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.
I want to start with some general questions that many Digital Orientalist contributors will have asked themselves privately or in … Continue reading Low Tech, High Reward? A Report on the Workshop “Making the Most of Digital Humanities for Tibetan Studies”
When AI image generator services were opened to the public on the vast web in 2021, they quickly became viral … Continue reading AI, Machine Learning, and Neural Networks: Friends or Foes in the Historical Investigation?
The kingdom of Benin, in what is now central Nigeria, was a powerful African state from the Middle Ages until … Continue reading Digital Benin: bringing together scattered historic Benin objects
(This is a guest post by Özge Eda Kaya.) Data analysis and visualization are very important in the modern world, … Continue reading RAWGraphs: The New Way to Visualize Data
Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely … Continue reading The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
If you are interested in digital humanities, cultural heritage, or any field that involves working with images and audio/visual materials … Continue reading Transforming the way we interact with digital (text) collections with IIIF
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned,” Benjamin Franklin wrote. Personally, lack of organization has always been … Continue reading Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet
In this post, I continue my exploration of digital reconstructions in Asian art historical practice. I virtually sat down for … Continue reading Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou
Knight Lab, produced by Northwestern University, is a community of designers, developers, students, and educators working on experiments designed to … Continue reading Knight Lab JS and Storytelling Tools
This is a guest post by Sarah Blake LaRose. As a scholar of biblical studies who is blind, I often … Continue reading Accessibility of Texts and Tools in Ancient Studies: Reframing the Discussion
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