tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190814532024-02-08T21:23:47.332+11:00Tibetan Studies Resources Blogselected and edited by Dr T. Matthew Ciolek
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<a href="http://coombs.anu.edu.au">coombs.anu.edu.au</a> and
<a href="http://www.ciolek.com">www.ciolek.com</a>
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A collection of online resources of use to the Tibetan Studies research.
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This site is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-84016636498254674602010-12-13T11:54:00.000+11:002010-12-13T11:55:12.135+11:00Digital Himalaya Project<u><a href="http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/">http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/ </a></u><font size="-1"><br />13 Dec 2010 <br /> <br />Dept of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"A project to develop digital collection, storage and distribution strategies for multimedia anthropological information from the Himalayan region. <br />The Digital Himalaya project was designed by Alan Macfarlane and Mark Turin as a strategy for archiving and making available ethnographic materials from the Himalayan region. Based at the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, the project was established in December 2000. From 2002 to 2005, the project moved to the Department of Anthropology at Cornell University and began its collaboration with the University of Virginia. As of 2009, Digital Himalaya is back in Cambridge. [...] All material on this site is available for non-commercial use under Creative Commons licence." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />COLLECTIONS <br />* Census of Nepal (2001); <br />* Christoph von Fuerer-Haimendorf film collection ([four videoclips] # Excerpts from an interview with Fuerer-Haimendorf, conducted in Cambridge by Professor Alan Macfarlane in 1987. # Excerpt from 'The Land of the Gurkhas,' filmed in Nepal by Fuerer-Haimendorf in 1957. # Excerpts from Fuerer-Haimendorf's Arunachal Pradesh footage fillmed in 1944 and 1945. # Excerpt from 'Among the Sherpas,' filmed in Nepal by Fuerer-Haimendorf in 1971); <br />* Films ("Digital Himalaya is presently expanding its online collections to include contemporary film and video. Our first such collections are trailers from the films 'The Angel of the Aboriginals', 'The Way of the Road', 'Returned: Child Soldiers of Nepal's Maoist Army', 'Journey from Zanskar', 'Shining Spirit Project', 'I Will Find You, Punam' and the 'Journey of a Red Fridge', and full viewing copies of the Lepcha film 'Tendong Lho Rum Faat', 'Glance of Genius: The Life and Work of B.H Hodgson', 'The Hidden Treasure of Bön', the Minhe Mangghuer Torch Festival, images from Danba, the Alama Ritual and the Wutu Collection."); <br />* Journals (Scanned copies of: # Ancient Nepal, # Adarsa, # The Bhutan Review, # Bulletin of Tibetology, # Center for Constitutional Dialogue, # Contributions to Nepalese Studies, # Carter Center, # Crisis Group, # European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, # Gochali, # Himal, # Himal Southasian, # Himalayan Journal of Sciences, # International IDEA, # Journal of Bhutan Studies, # Journal of Newar Studies, # Journal of the Tibet Society, # Kailash, # Martin Chautari Policy Briefs, # Midweek, # Mother Tongue Pipal Pustak, # Mulyankan, # Nation Weekly, # Nepalese Linguistics, # Nepali Aawaz, # Nepali Times, # Newsfront, # Occasional Papers in Sociology and Anthropology, # Ogmios, # Peace and Democracy in South Asia, # Purnima, # Read, # Regmi Research Series, # Revue d'Etudes Tibetaines, # Samaya, # Saptahik, # Sharada, # Shikshak); <br />* Maps (Himalayan Maps, Nepal Maps, Himalayan Atlas, Great Himalayan Trail Dolpo Map, Great Himalayan Trail Route Map of Nepal); <br />* Music ("Our first music and audio collections include songs from Laya, Bhutan; Thangmi songs from Nepal; Yari Aso's songs, the Mangghuer Folktale Literature, and songs from Gcig sgril County, from Qinghai Province; the Jizong and Minyak collections from Sichuan and songs from Tha Rgyas in Tibet."); <br />* Naga Videodisk ["ethnographic material about the Naga ethnic groups living in the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh districts of India and parts of Burma. Approximately 30 minutes of moving film, some sound, seven thousand black and white photographs, 1200 photographs of artefacts were made available. There were also over six thousand pages of text from published works and unpublished diaries, fieldnotes, tour diaries and other materials."]; <br />* Rare Books and Manuscripts (over 50 documents and publications, in PDF format, incl: #Tibetan-English Folktales - Edited by Tshe dbang rdo rje, Allie Thomas, Kevin Stuart, dPal ldan bKra shis and 'Gyur med rgya mtsho (281 pages); # Tibetan-English-Tibetan Dictionary - By Huadan Zhaxi, Kevin Stuart, Rinchen Dorji, Gesang Norbu, Dorji Zhaxi, Rinchen Khar, Gongbu Caireng, and Sandra Benson, 2007.; # Where the gods are mountains: Three years among the people of the Himalayas - By Rene de Nebesky-Wojkowitz, Published 1957 by Reynal in New York. (280 pages); # The Women of Baragaon - By Sidney Schuler, The Status Of Women In Nepal Volume II, Part 5, 1981 (first printing) (185 pages)); <br />* Thak Archive ["a multimedia archive of ethnographic records collected from 1969 to the present by Alan Macfarlane and Sarah Harrison in the Gurung village of Thak, located in central Nepal."]; <br />* Thangmi Archive ['a collection of photographs, films, linguistic data, field notes, newspaper clippings, audio files, and other data about the Thangmi ethnic group of northeastern Nepal. Long overlooked by scholars, politicians, and development workers alike, the Thangmi remain one of the least known ethnic groups of Nepal."]; <br />* Frederick Williamson ["Frederick Williamson was a British Political Officer stationed in Sikkim, Bhutan, and Tibet in the 1930s. He was also an ardent photographer. Between December 1930-August 1935, he and his wife, Margaret Williamson, shot approximately 1700 photographs throughout the Himalayan region."; <br />* Wutu Collection ["The wutu ritual is an exorcism ritual held during winter by the Monguor (Tu) people of Gnyan thog Village (Tongren County, Huangnan Prefecture, Qinghai Province, China). These eighteen short films, shot by Zhu Yonzhong in 1996 and edited by Gerald Roche, show the ritual process step-by-step."]. <br /><br />ABOUT THE PROJECT <br />* Overview; <br />* Project team (Core Members, Advisory Board, Trustees); <br />* Publications [free online access] (# 'Digitizing and Distributing Visual Footage from the Himalayas', in Nepali Aawaz, 07 December, 2006; Volume 2, Number 19, p. 21., # 'A regional ethnographic archive in the digital age', in NOW! Daily, Gangtok, Sikkim, Wednesday, 01 November, 2006; Volume 5, Number 255, p. 2., # 'A regional ethnographic archive in the digital age (continued)', in NOW! Daily, Gangtok, Sikkim, Thursday, 02 November, 2006; Volume 5, Number 256, p. 2., # 'Digitizing and distributing visual footage from the Himalayas', in SnowLion Newsletter, Volume 17, No. 2, p. 23. # 'Digitizing and distributing visual resources from the Himalayas', in South Asia Newsletter: A Publication of Cornell University's South Asia Program, Spring 2003, # 'Returning Footage to the Himalayas' in Viewfinder, the magazine of the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC), # Sara Shneiderman's account of returning to Lubra in Mustang with a DVD of Haimendorf's 1962 film of the village., # 'Haimendorf's laptop: An ethnographic archive in the digital age', in IIAS Newsletter, No. 26, November 2001, p. 20. # 'Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age', in European Bulletin of Himalayan Research (EHBR), Issue 20-1, pp.136-141., # 'Digital Himalaya', in Interachive: Archival Practices and Sites in the Contemporary Art Field, Koeln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter Koenig, pp. 359-361. [ISBN 3-88375-540-0]); <br />* Technologies (Design and Coding of the Digital Himalaya website, Slide and Negative Scanning, Video Tape, 8mm and 16mm film, Video and Audio Compression Online); <br />* Support; <br />* Register; <br />* Contact us; <br />* News; <br />* Links (Anthropology, Himalayan/Tibetan/Central Asian Area Studies, Digitisation of Cultural Resources). <br /><br />URL