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The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part two)
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Old Chinese Reconstructions, Sinology, Workflow

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part two)

This is a guest post by Laurent Van Cutsem (Ghent University). Part II: The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical … Continue reading The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part two)

Knight Lab JS and Storytelling Tools
Apps, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digital Cartography, Online Resources, Software, Visualization

Knight Lab JS and Storytelling Tools

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

Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil

Recently, a new project aiming at collecting and publicizing documents and books related to nikkei (descendants of Japanese emigrants) in … Continue reading Sources for Nikkei Documents in Brazil

Digital Resources for Chinese Bronze Research: The Academia Sinica Collection (Part 2)
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Uncategorized

Digital Resources for Chinese Bronze Research: The Academia Sinica Collection (Part 2)

Part I of this two-part assessment of the Academia Sinica’s bronze inscription research tools examined key features of the ‘Shang … Continue reading Digital Resources for Chinese Bronze Research: The Academia Sinica Collection (Part 2)

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 3
DH in Practice, Digitization, HTR, Indian Studies, OCR, Online Resources, Software, South Asian Studies, Workflow

eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 3

OCR of historical printing in Bengali using segmentation and recognition models trained in Kraken from an annotated dataset of Bengali texts published between 1860 and 1940. Continue reading eScriptorium: Digital Text Production for Urdu, Hindi, and Bengali Print, part 3

Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, OCR, Textual Analysis, Theory, Visualization, Workflow

Accessibility of Texts and Tools in Ancient Studies: Reframing the Discussion

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

Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review
Archiving, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Tibetan Studies

Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review

In January 2023, Ladakh Archaeology was launched. This is to date the largest database on the heritage of Ladakh, located … Continue reading Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review

Procreate and the power of visualization tools
DH in Practice, Visualization

Procreate and the power of visualization tools

Reconstruction has always been part of the practice of art historians, archaeologists, and artists. Even as far back as the … Continue reading Procreate and the power of visualization tools

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Workflow

The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

This is a guest post by Laurent Van Cutsem (Ghent University). Part 2 can be read here. Part I: The … Continue reading The Database of Medieval Chinese Texts: A Critical Overview (part one)

DREAMSEA
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, South Asian Studies, Textual Analysis

DREAMSEA

This is guest post by Mark Boersma. Recently I came across a website of a project on manuscripts from Southeast … Continue reading DREAMSEA

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