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.
Aksharamukha, a free and open-source transliteration tool supporting 121 scripts and 21 romanization methods, enhances access to multilingual texts and facilitates cross-cultural communication. Continue reading Aksharamukha: The Automated Transliteration Tool to Simplify Script Conversion
In 2021, I wrote a short piece for the Digital Orientalist entitled “Denshi Jisho: Are they still worth your time?” … Continue reading Returning to Denshi Jisho: The Ongoing Benefits of Electronic Dictionaries
Introduction In my last post, I explored tools in a software package called Criticus that helps move from transcription to … Continue reading Collating Greek Manuscripts
This is a guest post by Anastasia Pineschi, International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) Project Manager. Find out more at the end … Continue reading Customising Digital Tools for non-Western Materials: the Launch of the Redeveloped IDP Website
This is a guest post by Amy E. Harth, PhD. Bio at the end of the post. Cover photo by … Continue reading Principles for Creating Lasting Digital Archives: A Researcher’s Perspective
This is a guest post by Jiajun Zou. See bio at the end of this post. Part I Tianyige Ming … Continue reading Creating the largest Juren Dataset with ChatGPT: A Journey through Digital Humanities. (Part One)
This post was prepared together with Tilman Schalmey. Find here the tutorial files for this post. As digital technologies develop, … Continue reading Introduction to Programming with Chinese
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”
This is a guest post by Anna Batzeli. This post introduces the Archives Portal Europe, an online archival repository which … Continue reading Archives Portal Europe: an invaluable tool for digital archival research
When I joined the Digital Orientalist, I did so motivated by the desire to share with colleagues in Chinese studies … Continue reading Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography. Yes, again!
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