Japanese Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

Japan Search is a searchable portal that aggregates content from digital archives from, at present, 125 different databases managed by … Continue reading Japan Search: Much ado about nothing

African Languages, African Studies, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archiving, Coptic Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Equipment, Events & Conferences, Teaching, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

By Franziska Naether (Leipzig/Stellenbosch) Franziska Naether (PD Dr. phil habil.) is an Egyptologist, museum curator, and digital humanist with a focus … Continue reading Digital Archiving & Curation – Report from a Session at a recent Digital Humanities Conference in Kyoto KUDH)

DH in General, Sinology, Teaching, Workflow

Shuge: the world’s libraries. Or, just a website that works for you.

An old mantra among digital circles: online resources to access material circulating in digital formats are so numerous that it … Continue reading Shuge: the world’s libraries. Or, just a website that works for you.

DH in General, DH in Practice, Online Resources, Software, Workflow

Organizing Browser-heavy Workflows

Organizing browser items in a heavy online workflow can present challenges. Opening one tab inevitably leads to opening more tabs … Continue reading Organizing Browser-heavy Workflows

Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Old Chinese Reconstructions, Workflow

Old Chinese Prêt-à-porter. A double-edged sword.

Sometimes I miss watching movies with commercial interruptions, at the theater or on television. Not only were they a great … Continue reading Old Chinese Prêt-à-porter. A double-edged sword.

DH in General, DH in Practice, Software, Workflow

We Need a Better System: Streamlining Academic Digital Workflow from Reading to Writing

We are in an age of unprecedented information access. As academics in the humanities, we all have too much information … Continue reading We Need a Better System: Streamlining Academic Digital Workflow from Reading to Writing

African Studies, DH in Practice, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Workflow

Decolonize University-Based Journals

The Algerian Scientific Journals Platform (ASJP) is an electronic publishing platform developed and managed by the Research Center for Scientific and Technical Information (CERIST) of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Continue reading Decolonize University-Based Journals

DH in General, Teaching, Theory, Workflow

How to level up in DH

The Three Levels of Digital Humanities I wish to sketch out a general framework that should make it easier to … Continue reading How to level up in DH

Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Digitization, New Post, Textual Analysis, Visualization, Workflow

Easily Creating Synopses for Biblical Languages in Different Directions

Synopses represent an important and user-friendly tool for the comparison of versions of biblical texts. Whether for deepening one’s own … Continue reading Easily Creating Synopses for Biblical Languages in Different Directions

Hardware, Japanese Studies, Workflow

Denshi Jisho: Are they still worth your time?

With the rise of smartphone technology, the market for electronic dictionaries (J. Denshi jisho 電子辞書) has gradually shrunk. When I … Continue reading Denshi Jisho: Are they still worth your time?