http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/ <br /><br />Internet Archive: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/<br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Documents / Study / News / Links / Corporate Info. <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Academic <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essential<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-36415997164109135202010-09-16T15:55:00.001+10:002010-09-16T16:11:35.972+10:00Dzongkha Development Commission (DDC), Bhutan<u><a href="http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.html">http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.html</a></u><br />16 Sep 2010 <br /> <br />Dzongkha Development Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"The Dzongkha Development Commission is the leading institute in the country for the advancement of Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. It is an independent organisation established by the Fourth King of Bhutan, His Majesty the King Jigme Singye Wangchuk, in 1986. <br />To preserve and promote the use of Dzongkha, the office carries out planning for the implementation of Dzongkha through the education system and public service of the country as well as codification and elaboration of the language. Codification essentially takes the form of writing grammars, dictionaries, and orthographical rules, etc. in order to standardize the language. Elaboration or functional development includes terminological modernisation and the coining of new words as required. <br />The office is also continually dedicated to developing standards based support and increased functionality for Dzongkha on all popular computing platforms. The most widely used computing system for Dzongkha is the Unicode based system developed and delivered by this office, which works well on all recent versions of the MS Windows, Linux, & Apple OSX operating systems; on the Internet and in applications such as OpenOffice, Microsoft Office and Adobe's InDesign. In future we hope to develop support for Dzongkha on mobile computing and communications devices." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Introduction (Background, Missions & Objectives, Plans & Policies, Strategies, DDC Staff); <br />* Commission; <br />* Reference Material (Dzongkha Dictionaries, Dzongkha Grammar, Other Reference Material); <br />* Research (Research & Archive Section, Lexicography Section, Promotion & Dissemination Section); <br />* Literary (Literary Section, Translation & Editorial Section, Design & Publication Section); <br />* IT (# Instructions for Installation of Dzongkha Unicode [MS Windows 7 and Windows Vista, MS Windows XP, Apple Macintosh OSX, Linux], # Instructions for Configuring Applications [Open Office, Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2007, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer]; # Download Dzongkha Unicode Files [Dzongkha Fonts, Dzongkha Locale (for Windows 7 & Vista), Dzongkha Keyboard for Windows (all versions), Dzongkha Keyboard Layout Diagram - pdf format, Update Uniscribe (for Windows XP only), Dzongkha Templates for OpenOffice, Dzongkha Templates for Word]); <br />* Publications (Recent Publications [incl. Dawai Ozer. 2009. A Dzongkha Spelling Guide for Beginners, ISBN 978-99936663127], List of Publications 1998-2010); <br />* News (News, Announcements); <br />* Online Dzongkha Dictionary [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionary.php]; <br />* Online Dzongkha-English Dictionary [http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/online/dictionaries/dz-en-dict/index.html#English]; <br />* Links [incl. The National Library & Archives of Bhutan]; <br />* Contact. <br /><br />[A bi-lingual (BT,EN) site - ed.] <br /><br />URL http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt/index.en.html<br /> <br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.dzongkha.gov.bt <br /><br />Link reported by: Christopher Fynn (chris.fynn--at--gmail.com)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate info. / Study / News / Online Guide <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Government <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essential <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-86613648143553778292010-07-02T14:47:00.000+10:002010-07-02T14:48:42.276+10:00The Tibetan Political Review (TPR) E-journal<u><a href="http://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/">http://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/</a></u><font size="-1"><br />02 Jul 2010 <br /> <br />sites.google.com, USA. <br /><br />Supplied note: <br />"24 June 2010 -- A unique new online journal, The Tibetan Political Review (TPR), has been launched at www.TibetanPoliticalReview.org. At a time when Tibetans are beginning to choose their next Kalon Tripa (Prime Minister), this journal aims to advance constructive discussion of the important political issues facing the Tibetan nation. <br />The Tibetan people are confronting a series of critical issues including the Kalon Tripa election, improving democratization, independence versus autonomy, and visions for the future of Tibet. TPR is an attempt to create a forum where these issues can be subjected to reasoned, analytical, and unhampered discussion. <br />The journal's current featured issue is the Kalon Tripa election. TPR sets out all the nominated candidates for Kalon Tripa and their available policy positions, provides editorials and an open forum for public commentary, and offers a chance for the candidates to respond. The journal's only rule is that unfounded personal attacks are not permitted. <br />The journal's goal is to ensure that political debates are about issues, not personalities. The Editorial Board members do not hold themselves out as any sort of "experts" but simply as Tibetans who hope to contribute to the national discussion and who invite all other Tibetans to join them. <br />TPR is founded and run by an Editorial Board consisting of Wangchuk Deden Shakabpa II, Nima R.T. Binara, Bhuchung D. Sonam, and Tenzin Wangyal. - ts." <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"An online journal dedicated to constructive discussion of the important political issues facing the Tibetan Nation." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* About This Journal <br />* ISSUE: Democratization <br />* ISSUE: Kalon Tripa Election <br />* ISSUE: Rangzen & Middle Path <br />* ISSUE: The Future Tibet <br />* Letters to the Editor <br />* Recent Articles: Democratization (# Chinese Nitpicking on Tibetan Democracy - By Dhundup Gyalpo, 21 June 2010; # Improving Elections, Improving Democracy - By Nima R.T. Binara, 9 April 2010); <br />* Recent Articles: The Future Tibet (# Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part III) - By Tsewang Namgyal, Jun 28, 2010; # Foundations for a Modern Tibet (Part II) - By Tsewang Namgyal, Jun 29, 2010); <br />* Recent Articles: Rangzen & Middle Path (# Independence as Tibet's Only Option: Why the "Middle Path" is a Dead End - By Ketsun Lobsang Dondup, Jun 29, 2010).<br />* Join the discussion. <br /><br />URL http://sites.google.com/site/tibetanpoliticalreview/<br /> <br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] <br /><br />Link reported by: Tsoltim Shakabpa (shakabpa--at--verizon.net)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Study/News <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />NGO <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-32065014182894144752010-02-19T13:02:00.000+11:002010-02-19T13:03:02.545+11:00Tibet - American Geographical Society Library<u><a href="http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/tibet/index.cfm">http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/tibet/index.cfm</a></u><br />18 Feb 2010 <br /> <br />University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Milwaukee, WI, US <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"This digital collection presents a selection of historical maps and photographs of Tibet from the holdings of the American Geographical Society (AGS) Library. The collection consists of 1,090 images. It includes a unique set of 50 photographs of central Tibet and Lhasa taken by two Mongolian Buddhists, G. Ts. Tsybikoff and Ovshe Norzunoff, who visited Tibet in 1900 and 1901. The photographs represent the first photographic images of Potala Palace in Lhasa and other Tibetan monasteries. In addition, over 1,000 images of Tibet have been drawn from the extensive photographic collection of Harrison Forman. Photojournalist and explorer, Forman undertook three expeditions to remote areas of northern Tibet between 1932 and 1937. The photographic collection is supplemented by four plans of the city of Lhasa and six historical maps of Tibet selected from the map collection of the American Geographical Society Library." