Sounds (Im)properly Educate the People: Korea and the World, Then, and Now

This week’s post was written by Tomasz Sleziak. Sleziak is a scholar in Korean studies (particularly Korean but also global … Continue reading How the Sounds (Im)properly Educate the People: Korea and the World, Then, and Now

Cognitive Stylometry as an LLM-Based Methodology in Chinese Literary Studies
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Machine Learning, New Post, Sinology, Textual Analysis, Theory

Cognitive Stylometry as an LLM-Based Methodology in Chinese Literary Studies

Recent years have witnessed a wave of fascinating research findings in both natural and artificial intelligence. While scholars remain cautious … Continue reading Cognitive Stylometry as an LLM-Based Methodology in Chinese Literary Studies

A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities
African Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, New Post, Online Resources, Theory

A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities

How does Algeria fit into the world of digital humanities? First, we have to determine what we mean, when we … Continue reading A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities

Sustainability of The Treasury of Lives
Conference Proceedings, DH in General, DH in Practice, Theory

Sustainability of The Treasury of Lives

This is a guest post by Alex Gardner and Catherine Tsuji Background On June 3, 2023, the Treasury of Lives … Continue reading Sustainability of The Treasury of Lives

Romanization and Transliteration of Korean Language: Social and Technological Dimensions
Korean Studies, Theory

Romanization and Transliteration of Korean Language: Social and Technological Dimensions

This week’s post was written by Tomasz Sleziak. Sleziak is a scholar in Korean studies (particularly Korean but also global … Continue reading Romanization and Transliteration of Korean Language: Social and Technological Dimensions

African Languages, African Studies, DH in General, DH in Practice, Theory

Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)

In the previous instalment of this interview, DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina discussed how … Continue reading Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)

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