Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia
Description
In pre-modern religions in the geographical context of Asia we encounter unique scripts, number systems, calendars, and naming conventions. These can make Western-built technologies - even tools specifically developed for digital humanities - an ill fit to our needs. The present volume explores this struggle and the limitations and potential opportunities of applying a digital humanities approach to pre-modern Asian religions. The authors cover Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Shintoism with chapters categorized according to their focus on: 1) temples, 2) manuscripts, 3) texts, and 4) social media. Thus, the volume guides readers through specific methodologies and practical examples while also providing a critical reflection on the state of the field, pushing the interface between digital humanities and pre-modern Asian religions into new territory.
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- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- The Digital Humanities and the History of Religion in Asia: An Introduction
- Temples
- BulgyoLoc, a Geographical Approach to Korean Buddhism: From the Three Kingdoms Period to Current Koreas through Korean Buddhist Temples
- Rock-Carved Buddhist Images on Mt. P'algong: An Exploration of the Utility of GIS Analysis in Art Historical Research
- Manuscripts
- DREAMSEA Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia. A Multiple Religious and Cultural Digitization Experience
- Getting Ready for the CV Revolution
- The (Hyper)Text of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: Digital and Online Environments - Their Impact on Considerations on the Text, Its Reconstruction, and Its History
- Digital Orientalism? Philology, Digital Methodologies, and Reflections on the Study of Primary Sources to North Indian Religions
- Texts
- Peter Flügel The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities
- Daoist Immortals as a Poetic Image in the Tang Dynasty: A Corpus Study
- Missiology in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for the Study of Pre-Modern Christianity in Japan
- Social Media
- Gonojagoron Monchos of the 2013 Shahbag Protests in Bangladesh: "Religions" and Digital Media
- On Kami and Avatars: Social Media Literacy and Academics as Public Intellectuals
- Consuming Shinto, Feeding the Algorithm: Exploring the Impact of Social Media Software on Global Religious Aesthetic Formations
- Conclusion: Surprising Effects of the Digital Turn
- Subject index