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* About (# Scope and Content (1900-1901 Central Tibet, 1932-1937 Northern Tibet), # The Digital Project, # Credits, # Copyright and Permissions, # Contact Information); <br />* Browse (# Browse all 1090 items, incl. 1878 A-K's Plan of Lhasa, 1885 Map illustrating the explorations of Pundit A-- K-- in Great Tibet, 1879-1882, 1891 Rockhill's Plan of Lhasa, 1891 View of Lhasa, 1900-1901 Cutting stone at the sacred Phabongka cemetery, 1900-1901 Gadan monastery, 1900-1901 Gyantse Jong (Gyangze), general view of town, 1900-1901 Hermitage in Gechen, 1900-1901 Kichu river west of Lhasa, 1900-1901 Lhasa street during the Tsog Chod festival, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Amban's yamen (residence of Chinese official) from SE, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Bar Chorten, the Western Gate or Pargo Kaling gateway, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Chagpori (iron mountain) from SE, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Chja shi tan, fortified Chinese camp, 1900-1901 Lhasa, Depung monastery [...]; <br /># Browse collections: 1900-1901 Central Tibet and Lhasa 1932-1937 Northern Tibet Maps & Plans <br /># Browse cities: Chengde (Jehol), Gyangze (Gyantse Jong), Lhasa, Xiahe (Labrang), Zetang (Tsetan); <br /># Browse provinces: Gansu, Hebei, Qinghai); <br /># Browse [all 240] subjects: Actors, Altars, Amulets, Animals, Archaeological sites, Architectural decorations, [...] Goldwork, Grains, Guards, Guides & Scouts, Hair, Hair ornaments, [...] Votive offerings, Vultures, Warriors, Water, Wheels, Wind instruments, Women, Wood carving, Wool, Writing systems, Yokes); <br />* Search Collection & Advanced Search <br />* Other AGSL Collections (Afghanistan [http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/afghan/index.cfm], AGSL Digital Map Collection [http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/afghan/index.cfm], AGSL Digital Photo Archives [Asia and Middle East http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/agsphoto/index.cfm], Cities Around the World, Georgia & Russia [1929-1933 http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/georgia/index.cfm], Transportation Around the World). <br /><br />URL http://www4.uwm.edu/libraries/digilib/tibet/index.cfm <br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]<br /> <br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Library <br />* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful<br /> - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-25361020106791914842010-02-11T16:13:00.001+11:002010-02-11T16:20:43.815+11:00Daniel Winkler [medicinal plants & mushrooms of] Tibet<u><a href="http://www.danielwinkler.com/">http://www.danielwinkler.com/</a></u><br /><font size="-1"><br /><br />11 Feb 2010 <br /> <br />www.danielwinkler.com, Kirkland, WA, US <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"Daniel Winkler's Web Site - Welcome to Eco-montane Consulting: Environmental Consulting for the Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China and the Himalayas Environment, forests, medicinal plants & mushrooms and rural development in High Asia." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Photo Essays (Sersha - Floccularia luteovirens, Yartsa Gunbu Cordyceps, Matsutake, Morels, Other Tibetan Fungi, Medicinal Plants, Wildflowers, Mountain Forests, Mushrooming [in general], Forestry, Nomads, People, Stupas, Temples, Villages, Plateau Wildlife, Reforestation Nurseries, Hot Springs, Jiuzhaigou Dzitsa Degu, Modernization [in Tibet]) <br />* Publications ([Papers for downloading, HTML format]: Himalayan Gypsy - 2009, Cordyceps Nyamnyi Dorje Morels in Tibet - 2007, Infested by Caterpillar Fungus - 2006, Medicinal Mushroom Journal - 2005, Cordyceps East Tibet - 2005, Matsutake Conservation - 2004, Litang Forest Use & NTFPs - 2003, Participation in Forestry - 2002, Jiuzhaigou Vegetation Study - 1998, Major Threats to Tibetan Forest Ecosystems - 2001, Forest Distribution & Impact of Fire and Pastoralism - 2000, Sustainable Development in the Tibetan Areas - 2000, Forestry, Floods and Hydroelectricity - 1999, Deforestation in Eastern Tibet - Past and Present - 1998, Riwoqe Paper - 1997, CFR Paper - 1996, Jiuzhaigou Thesis Summary - 1994, Jiuzhaigou Erdkunde Studie - 1998, Petermanns Geographische Mitteilungen - 1997) <br />* Translation of 15th Century Tibetan text on Cordyceps (revised Nov. 2008) ['An Ocean of Aphrodisiacal Qualities', an essay on Yartsa Gunbu mushrooms by Nyamnyi Dorje Palden Zurkhar (1439-1475)] <br />* Presentations [a list of seminar and presentation's topics] <br />* Consulting ["Eco-Montane Consulting offers research and consulting services on issues related to the environment, conservation and development of the Tibetan Plateau, Southwest China, and the Himalayas."] <br />* Links (NGOs / INGOs, References, Botany / Vegetation, Tibetan Medicine, Research Projects, Expedition Travel Service).<br /> <br />URL http://www.danielwinkler.com/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.danielwinkler.com/ <br /><br />Link reported by: Daniel Winkler (me-at--danielwinkler.com) <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Study/ Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Business <br />* Scholarly usefulness of the online resource [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:<br /> V. Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-77905228132591271172010-01-15T15:25:00.000+11:002010-01-15T15:26:18.344+11:00Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO)<u><a href="http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/">http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/</a></u><br />15 Jan 2010 <br /> <br />Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"Old Tibetan Documents Online (OTDO) is a corpus of selected old (VIIth to Xth centuries) Tibetan texts: Dunhuang manuscripts [digitised and published by The International Dunhuang Project (IDP) http://idp.bl.uk/], Inscriptions and related materials. We provide critically edited texts together with search and KeyWord In Context (KWIC) facilities." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Introduction [under construction]; <br />* Acknowledgements; <br />* About Us; <br />* Online Texts [as of 15 Jan 2010 - 89 texts; an example of the data structure and contents of the record "ITJ_1379" follows: <br />1. Content : Receipt for the repayment of loaned wheat. 2. Note : sheet. The top left part of the main text is missing. Recto, 9 lines with two illegible vermilion seals at the bottom. Verso, 1 line. <br />3. References : Thomas (1951: 43-44) [I.Translit., I.Trans.], T?y? bunko (part 10, 65-66) , Takeuchi (1995: 262-263) [I.Translit., I.Trans.]. <br />4. Transliteration: (r1) [---] stsang / / mngan rnying lo byis brtsan gyi sug pa na /\[...] - ed.] <br />* Search the Texts [incl. search for text patterns]; <br />* References (Abbreviations, Bibliography [in European and Asian languages]); <br />* Links; <br />* Search [the site]. <br /><br />URL http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://otdo.aa.tufs.ac.jp/ <br /><br />Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Academic <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essential <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-86988089827719962642010-01-08T13:01:00.000+11:002010-01-11T13:02:38.688+11:00Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, US<u><a href="http://www.latse.org">http://www.latse.org</a></u><br /><br />08 Jan 2010 <br /> <br />Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, New York, NY, US.