From Bonn to Berlin: The Journey of Tibetan Digital Archives (CrossAsia Series Part 3)
Image taken from DTAB CrossAsia In the third and final part of the series, we present one of CrossAsia’s database…
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Medieval Georgian Manuscripts of Shahnameh Translations with Miniatures at the National Centre of Manuscripts of Georgia (“Rostomiani”)
This is a post by Helen Giunashvili | George Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies/Ilia State University The Georgian manuscript tradition and book…
The DiGA Project—Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts – Part 2
In my last post, I discussed the DiGA project with two of its members – Dr Jessie Pons, project leader,…
Aozora Bunko: Notes on Usage
This article was co-authored by guest contributors Raúl Cervera Álvarez (Universitat de Barcelona) and Celia Gonzalez Diaz (Universitat Autonoma de…
An Intertextual Heatmap: Tantra of the Sun’s Reception in 14th century Tibet
How do you map 14th-century Buddhist intertextuality? Stanford scholar Elaine Lai shares how she created a digital heatmap to visualize textual connections between the “Tantra of the Sun” and its commentaries, offering new insights into citation patterns and textual authority.
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…
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The DiGA Project—Digitization of Gandhāran Artefacts: An Interview with Jessie Pons and Cristiano Moscatelli (Part 1)
In the field of Buddhist art, recent years have seen more and more digitization projects that center around the art…
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…
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…
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…