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Multilingual DH in Focus by Joanne Bernardi

We would like to draw our community’s attention to a recent post on The Digital Orientalist blog by Joanne Bernardi, Professor of Japanese and Visual and Cultural Studies at the University of Rochester. Like the author, we view the growing presence of multilingual digital humanities (DH) at the Alliance of Digital Humanities Organizations (ADHO) annual conferences and beyond as a promising development. Through our partnership with ADHO’s Special Interest Group for Multilingual DH, we have facilitated discussions among scholars from diverse fields who face challenges in non-English DH. These efforts have not only raised awareness about multilingualism but also encouraged major organizations like ADHO and DARIAH to actively support it through concrete actions. Thus, at DH2024, Joanne Bernardi highlighted four projects based in Asia, ensuring their visibility through her volunteer efforts. Promoting such initiatives aligns with our mission, and we are grateful to scholars like Joanne Bernardi for advancing truly multilingual projects and discussions. More should be done, and Joanne Bernardi highlighted in her blog that simple measures, like fully hybrid conferences, which allow scholars of under-resourced languages to participate, must be applied systematically to guarantee inclusive multilingualism. We are on a good track and if you want to join us in our efforts, don’t hesitate to contact us.


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
Maroussia Bednarkiewicz (February 3, 2025). Multilingual DH in Focus by Joanne Bernardi. DARIAH Multilingual DH. Retrieved April 21, 2025 from https://multilingual.hypotheses.org/328


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