<br /> <br />Self-description: <br />"Latse Contemporary Tibetan Cultural Library, a project of Trace Foundation [www.trace.org], is a forum of open inquiry for all audiences interested in Tibetan culture. The library conducts programs and makes available a unique collection of up-to-date texts, multimedia and other research materials in relevant languages that represent the extent and character of Tibetan cultural diversity. It is an active center of modern Tibetan cultural studies and provides a forum for meaningful interaction, learning and the exchange of ideas. We assist those with interests in the humanities, arts, and sciences in order to promote a deeper understanding and wider appreciation of Tibetan culture and its contribution to the world's cultural heritage." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* About Latse (Mission Statement, Overview and Description, Collections, Programs, Why Latse, Services, Staff, How to Find Latse, Library Hours); <br />* Brochure English version, Tibetan version); <br />* Newsletter (Vol 1, No. 1, Fall 2003 - Vol 5, No. 1, Fall 2007); <br />* Databases (Byara Database, Library Catalog, Image library, Gyalrong Texts Project); <br />* Conferences (Gedun Choephel); <br />* Lecture Series (Professor Drongbu Tsering Dorje, Sherab Nyima - Vice President, Central Nationalities University, Beijing, Sang Dhak - Chinese Center for Tibetan Studies, Beijing); <br />* Events (Losar 2008 - Celebration, Losar 2004 - Stand up comedy, Selected works of Dorje Basang, Losar 2005 - A concert by the masters, Tibetan Yak Cheese Week, Innovations in Tibetan Information Technology); <br />* Film Series [under construction]. <br /><br />URL http://www.latse.org <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.latse.org<br /> <br />Link reported by: Robbie Barnett (rb25--at--mindspring.com)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info. <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Library <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-20152394476314198112009-09-07T13:42:00.000+10:002009-09-07T13:43:56.383+10:00The Berzin Archives The Buddhist Archives of Dr. Alexander Berzin<u><a href="http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html">http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html</a></u><br /><br />07 Sep 2009<br /> <br />www.berzinarchives.com, Berlin, Germany.<br /><br />Self-description:<br />"The Berzin Archives is a collection of translations and teachings by Dr. Alexander Berzin [B.A. degree in 1965 from the Department of Oriental Studies, Rutgers University in conjunction with Princeton University; M.A. in 1967 and Ph.D. in 1972 from the Departments of Far Eastern Languages (Chinese) and Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University. - ed.] primarily on the Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. Covering the areas of sutra, tantra, Kalachakra, dzogchen, and mahamudra meditation, the Archives presents material from all five Tibetan traditions: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug, and Bon, as well as comparisons with Theravada Buddhism and Islam. Also featured are Tibetan astrology and medicine, Shambhala, and Buddhist history."<br /><br />Site contents:<br />* Approaching Buddhism (Spiritual Teachers, Introduction to Buddhism, Buddhism in the World Today, Modern Adaptation of Buddhism);<br />* Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism (Level 1: Getting Started, Level 2: Lam-rim (Graded Stage) Material, Level 3: Lojong (Mind Training) Material, Level 4: Deepening the Understanding of the Path, Level 5: Analysis of the Mind and Reality, Level 6: Major Indian Mahayana Texts);<br />* Advanced Meditation (Tantra Teachings, Kalachakra, Dzogchen, Mahamudra);<br />* Daily Practice (Vows and Commitments, Prayers and Tantra Practices);<br />* Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies, (History of Buddhism and Bon Comparison of Buddhist Traditions, Buddhism and Islam, Asian Non-Buddhist Traditions, Tibetan Astrology and Medicine);<br />* eBooks (Published Books, Unpublished Manuscripts, Bibliographies);<br />* Audio (Weekly Courses, Approaching Buddhism, Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism, Advanced Meditation, Daily Practice, Historical, Cultural, and Comparative Studies);<br />* Author (Short Biography of Alexander Berzin, Becoming Involved with Buddhism, Published Works of Dr. Berzin, Dr. Berzin's Teaching Schedule);<br />* About Us (Message from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Message from Ling Rinpoche, Message from Tsenzhab Serkong Tulku, About the Berzin Archives, Berzin Archives Team, Acknowledgments, Accessibility);<br />* News (New Material, Work in Progress, Dr. Berzin's Teaching Schedule);<br />* Help Us (Appeal for Support, Donations, Urgent Needs, Practical Help, Remaining Work);<br />* Glossary (Glossary English Terms, Glossary Tibetan Terms, Glossary Mahamudra Tibetan Terms, Glossary Astro Tibetan Terms);<br />* Miscellaneous<br />* Search.<br /><br />[A site in English. Also available in German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese and Russian - ed.]<br /><br />URL http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html<br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/en/index.html<br /><br />Link reported by: T Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:<br /> Study/Documents<br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:<br /> Other<br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:<br /> Essential<br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 3,000<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-66692280015420871682009-08-19T11:53:00.001+10:002009-08-20T11:54:59.021+10:00Royal Government of Bhutan - Cabinet Secretariat<u><a href="http://www.cabinet.gov.bt/">http://www.cabinet.gov.bt/</a></u><br /><br />19 Aug 2009 <br /> <br />Cabinet Secretariat, Royal Government of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan <br /><br />Supplied note: "The Bhutan Government has established its own web site, [at the URL below], and to date has posted some decisions of the Cabinet, the PMs state of the nation report to the 3rd session of the Parliament, a few Press Releases, and some other documents. It is expected that in due course the site will be further expanded and improved in the interests of transparency for the new government. - bcs." <br /><br />Site contents:* Prime Minister (Call On, Message Sent, Message Received, Speeches); * Cabinet (Cabinet Functions, Executive Orders & Directives, Executive Orders, Directives, Members, Rules of Procedures, Sub Committees); * Highlights Cabinet Decisions, Events/News, Info / Announcements, CDG); * Reports; * Press Release; * Web-mail; * Contact Us (Public Feedback, Staff Information); * Bhutan Portal (Government, Citizen, Business, Overseas, News, Forms Download). <br /><br />URL http://www.cabinet.gov.bt/ <br /><br />Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] <br /><br />Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info./Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: <br />Government <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />V.Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-24321672651193276362009-08-19T11:48:00.001+10:002009-08-20T11:49:53.989+10:00Bhutan - Election Commission website<u><a href="http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/">http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/</a></u><br /><br />19 Aug 2009 <br /> <br />Election Commission, Thimphu, Bhutan <br /><br />Supplied note: <br />"The Election Commission of Bhutan has improved its website (still at http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/), and viewers can download items of e-legislation and other items of interest. - bcs." <br /><br />Site contents: * Organization; * E-Legislation; * Downloads; * Photo Gallery; * E-Roll Search [under construction]; * From Chief Election Commissioner's Desk; * Press Releases (Top 5, View All); * Notifications (Top 5, View All); * Announcements; * News and Events. <br /><br />URL http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/<br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/ <br /><br />Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info./Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: <br />Government <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essential <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: over 3,000 [in fact, over 14,400 external links]<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-35209255044021037352009-08-19T11:39:00.000+10:002009-08-20T11:40:56.497+10:00National Assembly of Bhutan (NAB)<u><a href="URL http://www.nab.gov.bt/">URL http://www.nab.gov.bt/</a></u><br /><br />19 Aug 2009 <br /> <br />The Parliament of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan <br /><br />Self-description:<br /> "1. It was the farsighted vision of the Third King His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck which laid the foundation of modern Bhutan. The very first of many visionary initiatives taken by His Majesty the King was the establishment of the Tshogdu (National Assembly) in 1953. <br />2. The National Assembly was established to discuss issues of national interest, promote public welfare and develop political consciousness among the people so that they could play a greater role in the decision making process and running of the country. <br />3. The National Assembly in 1953 started as a body with just 38 members. [...]." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* About Us (About NAB, Vision and Mission, The Speaker, Committees, Visit to NAB); <br />* Secretariat (About Secretariat, Organisation Chart, Staff Information, Tshodrungs); <br />* Publications (Agenda, Newsletter, Brochure); <br />* Downloads (Legislation, Resolution, Acts, Forms, CDG, Parliamentary entitlements rules); <br />* News (News, Tender, Announcement); <br />* Members (Profile, Attendance, Constituency List); <br />* Business Order (Business, Synopsis, Question Hour); <br />* Bills For Public View; <br />* Links (Constitution, Cabinet, National Council, Political Parties, IPU, More...); <br />* Press release; <br />* Photo Gallery; <br />* Forums; <br />* Webmail; <br />* Contact Us; <br />* FAQ; <br />* Feedback. <br /><br />URL http://www.nab.gov.bt/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.nab.gov.bt<br /> <br />Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info./Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: <br />Government <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essential <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-42405933549748658322009-08-19T11:37:00.000+10:002009-08-21T11:38:27.993+10:00National Council of Bhutan (NCB)<u><a href="http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/">http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/</a></u><br />19 Aug 2009<br /> <br />The Parliament of Bhutan, Thimphu, Bhutan<br /><br />Supplied note:<br />"The National Council (upper house of Bhutan's Parliament) has its own website, [at the URL below], where viewers can download the texts of various acts, bills and resolutions, as well as the NCs views on pending legislation (eg the Civil Service Bill, the Local Government Bill) as well as NC's reservations on eg 'constituency development grants' concept, and on modalities for passing the annual Budget (http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/mainpage.php?code=4). Summary Resolutions of the 2nd session of the NC (Dec 2008-January 2009) are downloadable from [the Business pages at] http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/subpage.php?pagecode=3&code=107 by clicking on 'Synopsis' and further linking on the link that comes up. - bcs."<br /><br />Self-description:<br />"The Parliament of Bhutan is the highest legislative body in the country. It consists of the Druk Gyalpo, the National Council and the National Assembly. The National Council has both legislative and review functions and is also referred to as the House of Review. Establishment: -Established in 2008 under Article 11 of the Constitution of Bhutan. -The first joint sitting of Parliament was held from May 8-30, 2008. -The first session of the National Council was held in the Banquet Hall at Langjophakha from June 17 to July 24, 2008. [...]."<br /><br />Site contents:<br />* Members (Vision & Mission, Chairperson, Committees, Visit to NC);<br />* Secretariat (Who is who, NC Organogram);<br />* News;<br />* Forum;<br />* Feedback;<br />* Downloads (Acts Bills, Resolutions, Others, Forms);<br />* Business (Agenda, Business Order, Synopsis, Question Time);<br />* Site Map;<br />* WebMail;<br />* FAQ;<br />* Photo Gallery [at http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/index11.php - ed.]<br /><br />URL http://www.nationalcouncil.bt/<br /><br />Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]<br /><br />Link reported by: Brian C. Shaw (bcjshaw--at--hkucc.hku.hk)<br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:<br />Corporate Info./Documents<br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]:<br />Government<br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:<br />Essential<br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-70967430725278721112009-08-12T15:08:00.000+10:002009-08-17T15:09:17.151+10:00Bhutan Textiles<u><a href="http://www.bhutantextiles.com/">http://www.bhutantextiles.com/ </a></u><br /><br />12 Aug 2009 <br /> <br />Bhutan Sacred Buddhist Art - The Bartholomew Collection, www.bhutantextiles.com, Laos. <br /><br />"For 25 years the largest Private Buddhist Art Heritage Collection from Bhutan has been stored away and never seen by anyone! This Collection consists primarily of antique Buddhist textiles and some sacred religious artifacts from Bhutan. Recently this unique collection was endangered in California by major fires and earthquakes... What a tragic loss to the Buddhist world and to Buddhist Art Cultural Heritage IF this sacred Collection, which has never been seen and fully documented in its entirety, were to perish. The next vital step is to seek funding for the Collection's rescue! <br /><br />The collector Mr. Bartholomew is a world renowned cultural anthropologist and published author of the first definitive book on Bhutan Textile Art and Culture 'Thunder Dragon Textiles from Bhutan,' Shikosha (Publisher), Kyoto, Japan, 1985. Mr. Bartholomew has collected nearly all of his pieces between 1976-1982. This is a period of time when Mr. Bartholomew alone was negotiating primarily through barter exclusively with the Bhutanese Royal Families, high-ranking members of the Royal Government of Bhutan, and top religious leaders/Rimpoches of Buddhism in Bhutan. Most of this Collection was acquired outside of Bhutan in India and Nepal. - mb." <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"Tragically, a series of National Archive fires and a major earthquake in the late 19th century all but destroyed Bhutan's written history. Despite the loss of such significant records, the unique and magnificent textile art of Druk Yul [i.e. Bhutan - ed.] has survived as an important cultural legacy. Compared to other textile producing cultures, however, few of these historical artifacts remain; a 19th century textile in relatively undamaged condition is now considered extremely rare." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Kingdom of Bhutan [introductory notes to the website]; <br />* Bartholomew Collection ("Presently, the Bartholomew Collection encompasses an unparalleled collection including the most historically significant Bhutanese textiles known: # The oldest known 'Triple Jewels' in the world, which comprise the Tikhep, or royal throne cover; the Shingkha, or appliquee shaman's tunic, and the Kishung, the brocaded shaman's tunic. # The widest array of the best-preserved Royal Throne Covers in the world # The Throne Cover of the first King of the Wangchuck Dynasty. # An original silk Dragon Crown of the 2nd King of the Wangchuck Dynasty. # Ceremonial shaman tunics formerly worn by some of the most revered holy people of Himalayan Buddhism. # Rare ceremonial dress pieces worn by nobles and royalty." <br />* GreenHeart Art to Heart Project (GreenHeart 'Art to Heart' Overview, 'Art to Heart' Benefactor Sought for World Cultural Heritage and Humanitarian Opportunity - Mission Statement, Provenance of The Bartholomew Collections, Facts, plus colour, small size images of: Tikhep (2 x) [two royal throne covers], Shingkha [an appliquee shaman's tunic], Kishung [a brocaded shaman's tunic], Kira [the national dress for women in Bhutan], Chaksi Pankhep [a royal hand towel or lap cover], and Charkhab [a cloak]); <br />* Bhutan Textile Art Museum Proposal; * Contact. <br /><br />URL http://www.bhutantextiles.com/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bhutantextiles.com/ <br /><br />Link reported by: MarkO Bartholomew, GreenHeart Foundation (admin--at--bhutantextiles.com) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info./ Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Other <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Interesting <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-39916164157914828282009-03-30T14:40:00.001+11:002009-03-30T14:40:44.559+11:00The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement<u><a href="ttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html">ttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html</a></u><br />30 Mar 2009<br /> <br />Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK<br /><br />Self-description:<br />"Computer Laboratory: Technical reports: UCAM-CL-TR-746<br />The snooping dragon: social-malware surveillance of the Tibetan movement<br />Shishir Nagaraja, Ross Anderson<br />March 2009, 12 pages.