ASCDC’s main mission is to assist the digital turn in humanities research. We carry out structured compilation and organization of text and images accumulated from different civilizations and historical periods. In addition, we research and develop nimble tools to enable researchers to more effectively synthesize and analyze diverse large quantities of text and images, thereby expanding new and groundbreaking research topics in the humanities field. 

Connecting local societies with digital contents and research, as well as interacting on an equal footing with international scholarship, are further challenges that ASCDC is actively engaging with. Under these premises, the Open Museum platform was launched at the end of 2018, utilizing open licensing methods in order to transform academic content, integrate digital collections, and allow cooperating institutions to use the various presentation tools and modules developed by ASCDC to curate multidimensional digital exhibits. The Open Museum serves as a platform to translate and showcase research, enabling the general public to come into broader contact with scholarship, and aiding the popularization of science and knowledge in society. 

This year, the Academia Sinica "Digital Archives and Digital Humanities Research Project" will hold its Research Expo online for the first time, using the Open Museum to showcase its research results. This year's Research Expo gathers 13 subprojects and special projects under ASCDC, putting forth 13 themed curations and 19 exhibits. Its scope spans across Taiwan and China, with time periods from prehistory to modern day, and covers topics including religion, folk belief, historiography, philology, archaeology, biology, geographic information science, social networks, and information science.  

With a simple click or press of a finger, you're invited to roam through the Open Museum and enjoy this digital feast! 

Subprojects and special projects in the Digital Expo:

1. The Institute of History and Philology’s Project to Digitally Innovate Academic Settings
   
2. The Program for Digital Archives of Geographic Information and Development of Spatial Humanities
3. Postwar Rural Demobilization and Resources Reorganization
4. Taiwan Historical Archives Digitization & Value-Adding Project – Centered on the Passport Issuance by the Taiwan Government-General During Japanese Rule
5. Digital Humanities and Taiwan Elites Study: Case Study of the ITH Archives
6. Digital Research on the Image of the Periphery During Wei-Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties (Year One)
7. Taiwan Popular Religion Digital Audio & Video Platform Project (IV)
8. Information Extraction for Ancient Chinese (IV)
9. Biodiversity Digital Museum: Dr. Ching-I Peng's Legacy of Biodiversity Research – Research on Taiwanese and Chinese Begonia Species
10. "Wooden Slips Character Dictionary" Development Project – An Exploration of the Structure and Technology of Open Source Database (Year Two)
11. 3D Projection Project of a Shang Figure: Daji
12. GIS for Religious Landscape in Taiwan (GISRL)
13. Xiaoxuetang Wenzixue Database

Photo credit:

Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage | Li Kai-xiang

King's Tribute at Cifu Temple, Qieding District | Xu Ping-zhu

King's Tribute at Cifu Temple, Qieding District | Xu Ping-zhu

Begonia pinglinensis C. I Peng | Herbarium, Biodiversity Research Museum, Academia Sinica (HAST)

Begonia austrotaiwanensis Y. K. Chen & C. I Peng | Herbarium, Biodiversity Research Museum, Academia Sinica (HAST)

Begonia wangii T. T. Yü | Herbarium, Biodiversity Research Museum, Academia Sinica (HAST)

Standing Owl | Academia Sinica Institute of History and Philology

Hu Flask with Standing Bird and Flower of Eight Petals | Academia Sinica Institute of History and Philology

Nandan (南單) inscription | Xiaoxuetang Bronze Clan Inscription Database

Xidanhuo (西單獲) inscription | Xiaoxuetang Bronze Clan Inscription Database 

Juyazhi (舉亞𫇏) inscription inscription | Xiaoxuetang Bronze Clan Inscription Database