KALiMaT. Keywords for the Study of the Arabic Literary and Manuscript Tradition

KALiMaT，阿拉伯语中的“单词”，是“阿拉伯文学和手稿传统研究关键词”（Kalimāt miftān iyya li-dirāsat al-ma āt wa-n-nu al-adabiyya ft-turāth al-arabāt）的首字母缩写，也是第一本阿拉伯语-英语双语在线生活手册的标题，该手册将以开放获取的方式出版。KALiMaT由短篇文章组成，动态地定义了前现代和早期现代文学传统的历史术语，即，在大规模印刷之前（1850年之前），考虑到阿拉伯语概念的多义性。这些术语属于文学领域，既作为教育实践，也作为物质实践，例如讲故事和作者的概念，通用术语，选集作品中反复描述的美德，诗歌标准和修辞格，以及描述复制和注释等活动的文本物质性领域的术语。每篇文章都涉及一个引理，提供分析和语境化，使历史术语易于理解。因此，KALiMaT提供了一个新的学术方法，前现代阿拉伯文学，直到现在大多仍然是解释和历史化的基础上，作者传记和西方影响的术语和分期。通过专注于从阿拉伯传统和西方和现代文学类别的批判性审查的概念分析，KaliMaT奠定了文学在历史背景下的意义细致入微的重新思考的基础。通过这样做，并通过编写一本活的手册，其中每一篇文章都以阿拉伯文和英文发表，该项目为最近的知识非殖民化努力作出了贡献。双语出版物由开源软件Open Encyclopedia System（OES，由柏林自由大学数字系统中心CeDiS提供）提供，该软件可以组织编辑工作流程，以及以不同语言和写作系统对短文进行优化编辑和增量出版。在OES的帮助下，KALiMaT将为全世界的学生和研究人员提供一个工作工具，包括其他语言传统的研究人员。此外，与生活手册相连的社区区域允许研究人员展示自己和他们的工作，并支持学术交流。整个平台以开放获取的方式发布，以确保广泛的协作、可见性和可访问性。

KALiMaT, Arabic for "words," is an acronym for "Key Words for the Study of the Arabic Literary and Manuscript Tradition" (Kalimāt miftāḥiyya li-dirāsat al-maḫṭūṭāt wa-n-nuṣūṣ al-adabiyya fī t-turāth al-ʿarabī) and the title of the first bilingual Arabic-English online living handbook, which will be published in open access. KALiMaT comprises short articles that dynamically define historical terms from the pre-modern and early modern literary tradition, i.e., prior to mass printing (before 1850), taking into account the polysemy of Arabic concepts. The terms belong to the field of literature as both an educational and material practice, such as concepts of storytelling and authorship, generic terms, virtues repeatedly depicted in anthological works, poetic standards, and rhetorical figures as well as terms from the field of textual materiality that describe activities such as copying and annotating. Each article addresses a lemma, providing analysis and contextualization that makes the historical term accessible. Thus, KALiMaT offers a new scholarly approach to pre-modern Arabic literature, which until now has mostly still been interpreted and historicized on the basis of author biographies and Western-influenced terminologies and periodization. By focusing on the analysis of concepts from the Arabic tradition and the critical examination of Western and modern literary categories, KALiMaT lays the foundation for a nuanced reconsideration of the meaning of literature in historical contexts. In so doing, and by creating a living handbook in which each article is published in both Arabic and English, this project contributes to recent efforts to decolonize knowledge. The bilingual publication is facilitated by the open source software Open Encyclopedia System (OES, provided by the Center for Digital Systems CeDiS at Freie Universität Berlin), which enables both the organization of editorial workflows as well as the optimal editing and incremental publication of short articles in different languages and writing systems. With the help of the OES, KALiMaT will provide a working tool for students and researchers worldwide, including researchers of other linguistic traditions. Besides, a community area connected to the living handbook allows researchers to present themselves and their work and additionally supports scholarly exchange. The entire platform is published in open access to ensure broad collaboration, visibility, and accessibility.