MapHub: A Brief Tutorial
MapHub allows users to make either thematic or regional maps using Geographic Information Systems as an interactive map. It provides…
Category: Ottoman Studies
Voxel Art in the Classroom
For my first post exploring digital methods in the classroom, I will introduce Voxel Art and how I have utilized…
Re-thinking University Curricula for Ottoman Studies and Digital Humanities
Good examples of and projects about the opportunities created by digital humanities in Ottoman Studies are increasing day by day.…
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Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”
The new portal ‘Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions’ provides metadata of oriental manuscripts from more than 25 collections in Germany. I…
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) for Ottoman Studies
The “Text Encoding Initiative” (TEI) offers the most comprehensive guide to the computerized coding of texts in the humanities field…
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,…
Innovative Designs on Ottoman Turkish Search Engines: Wikilala and Muteferriqa
Every humanities researcher dreams of finding keywords in archival documents quickly and easily. Thanks to OCR technology, we have realized…
Digital Ottoman Studies: A New Force in Ottoman and Turkish Studies
In early 2021, a new platform, Digital Ottoman Studies (DOS), was established with the aim of contributing to digital humanities…
StoryMaps: A Brief Tutorial
In a previous post, I explained how to build a simple map from scratch with ArcGIS Online. This tutorial introduces another…
Deciphering Ottoman Turkish Manuscripts with LexiQamus
Sometimes it takes days or even weeks to be able to read and decipher a word in manuscripts. This problem,…