Practical examples and theoretical reflections on the do's and don'ts of using digital tools for your study and research in African, Oriental Studies..
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)
The Digital Orientalist has given us many examples of the uses of digital cartography or, more simply, mapping. Ranging from … Continue reading Manuscripts, Mapping, and Provenance
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
This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 2: Linking and Visualizing Population Data in ArcGIS
This post has been contributed by Emre Amasyali. Information about the author is included at the end of the post. … Continue reading Social Scientific Applications of Historical GIS, Part 1: Digitizing Historical Maps and Creating District Polygons in ArcGIS
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)
Digital research methods and software that allow spatial analysis enable different research questions to be produced by moving cities, places, … Continue reading Georeferencing Historical Maps: Applying Map Warper to Ottoman Urban History
The Chinese Buddhist canon contains canonical Buddhist literature as recognized in East Asia. Early practitioners interacted with one of the … Continue reading A Digital Introduction to the Chinese Buddhist Canon
This article gives a basic introduction to photogrammetry by using the Agisoft Metashape software. Continue reading Once upon a Camera…
This article deals with GIS in Classical Indian Studies, focusing on the case-study of “Mapping Vijayanagara.” Continue reading Mapping Ancient Indian Urban Spaces
