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Digital Prosopography of Ancient Egyptian Society Using LOD: The Persons and Names of Middle Kingdom and Early New Kingdom Database
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Digital Prosopography of Ancient Egyptian Society Using LOD: The Persons and Names of Middle Kingdom and Early New Kingdom Database

This is the English version of the Japanese article at Jimbun Jōhōgaku Geppō (『人文情報学月報』: Digital Humanities Monthly), 159 (1), titled…

So MiyagawaDecember 3, 2024
African Tech Inventions, Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation: A Historical Perspective
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African Tech Inventions, Inclusive AI and Digital Innovation: A Historical Perspective

This is a guest post by Anna Osterlow. See bio at the end of this post. When looking at current scholarly…

The Digital OrientalistOctober 15, 2024
Digitising the Archives of a Rural Radio in Mali: A Transnational Project
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Digitising the Archives of a Rural Radio in Mali: A Transnational Project

The Malian radio station in Kayes, close to the Senegalese border, was founded in 1988, as part of an Italian…

Anaïs WionOctober 4, 2024
The Consortium DISTAM (DIgital STudies Africa, Asia, Middle East): structuring DH in areal studies in France
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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…

Anaïs WionMay 28, 2024
A Postcard from the World of Print: Algeria’s Place in the Digital Humanities
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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…

Dr Elizabeth BishopMay 14, 2024
Digital Benin: bringing together scattered historic Benin objects
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Digital Benin: bringing together scattered historic Benin objects

The kingdom of Benin, in what is now central Nigeria, was a powerful African state from the Middle Ages until…

Anaïs WionJanuary 5, 2024
African LanguagesAfrican StudiesDH in GeneralDH in PracticeTheory

Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 2)

In the previous instalment of this interview, DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner Chao Tayiana Maina discussed how…

The Digital OrientalistDecember 5, 2023
African StudiesDH in GeneralDH in Practice

Situating Digital Heritage in Africa: An Interview with the DH Specialist and 2023 Dan David Prize Winner, Chao Tayiana Maina (Part 1)

(This is a guest post by Chandini Jaswal) Chao Tayiana Maina is a Kenyan historian and digital heritage specialist working…

The Digital OrientalistDecember 1, 2023
Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
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Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script

The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries…

Anaïs WionOctober 20, 2023
The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
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The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools

Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely…

Orestis GeorgalasOctober 10, 2023

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