The Digital Orientalist

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my new post for the @digitalorientalist.bsky.social is out! A simple intro to the 敦煌文化 resources - a very handy database with plenty of information and media about the Dunhuang manuscripts, and more!

The DO is the only open-access magazine that covers developments and topics in the #DH worlds of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern fields. It is run by a team of dedicated scholars, librarians, and students, who bring you useful tips and new studies.

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@madpoli.bsky.social has been with the #DO since 2020, writing primarily about online resources and tools that can help you streamline your work with premodern Chinese manuscripts

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Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.

#newpost! @madpoli.bsky.social introduces the Dunhuang Culture Database, an online repository of books, scans, images, and videos that can complement the well-known International Dunhuang Project.

A handy resource to access to this wealth of material.

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Trustworthy, Freely Available Primary Sources for Biblical Studies Though laity and scholars of other disciplines may not know them, most scholars involved in biblical studies will probably be familiar with some kind of software for engaging the primary sources, i…

#OTD 5 yrs ago: Jonathan Robker writes about online sources for critical editions of biblical texts besides Accordance, BibleWorks, and Logos.

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Are you working on #DH in the fields of Asian, N. African and Middle Eastern studies? Send us your notes, intro pieces and more. All info on our website, digitalorientalist.com.

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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 and archaeology of Gandhāra.1 Produced between the 1st c. BCE and the 5th c. CE, …

#OTD 1 yr ago: Alice Casalini @UChicago introduces DIGA, the created with the intention of digitizing artifacts from Gandhāra scattered all around the world.

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Breaking language barriers in historical newspaper research! 2 new AI-powered features in the #CrossAsia Newspaper Explorer to explore
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This week, Emma Donington explores the #digital storytelling facilitated by #digitizing the Royal Botanic #Gardens’ collections. The article examines digitised Japanese specimens and showcases Kew’s database platforms, digitisation techniques, and digital collections now public!

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Quantitative Scholarship as “Low Tech” Digital Humanities This is a guest post by Ruth Mostern, University of Pittsburgh@ruthmostern Like all terms for disciplines and methodologies, the digital humanities, a label that has been in use since the early yea…

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A guest post by @rmostern.bsky.social on the integration of #digitalhumanities in one's research

"What does it mean to assert that a project represents scholarship in the digital humanities?"
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How can we map the journeys of #Sindhi books? 📖

Soni Wadhwa introduces Sindhi Sanchaya - a project collecting and curating metadata from scattered libraries, private collections, and #digital #archives, bringing them together in a single searchable resource.

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#tbt to a piece by Chris Diamond, contributor for #DH in Indian literature and culture

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Diamond and colleagues did one on the topic of digital repatriation. Here, he details the steps behind this work👇

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Resources for Kanjur and Tanjur Studies: Introduction and Review The Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies (rKTs) is an open-access digital platform that is currently the largest database of Tibetan canonical literature. Developed by the Tibetan Manuscript P…

#tbt to a post on little-known resources by our own editor in chief, Rachael Griffiths!

"Resources for Kanjur and Tanjur Studies: Introduction and Review"

The largest database for #tibetan lit.
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Today Brian Tsz Ho Wong (@edinburghuni) completes his series on the NDLJP Full-Text Search System using the system to identify different locations visited by politicians in the 1940s.

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Exhibiting the Ancient Silk Roads Virtually The term “ancient Silk Roads” conventionally refers to the historical networks of trade routes spanning West, East, Central, and South Asia, connecting with the Mediterranean World. How…

#OTD a post by Agnes Sung back in 2023! An introduction to online resources to travel along the Silk Road entirely from the comfort of your couch.

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#newpost! By guest contributor Andrew Chittick. A description of his latest project Maritime #Asia in the Third Century CE, using the #ESRI #StoryMap

#Maritimestudies #Vietnam #SoutheastAsia, #India, #MiddleEast #DHinpractice #DHtools

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