by ftainturier | Mar 13, 2019 | Field Note - Yangon, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description Although the site of Yangon (formerly Rangoon) emerged in very early times as a pilgrimage center and port along the trade routes of the Gulf of Bengal, it is really in the aftermath of the Annexation of Lower Burma under the British Indian authorities...
by tnpatton | Mar 12, 2019 | Field Note - Yangon, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description The hairs on the back of my neck stood on end when I came across these life-sized wax statues of these wizard-monks who lived in the early half of the 20th century. I had come to this temple complex to find magical diagrams that had been copied from 18th...
by Hedren Sum | Sep 20, 2018 | Field Note, Field Note - Hue, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description Visiting old Times Giac houses and a house from colonial time renovated by the French Senat with local guides… Geotagged Location Bao ving Embed Code display-frm-data id=1564 filter=limited entry_id=83 Copy to clipboard For signed-in users, copy and...
by simonsoon | Sep 2, 2018 | Penang, Malaysia, Photo(s) or Illustration(s), Textual Note
The Penang team 2018 field school kicked off with a series of site-based presentations by its team members. One of the first presentations fell to team member Lawrence Chua, who took us on a walking tour along what is known as the ‘millionaire row’ on...
by adrian.vickers | Jun 13, 2018 | Field Note, Field Note - Hue, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description We visited National Archives 1 (where the colonial archives are housed), and the three of us met with the director of the National Archives and her deputy, and they are very eager to collaborate with us. We saw the storage facilities of the Archives, which...
by adrian.vickers | May 15, 2018 | Field Note - Demo, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description Selection from my library of relevant material. See There are no views with that ID Keyword(s) Southeast Asia Geotagged Location A15, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia Embed Code [display-frm-data id=”1564″ filter=1 entry-id=46]Copy to...