<br />Abstract:<br />In this note we document a case of malware-based electronic surveillance of a political organisation by the agents of a nation state. While malware attacks are not new, two aspects of this case make it worth serious study. First, it was a targeted surveillance attack designed to collect actionable intelligence for use by the police and security services of a repressive state, with potentially fatal consequences for those exposed. Second, the modus operandi combined social phishing with high-grade malware. This combination of well-written malware with well-designed email lures, which we call social malware, is devastatingly effective. Few organisations outside the defence and intelligence sector could withstand such an attack, and although this particular case involved the agents of a major power, the attack could in fact have been mounted by a capable motivated individual. This report is therefore of importance not just to companies who may attract the attention of government agencies, but to all organisations. As social-malware attacks spread, they are bound to target people such as accounts-payable and payroll staff who use computers to make payments. Prevention will be hard. The traditional defence against social malware in government agencies involves expensive and intrusive measures that range from mandatory access controls to tiresome operational security procedures. These will not be sustainable in the economy as a whole. Evolving practical low-cost defences against social-malware attacks will be a real challenge. Full text PDF (0.3 MB) http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.pdf."<br /><br />Excerpts:<br />"Email attachments appear to have been the favoured strategy to deliver malicious pay-loads. This worked because the attackers took the trouble to write emails that appeared to come from fellow Tibetans and indeed from co-workers. The use of carefully-written email lures based on social context to get people to visit bogus websites has been called 'social phishing'; in this incident, such email was used to spread malware and we therefore call this strategy social malware. [...]<br />In this note we described how agents of the Chinese government compromised the computing infrastructure of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. They used social phishing to install rootkits on a number of machines and then downloaded sensitive data. People in Tibet may have died as a result. The compromise was detected and dealt with, but its implications are sobering. It shows how diffcult it is to defend sensitive information against an opponent who uses social engineering techniques to install malware.<br />[...] Although the attack we describe in this case study came from a major government, the techniques their agents used are available even to private individuals and are quite shockingly effective. In fact, neither of the two authors is confident that we could keep secrets on a network-connected machine that we used for our daily work in the face of determined interest from a capable motivated opponent. The necessary restrictions on online activity would not be consistent with effective academic work. [...]."<br /><br />Site contents:<br />1. Introduction; 2. Attacks on the Dalai Lama's Private Office (2.1 The attack vector, 2.2 The payload, 2.3 The attackers' operational security) 3. Analysis and Countermeasures (3.1 Countermeasures for NGOs, 3.2 Countermeasures for companies); 4. Conclusions.<br /><br />[See also a recent newspaper article: Christian Science Monitor, http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0329/p99s01-duts.html<br />Cyber spy network with global reach raises alarms. By Tom A. Peter, posted March 29, 2009.<br />A group of hackers based almost exclusively in China has hacked into 1,295 computers in 103 countries. Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto revealed that cyber spies infiltrated systems in foreign ministries, embassies, international organizations, [...]. Thirty percent of the targeted computers could be considered "high-value" targets. [...] - ed.]<br /><br />URL http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-746.html<br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the report was not archived at the time of this abstract]<br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:<br />Study<br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]:<br />Academic<br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:<br />V.Useful<br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-88903548693878265132009-03-21T11:41:00.000+11:002009-03-23T11:43:15.809+11:00Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas [a documentary film]<u><a href="http://www.creatingbuddhas.com">http://www.creatingbuddhas.com</a></u><br />21 Mar 2009 <br /> <br />www.creatingbuddhas.com, US <br /><br />Supplied note: "Hello. My name is Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost. I am a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a not-for-profit documentary filmmaker. I recently created and produced a new Tibetan film about the rare tradition of fabric thangkas titled: 'Creating Buddhas: The Making and Meaning of Fabric Thangkas' - igl." <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"Fabric thangka is a silk embroidered and appliqued art form in Tibetan Buddhism and is also known as Applique Thangka, Brocade Thangka, and Silk Thangka. [...] Trained in Dharamsala, India for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo [aka Leslie Freilich. Her richly illustrated web site, 'Silk Thangka' is at http://silkthangka.com/ - ed.] is one of the few female makers in world and one of the only fabric thangka makers in the west. This film also explores Leslie's life-changing journey of discovering fabric thangka, her apprenticeship in Dharmasala, India, the step-by-step by process of producing a fabric thangka, and the history and spiritual importance in Tibetan Buddhism. [...] 'Creating Buddhas' is a one hour not-for-profit film." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* About; * Trailer; * DVD; * Screenings; * Filmmaker; * Cast; * Contributors; * Acclaim. <br /><br />URL http://www.creatingbuddhas.com <br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract.] <br /><br />Link reported by: Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost (leiden49--at--yahoo.com) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info. <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Other <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-13858331060016440802009-01-29T12:00:00.001+11:002009-01-29T12:02:57.278+11:00Project Orazio [about Fr. Orazio della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin missionary in Tibet]<u><a href="http://www.oraziodellapenna.com">http://www.oraziodellapenna.com</a></u><br />26 Jan 2009 <br /> <br />Fra Orazio Della Penna Association, Italy. