In today’s digital age, where the amount of information generated and stored is overwhelming, the challenge of preserving and accessing it in an efficient and lasting manner arises. Persistent identifiers hold promise as a solution to address this challenge by providing a unique and enduring way to identify and access digital resources. They are…[Read more]

This is the final post of a series of 12 blog posts discussing 10 open problems in computational diversity linguistics.

This is the eleventh of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the typology of semantic promiscuity.

This is the tenth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the typology of sound change.

This is the ninth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the typology of semantic change.

This is the eighth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of statistical proof of language relatedness.

This is the seventh of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of simulating sound change.

This is the sixth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of simulating lexical change.

This is the fifth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of automatic phonological reconstruction.

This is the fourth of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of automatic sound law induction.

This is the third of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It discusses the problem of automatic borrowing detection.

This is the second of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It presents the problem of automatic morpheme segmentation.

This is the first of a series of 12 blog posts published in 2019, discussing open problems in computational diversity linguistics. It presents a list of 10 problems on computational diversity linguistics.

Call for Participation.
The Faculty of Arts, University of Calabar, Calabar Nigeria in conjunction with African Electronic Literature Alliance & African Diasporic Electronic Alliance (AELA&ADELI) organises The 3rd African Electronic Literature Alliance International Workshop Conference (AELAIWC2023)

Theme: Digital Humanities &…[Read more]

In 2023, a new museum opened in Tbilisi, at the Writer’s House of Georgia that previously house the Soviet Writers’ Union: The Museum of Repressed Writers. The museum honours the executed poets from Georgia’s Soviet past, poets whose identities Soviet authorities tried to destroy. This article examines the story the museum tells about Soviet l…[Read more]

This paper compares psychostasia and/or kerostasia concepts from Indo-European, Semitic and adjacent cultures, and relates them to Cognitive Metaphor Theory. In the context of metaphysical weighing, the religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome all associated lightness with goodness and/or a favourable outcome; Hinduism does likewise. The…[Read more]

This paper compares psychostasia and/or kerostasia concepts from Indo-European, Semitic and adjacent cultures, and relates them to Cognitive Metaphor Theory. In the context of metaphysical weighing, the religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome all associated lightness with goodness and/or a favourable outcome; Hinduism does likewise. The…[Read more]

This paper compares psychostasia and/or kerostasia concepts from Indo-European, Semitic and adjacent cultures, and relates them to Cognitive Metaphor Theory. In the context of metaphysical weighing, the religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome all associated lightness with goodness and/or a favourable outcome; Hinduism does likewise. The…[Read more]

Kongruenz, Sorge und Technologie. Tricks des Verschwindens: Dienstleistung als eine Kulturtechnik des Delegierens. #Syllabi und Schattenbibliotheken: Mittel der kollektiven Gestaltung. Eine durch das Wissen um ihre Werkzeuge und Quellen definierte Gemeinschaft werden.

The emergence of Judaism and Samaritanism in antiquity is closely linked to the process by which the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) became defined as the Torah of Moses.