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An interactive map of 381 art pieces by Dr. Ho Chee Lick, comprising Chinese shrines of Buddhism, Taoism, popular religion and sectarian religions, churches, Hindu temples, Islamic mosques, Sikh temples, and others. http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/sg-places-worship/about-sg-places-worship
A comprehensive listing of Chinese Clan Associations in Singapore. Using Google Maps, these Associations have been mapped out for geographic exploration. http://libportal.nus.edu.sg/frontend/ms/sg-chinese-clans/about-sg-chinese-clans
The Contemporary Wayang Archive (CWA) is a collection of re-elaborations of Java’s oldest performance tradition. All of the performances were recorded in 21st century Java. This archive includes translations, notes and explanations of how the performances were received in their original context. http://www.cwa-web.org/cwa/index.php
Asian performance cultures interact with the idea of Shakespeare in richly diverse ways. The Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A|S|I|A) is building a multilingual online archive of up to 70 performances from East and Southeast Asia. The archive contains full-length videos with translated scripts, multilingual switching support, user annotation functions, and rich data on creators, art/forms, …
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The Singapore Chronicle, the first newspaper in Singapore, was first issued on 1 January 1824. Originally owned by publisher and editor, Francis James Bernard, and initially a commercial newspaper, it included official government notices and details of trade and shipping. The Mission Press printed the early newspaper editions, and subsequently, the Chronicle had its own …
This project aims to position Singapore as a major player in the Digital Humanities by building a comprehensive historical GIS in the field of Singapore Studies. This project will result in a highly innovative SHGIS website. This project innovates by combining Chinese and English archival sources into a searchable database, by combining and linking archival …
HistoInformatics2017 – the 4th International Workshop on Computational History will be held on 6 November, 2017 in conjunction with the 26th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2017), Singapore. Traditionally, historical research is based on the hermeneutic investigation of preserved records and artifacts to provide a reliable account of the past and …
Time: July 19-21, 2017 NUS iCube and Lecture Theatre 19 Free tutorials by internationally renowned Ed Tech speakers on 19 July! As data and analytics technologies transform education and the social sciences, we have an unprecedented opportunity to effect positive change in both these fields. To explore this opportunity, we are pleased to host our …
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5th May 2017, 2pm-6pm at NUS Central Library T1 Please register. Metadata in the Digital Humanities: Who’s Using What? 5th May 2017 (Friday), 2pm to 6pm NUS Central Library Level 4, Theatrette 1 (CLB 04-04) Open to public on a first-come-first-served basis, registration required CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NUS Libraries is pleased …
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Workshop at the National University of Singapore 12-14 August 2016 Workshop convened by Miguel Escobar Varela and John Phillips See the PDF with the full abstracts. This workshop was funded by the Singapore Ministry of Education, Grant Number FY2015-FRC3-004 and 013-t2-1-011. Digital records of artistic practices (such as recordings, prints, motion capture data, and 3-D models) …
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