Buddhism and AI: Another Look
In recent months, I have come to identify as a neo-Luddite or, as a colleague said in jest, “a technophobe…
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Loss by Omission: GenAI Summarization Tools and History Knowledge
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools become ubiquitous in our society, AI functions are more accessible and visible. When you use…
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An Overview of Digital Tools and Resources for East Asian Studies Reviewed by The Digital Orientalist Members
Since its founding in 2013, The Digital Orientalist has grown from a research blog by Cornelis van Lit to an…
Beyond Rows and Columns: Visualising Data with RAWGraphs
One of the biggest challenges of working with large (and often incomplete) collections of data lies in how best to…
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,…
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.
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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…
Digital Architecture in Dunhuang—and beyond: an interview with Dr Zhenru Zhou
In this post, I continue my exploration of digital reconstructions in Asian art historical practice. I virtually sat down for…
Ladakh Archaeology: Introduction and Review
In January 2023, Ladakh Archaeology was launched. This is to date the largest database on the heritage of Ladakh, located…
Procreate and the power of visualization tools
Reconstruction has always been part of the practice of art historians, archaeologists, and artists. Even as far back as the…