Library Catalog
Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia : An Introduction / ed. by L.W.C. van Lit, James Harry Morris.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Introductions to Digital Humanities – Religion ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 332 p.)Content type:
Media type:
Carrier type:
ISBN:
  • 9783110747256
  • 9783110747751
  • 9783110747607
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.483
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- 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
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9783110747607

Frontmatter -- 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

restricted access online access with authorization star

http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec

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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2024)