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Month: May 2024
The Consortium DISTAM (DIgital STudies Africa, Asia, Middle East): structuring DH in areal studies in France
Since 2022, DISTAM (DIgital STudies Africa, Asia, Middle East) has been a consortium of the French research infrastructure Huma-Num. It…
Exploring Digital Humanities in the Classroom (Part 1)
This is a guest post by Joanne Bernardi. Overview This post introduces a series on digital pedagogy, specifically, designing and…
Linked Data: An Intensive Introduction by Terhi Nurmikko-Fuller
Three seems to be a magical number. Something about it is so convenient, encapsulated in Netflix’s method of describing a…
Komonjo Camera, the AI App for Reading Cursive Japanese Characters
Overview In June 2023, TOPPAN Corporation released an application for iOS, the Komonjo Camera 古文書カメラ. This was followed by an…
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A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities
How does Algeria fit into the world of digital humanities? First, we have to determine what we mean, when we…
NLP Tools for Sinology: Introducing the WYD Platform
This entry introduces a platform that utilizes Machine Learning (ML) algorithms from the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) to…
Customising Digital Tools for non-Western Materials: the Launch of the Redeveloped IDP Website
This is a guest post by Anastasia Pineschi, International Dunhuang Programme (IDP) Project Manager. Find out more at the end…
Far Cry 4: Deconstructing Hegemonic Narratives Through Games
The article discusses the use of video games as a tool to convey alternative histories and the representation of non-Western cultures in popular games, using “Far Cry 4” as an example.
Exploring Digitized Cultural Heritage Through Search Culture
Introduction As the digitization of cultural heritage progresses on both a local and a global level, the importance of digital…