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"'Father Francesco Orazio remained in the monastery of Sera for nine months, from April 1717 to January 1718. However, for a period of four years he continued to learn the common and literary language under the tuition of a qualified Lama. It was at the monastery of Sera that Father Orazio started the writing out of a Tibetan-Italian dictionary, done directly on the Tibetan texts and therefore referred to the literary language. In 1732 the dictionary was consisting of about 33000 words.' <br />Source: The story of Father Orazio della Penna Short notes about the life of Father Orazio Olivieri della Penna (1680-1745), Capuchin Missionary and Prefect of the Tibetan Mission. (by Elio Marini) http://www.montefeltro.net/pennabilli/tibeteng.htm " <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Work in Progress and Documents (# The [old Christian] Bell of [Jokhang temple,] Lhasa; # The first dictionary from Tibetan into an Occidental language; # A copper engraving [dedicated to friar Orazio of Pennabilli by Pietro Santi (1737-1812) of Rimini] dated 1780 (?); # [Plans and details of the] Capuchin friary opened in Lhasa in 1725; # A letter written by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio during his journey in Nepal, dated 1st of September 1732; # A letter written by the VII Dalai Lama to friar Orazio; # A letter by Pho-lha-nas to friar Orazio; # A letter by friar Orazio to his brother Pierleone dated 4th of October 1741) <br />* Tibet in the [Orazio della Penna's] town of Pennabilli (Tenzin Gyatso, XIV Dalai Lama - 15th of June 1994, Fosco Maraini - 5th of May 2000, Jetsun Pema - 24th of September 2004). <br />* Stories (My research about the Capuchins of the Marche Region who went to Tibet during the 18th Century - by E. Marini; From the Montefeltro county to Tibet following the toll of a bell - by E. Marini, June 1994). <br />* Links. <br /><br />[A bi-lingual (IT,EN) site - ed.] <br /><br />URL http://www.oraziodellapenna.com <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.oraziodellapenna.com <br /><br />Link reported by: Elio Marini (eliomarini--at--yahoo.it) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Study <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Other <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-56353869623455881652009-01-14T12:14:00.000+11:002009-01-15T12:15:49.083+11:00Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009<u><a href="http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen">http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen</a></u><br /><br />14 Jan 2009 <br /> <br />Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet, Feb 2009 <br /><br />The Rubin Museum of Art, New York, NY, US. <br /><br />Supplied note: <br />"The Rubin Museum of Art is organizing its first scholarly conference, 'Situ Panchen: Creation and Cultural Engagement in 18th-Century Tibet,' February 7 and 8, 2009. The brilliant polymath Situ Panchen Chokyi Jungne (1700-1774) was influential in multiple domains of cultural and institutional life in 18th-century Tibet. Situ made major contributions to the fields of painting, the literary arts, and medicine. He was also a charismatic leader during a particularly volatile period in Tibetan history, as well as the senior court chaplain in the culturally significant Kingdom of Derge on the Sino-Tibetan border.<br />We have invited eight scholars to present on the many aspects of his cultural production and engagement with the social world of his time in their respective fields, including: patronage and print culture, authenticity and Indic roots, artistic impact in China, politics and sectarian relations, medicine, and literary scholarship. We hope that such a well-rounded and multidisciplinary approach will constitute a significant contribution to an understanding of Tibetan intellectual history in the pivotal 18th century.<br /><br />The conference schedule, abstracts, and registration information can be found at: [the URL below] [...].<br /><br />This program coincides with opening weekend of the exhibition 'Patron and Painter: Situ Panchen and the Revival of the Encampment Style' (February 6-August 17 [2009]) at the Rubin Museum of Art: http://www.rmanyc.org/exhibitions/upcoming.xml?context=exhibitions/upcoming.xml<br /><br />The conference is being held in conjunction with Columbia University's 'Tibet and the Social Sciences Workshop' http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/ We hope that these two back-to-back events will draw the academic community into NYC for this exciting weekend of programming! - kd." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Program: Sat, Feb 7, 2009; * Program: Sun, Feb 8, 2009; <br />* Conference Abstracts: (# Remi Chaix (Societes et Cultures en Himalaya, CNRS, Paris) - Situ Panchen and the House of Derge: A Demanding but Beneficial Relationship, # Karl Debreczeny (Rubin Museum of Art) - Situ Panchen' s Artistic Legacy in Yunnan, # Frances Garrett (University of Toronto) - Medical Literature in the Situ Panchen Tradition, # Nancy G. Lin (University of California, Berkeley) - Situ Panchen and the Re-enactment of Buddhist Origins, # Jann Ronis (University of Virginia) - Situ Panchen and Sectarian Relations in Eighteenth-Century Derge: Precursor to the Ecumenical Movement (ris med), # Kurtis R. Schaeffer (University of Virginia) - Situ the Scholar). <br /><br />URL http://www.rmanyc.org/situpanchen <br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]<br /> <br />Link reported by: Karl Debreczeny (kdebreczeny--at--rmanyc.org) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate info. <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Museum <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-79123703561850624252009-01-14T12:12:00.003+11:002009-01-16T15:24:35.825+11:00Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies<u><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html">http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html</a></u><br /><img alt="4star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/4starVL.gif" /><br />14 Jan 2009 <br /> <br />Columbia Online Research Guide For Modern Tibetan Studies<br /><br />Columbia University Libraries, Columbia University, New York, NY, US. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"The COLUMBIA ONLINE RESEARCH GUIDE FOR MODERN TIBETAN STUDIES was compiled by Gray Tuttle, Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, and published for use on Library Web by Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian. It is a navigational tool for library patrons at Columbia University and elsewhere to access bibliographies and other noteworthy resources covering a wide range of subjects in the field of Tibetan Studies. Drawn from an extensive syllabus compiled by Professor Tuttle for his seminar 'Sources for Modern Tibetan History,' the Online Guide in its current version is exceptionally strong in its survey of resources for historical research." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Tibetan Studies (Survey Articles, Journals, Book Reviews, Scholarly Blogs, Listservs); <br />* General Bibliographies; * Library Catalogs (North America, Western & Eastern Europe, East Asia, South Asia); <br />* Dictionaries, Encyclopedias (Tibetan Dictionaries, Chinese Dictionaries, Encyclopedias); <br />* Tools, Maps, Images (Maps & Social Data, Photo Images & Archives, Tibetan Fonts & Software, Library Search Conventions); <br />* Periodicals (Western Language, Tibetan & Chinese Post 1950, Tibetan & Chinese Pre 1950); <br />* History (Biography, Religious & Geographic Surveys, Local Histories, Imperial Records, Archival Materials); <br />* Social Sciences [under construction]; * Religious Studies [under construction]; * Language & Literature [under construction]; * Art & Material Culture (Engaging Digital Tibet [http://digitaltibet.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/], Research Materials For the Study of Tibetan and Himalayan Art [under construction]); * Music [under construction]; * Contact; * Search. <br /><br />URL http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/eastasian/Tibetan/guide/index.html <br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] <br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Online Guide <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Library <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />V.Useful [It will be an Essential resource, once it is completed] <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-21865673734841695202008-11-10T11:31:00.001+11:002008-11-10T11:31:32.566+11:00Tibet Environmental Watch (TEW)<u><a href="http://www.tew.org/">http://www.tew.org/</a></u><br /><font size="-1"><br /><img alt="4star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/4starVL.gif" /><br />10 Nov 2008 <br /> <br />Tibet Environmental Watch, Berkeley, CA, US. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"Welcome to the Tibet Environmental Watch (TEW) site [est. 1998 - ed.]