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Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa:  How they do it in France
DH in General

Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France

Infrastructure in academia is what gives cohesion to a subject. It is a meeting place you know you can go … Continue reading Building DH Infrastructure for the Study of Asia, Middle East, and Africa: How they do it in France

“From Dead-ends into Gateways”: Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, 2nd and Final Part
DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Syriac Studies

“From Dead-ends into Gateways”: Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, 2nd and Final Part

This is the second part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based … Continue reading “From Dead-ends into Gateways”: Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, 2nd and Final Part

“I Just Want the Data!”: A Short Guide to GSI Japan for Non-Japanese-Speaking Users
DH in Practice, Digital Cartography, Japanese Studies, Online Resources

“I Just Want the Data!”: A Short Guide to GSI Japan for Non-Japanese-Speaking Users

The volume of digitally available Japanese research materials and the databases that hold them are increasing by the year. This … Continue reading “I Just Want the Data!”: A Short Guide to GSI Japan for Non-Japanese-Speaking Users

Crowdsourcing for Ottoman Studies: Zooniverse
Archiving, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies, Textual Analysis, Uncategorized

Crowdsourcing for Ottoman Studies: Zooniverse

Speeding up a workforce by getting help, ideas, or information from a large audience over the Internet, via a website, … Continue reading Crowdsourcing for Ottoman Studies: Zooniverse

<strong>We Need a Better System: Streamlining Academic Digital Workflow from Reading to Writing</strong>
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

Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran
Iranian Studies, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources

Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran

Amélie Couvrat Desvergnes (independent paper and book conservator and researcher, Utrecht, the Netherlands) and Shiva Mihan (Fellow in the School of … Continue reading Nail and Griffin on Paper: Exploring a Fingernail Calligraphy Album from Twentieth-century Iran

Can we really trust Digital Humanities?
Chinese Language, DH in General, DH in Practice, Sinology, Theory

Can we really trust Digital Humanities?

When I write posts about Digital Humanities, be that here or in my blog in Russian, I tend to talk … Continue reading Can we really trust Digital Humanities?

Decolonize University-Based Journals
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

A Solution for the Mess of Online Bookmarking?
DH in General, DH in Practice, Software

A Solution for the Mess of Online Bookmarking?

I believe that I am not the only person who often ends up having multiple tabs open on my browser … Continue reading A Solution for the Mess of Online Bookmarking?

How about a copy stand?
Archiving, Digitization, Equipment

How about a copy stand?

When conducting research on documents pertaining to the Ashio Copper Mine Incident at Sano City Museum in late 2020, I … Continue reading How about a copy stand?

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