1st Edition

Intelligent Computing for Cultural Heritage Global Achievements and China's Innovations

Edited By Xiaoguang Wang, Marcia Lei Zeng, Jin Gao, Ke Zhao Copyright 2025
    280 Pages 39 Color & 12 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book offers a global perspective on the latest advancements and trends in digital humanities and intelligent computing of cultural heritage, covering both academic research and case studies within cultural institutions.

    This edited volume brings together views and practices from different regions, including Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia. It offers innovative approaches and case studies related to humanities data and digital methods, with a focus on digital humanities research and pedagogy and cultural heritage organisation and preservation, in particular the development of digital knowledge repositories and methods for digital intelligence in cultural heritage. Each case study highlights unique cultural characteristics and academic histories, resulting in diverse development priorities and thematic directions. However, this diversity can also lead to imbalances and isolation within the field. To gain a better understanding of the complex trends in the development of the digital humanities, this book offers valuable insights from case studies and research practices, showcasing global contributions from scholars and institutions.

    This title will appeal to scholars and students of digital humanities and information science, particularly those studying heritage management and intelligent computing. Professionals working at the intersection of technology and cultural heritage will also find this book of great interest.

    The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

    Part I. Global Creative Approaches

    1. Toward an Open Humanities Data: Current States, Challenges, and Cases

    Rongqian Ma

    2. Data Modeling for Digital Archiving of Intangible and Experiential Entities

    Shigeo Sugimoto and Chiranthi Wijesundara

    3. Military History on the Semantic Web: Lessons Learned from Developing Three In-use Linked Open Data Services and Semantic Portals for Digital Humanities

    Eero Hyvönen

    4. Identifying Main Topics of Digital Humanities Courses Across Countries: A Topic Modelling BERTopic Technique

    Ying-Hsang Liu and Anton Anikin

    5. Empowering Global Engagement: The Development of Digital Humanities Research and Pedagogy at UCL

    Jin Gao, Adam Crymble, Simon Mahony, Steven Gray and Claire Warwick

    6. Digitalisation-preparedness of Cultural Heritage Institutions: To What Extent is Africa Ready?

    Joseph Kiplang’at and Humphrey Keah

    Part II. Innovative Practices in China

    7. Digitising Cultural Heritage in Hong Kong: An Overview

    Jeremy Tzi Dong Ng and Xiao Hu

    8. Digital Memory Construction for Cultural Heritage: Methodology and Applications in China

    Huiling Feng, Linqing Ma, Tianjiao Qi and Wenhong Zhou

    9. China's Exploration and Experience in Digital Twinning of Tangible Cultural Heritage

    Yi Su, Ziqi Zhou, Liang Zhao and Yujue Wang

    10. Digital Deduction Theatre: An Experimental Methodological Framework for the Digital Intelligence Revitalisation of Cultural Heritage

    Xiaoguang Wang, Ke Zhao, Qi Zhang and Chengyong Liu

    11. Combining Ontology and Nanopublication Models to Reconstruct Digital Commentaries on Ancient Chinese Books

    Mengjuan Weng, Xiaoguang Wang, Jueying Lei and Xilong Hou

    Mengjuan Weng, Xiaoguang Wang, Jueying Lei, Xilong Hou

    Biography

    Xiaoguang Wang is Professor and Vice Dean of the School of Information Management and Executive Vice Dean of the Big Data Institute, Director of the Intellectual Computing Laboratory for Cultural Heritage, and Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities at Wuhan University, China. His research interests are digital asset management, knowledge organisation, semantic publishing, and digital humanities.

    Marcia Lei Zeng is Professor of Information Science at Kent State University (USA), with a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh (USA). Her research interests include knowledge organisation systems, metadata, semantic technologies, and digital humanities.

    Jin Gao is Lecturer in Digital Archives at University College London, UK, and Research Fellow at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Gao’s research interests focus on Digital Humanities history, network analysis, and digital cultural heritage.

    Ke Zhao is a PhD researcher in Publishing Science at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University, China. Her research interests include digital humanities, digital publishing, digital storytelling, and human-centred design.