DH Projects at Vanderbilt

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Architectura Sinica

May. 31, 2020—Architectura Sinica is a public, browser-based research portal for the study of China’s traditional architecture, with a particular focus on architecture of the Tang through Ming dynasties (618-1644 CE). The site currently consists of three portions: a dynamic site archive, a dictionary and thesaurus of traditional Chinese architectural terminology, and a bibliography of sources. As...

GeoPACHA

May. 5, 2020—The Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History, and Archaeology (GeoPACHA) is a geospatial platform for systematic archaeological survey over very large areas of Andean South America. Co-Edited by Steven Wernke (Vanderbilt University) and Parker VanValkenburgh (Brown University), GeoPACHA is designed to facilitate the identification of archaeological sites and features through “virtual survey” of satellite and...

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Linked Open Gazetteer of the Andean Region

May. 5, 2020—The Linked Open Gazetteer of the Andean Region (LOGAR) is a geographical index and map of colonial places relevant to Andean studies. Co-edited by Steven Wernke (Vanderbilt University) and Akira Saito (National Museum of Ethnology, Japan), LOGAR focuses on the towns established during the mass colonial resettlement program known as the Reducción General de Indios (General...

Slave Societies Digital Archive

Nov. 11, 2019—The Slave Societies Digital Archive was launched in 2005 and preserves the oldest serial records for the slave societies of the Americas.

Nashville Sites

Nov. 3, 2019—Nashville Sites is a major new program that focuses on incorporating scholarly research with historic sites in Nashville with delivery available on all devices: mobile, tablet, and desktop

Fort Negley Descendants Project

Oct. 28, 2019—The Fort Negley Descendants Project is a digital archive of oral histories from the descendants of the enslaved and free blacks who built and defended Nashville’s Civil War Fort Negley.

Photograph of seven African women wearing traditional dress and posing outside a brick building while holding instruments. Picture taken in Uganda.

Global Music Archive

Oct. 28, 2019—The Global Music Archive is a multi-media reference archive for traditional and popular song, music, and dance of Africa and the Americas.

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Les Congés Electronic Edition

Oct. 28, 2019—This project takes the form of an electronic of Jean Bodel's Les Congés.

Syriaca.org

Oct. 28, 2019—Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal is a digital project for the study of Syriac literature, culture, and history.

Robert Penn Warren’s “Who Speaks for the Negro?” An Archival Collection

Oct. 15, 2019—Who Speaks for the Negro? website is a digital archive of materials related to the book of the same name published by Robert Penn Warren in 1965. The original materials are held at the University of Kentucky and Yale University Libraries and digitized with the permission of the Warren estate. The archive consists of digitized versions...