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 51 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 51 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... Read more

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

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.