We are happy to report that last week we had the opportunity to introduce the JVMG project as part of Professor Jaqueline Berndt’s BA Thesis Course at the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Stockholm University. The first part of the class revolved around the problem of what is digital humanities and how does … Continue reading "Introduction to Digital Humanities for Japanese Studies with the Japanese Visual Media Graph project at Stockholm University"
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