by pagnaserey | May 21, 2019 | Field Note - Yangon
This collage circulates the question of capacity and relationship between ecological, social and economic dynamic. Capacity is the ability to absorb the maximum of flow of different information, materials and people in the city and environment. It, more precisely, is...
by Roger Nelson | May 21, 2019 | Field Note - Yangon, Photo(s) or Illustration(s)
Description One of the nicest experiences of any research, for me, is being distracted by chance discoveries. These may not relate directly to the main project or topic of investigation, but often point to exciting rabbit-holes and tangents. This image comes from a...
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...