. This site will be used to update important Tibetan environmental information as new data becomes available and to build upon the concept of a "Zone of Peace" as presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* What's New (Environment: The Real Story Behind the 'Roof of the World' August 21, 2008, Yulong Copper Mine in Tibet to be operational August 22, 2008, China to Relocate over 73,700 Nomadic Tibetans in Kanlho intopermanent homes: state media August 18, 2008, Nomadic Tibetans in NW China's Gansu to settle into permanent homes August 16, 2008, Environment China: The third pole. Climate change is coming fast and furious to the Tibetan plateau. Jane Qiu reports on the changes atop the roof of the world. July 23, 2008, Development China: Temblor Throws Shadow on Big Dam Ambitions. China Dams List Wed, June 25, 2008); <br />* Reports (Archived Reports on Tibet's Environment, Development Reports on Tibet, TIBET: Outside the TAR - by Steven D. Marshall and Susette Ternent Cooke, Racial Discrimination in Chinese-Occupied Tibet, Background on Tibet's Environment, TIBET 2003: State of the Environment, TIBET 2000: Environment and Development Issues, Photographic Essay: Rangelands and Pastoral Production on the Tibetan Plateau in Western China, Options For Tibet's Future Political Status: Self-Governance Through An Autonomous Arrangement, Photographic Essay: Tibet: Environmental Destruction, Tibet: Human Rights and the Rule of Law - International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Interviews, Visitors' Observations); <br />* Wildlife (Biodiversity of the Tibetan Plateau - by Tsultrim Palden Dekhang); <br />* Geography (# Maps of Tibet (Physical Map of Tibet), # Maps of Lhasa (Introduction: Travel Ethics in Tibet, Lhasa: Key to Lhasa Map, Lhasa: West Area, Lhasa: Central Area, Lhasa: East Area, Lhasa: Barkhor Area), # Tibet: Environment and Development Issues Maps (About Environment and Development Issues Maps, Tibet: Under PR China 1949-1999, Tibet: Hydrographic System, Tibet: Agricultural Regions, Tibet: Forest & Vegetation Types, Tibet: Distribution of Principal Minerals, Tibet: Location of Nuclear Arsenals), # Satellite Maps Series (About The Satellite Maps Series, Tibet and Asia, Satellite Map of Tibet, Tibet: Northwest Quadrant, Tibet: Northeast Quadrant, Tibet: Southwest Quadrant, Tibet: Southeast Quadrant), # Historical Maps Series (About The Historical Maps Series, Historical Map of Tibet I: Yarlung Dynasty, c. 7th-9th centuries., Historical Map of Tibet II: From the Late Yarlung Period to the Beginnings of Chinese Expansion into Eastern Tibet., Historical Map of Tibet III: The Western Extent of the Manchu Empire, c. 1800., Historical Map of Tibet IV: The End of Isolation, 1940-49, Historical Map of Tibet V: Chinese Administrative Control of Eastern Tibet, c. 1995)); <br />* Development (Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Appropriate Technologies, Communications, Dams and Waterways, Economic Aid, Economy, Enviromental Damage, Energy (solar etc), Mining, Miscellaneous Issues, Mutiple Issues, Nature Preservation, Power, Population Transfer, Rural Development, Tourism, Transportation, United Nations Development Role, Wildlife); <br />* Zone of Peace (Introduction, Five Point Peace Plan Statement, 1989 Nobel Statement, Nobel Lecture, Norway, Future Polity, 1994, Tibet Dossier, Tibet As A Zone of Peace, NewsHour Interview: Zone of Peace); <br />* Dalai Lama; * Publications (incl. Environment and Development In Tibet - A Crucial Issue, 2008, Environment and Development Desk, DIIR, Central Tibetan Administration); <br />* Announcements; * Links; * Editorials & Op Ed Articles; * Site map; * Search. <br /><br />URL http://www.tew.org/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.tew.org/ <br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Study/News <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />NGO <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />V. Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 300<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-77445876729834341862008-11-07T15:24:00.000+11:002008-11-07T15:25:34.817+11:00The Tibet Album: British Photography in Central Tibet 1920-1950<u><a href="http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php">http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php</a></u><br /><font size="-1"><br /><img alt="5star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/5starVL.gif" /><br />07 Nov 2008 <br /> <br />Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"The Tibet Album presents more than 6000 photographs spanning 30 years of Tibet's history. These extraordinary photographs are a unique record of people long gone and places changed beyond all recognition. They also document the ways that British visitors encountered Tibet and Tibetans. Featuring photographs taken by Charles Bell, Arthur Hopkinson, Evan Nepean, Hugh Richardson, Frederick Spencer Chapman, Harry Staunton and the previously unidentified photographs of Rabden Lepcha. Our specially designed functions (maps, zoom, album) enable you to browse this site in many different ways." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Photographers and Photography; <br />* Collections: # Pitt Rivers Museum Collections - (The Charles Bell Collection, The Spencer Chapman Collection, The Harry Staunton Collection, The Hugh Richardson Collection, The Evan Nepean Collection), # British Museum Collections - (The Hopkinson Collection, Richardson Colour Transparencies) # Albums - (by Richardson, Staunton, Nepean), # Lantern Slide Lectures - (by Bell), # Expeditions - (A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as British Trade Agent, Gyantse 1927-28, A. J. Hopkinson's Tour of Duty as Indian Political Officer 1947-48, Richardson's 1948 tour of the East Kyichu Valley, Richardson's 1949 tour of the Yarlung and Chyongye valleys, Richardson's 1950 Lhodrag tour, Richardson's visit to Talung 1939); <br />* Places (Maps of Tibet, Index of Tibetan Places [by region, alphabetically], Maps of Tibet photographed by Bell); <br />* Dates; <br />* People (Biographies of key Tibetans Biographies of British photographers, Who Was Who in Tibet?, Individuals in these photographs); <br />* Search; <br />* Maps (interactive maps of: Central Tibet, Lhasa); <br />* Diaries and Documents (1936 Lhasa Mission Diary, The personal accounts of: Bell, Chapman, Richardson); <br />* Find People (British photographers, Portraits of named Tibetan people, Biographies and photographs).<br /> <br />URL http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/index.php <br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study <br /> <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Museum <br /><br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential<br /> <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 1,000<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-43575062356067272932008-10-17T17:13:00.000+11:002008-10-17T17:14:43.178+11:00Tibet's tea trade with Szechuan and other regions in the Ch'ing dynasty<u><a href="http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31946422">http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31946422</a></u><br /><br />An electronic copy of a thesis<br /><br />Author: Wong, Hong-hin, Owen<br />Title: A historical analysis of Tibet's tea trade with Szechuan and other regions in the Ch'ing dynasty <br />Persistent Link:<br />http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B31946422<br />Date/Publisher: 1966 by University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong)<br />Pagination: 458 leaves : ill. ; 25 cm.<br />Language: Chinese<br />Dept/Program: Chinese<br />Degree: Master of Arts<br />LC Subject: Tea trade - China. <br />Tea trade - Tibet. <br />China - Commerce - History. <font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-1675986290397881082008-09-19T13:29:00.000+10:002008-09-19T13:30:49.149+10:00The Kern Institute, Leiden<u><a href="http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/">http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/</a></u><br /><font size="-1"><br /><img alt="5star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/5starVL.gif" /><br />19 Sep 2008 <br /><br />Faculty of Arts, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"The Kern Institute is the national centre of expertise for South Asia and the Himalayan region, more specifically India and Pakistan, Tibet and Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The institute houses the Department of Indian & Tibetan Studies of Leiden University, as well as an excellent library. The research and teaching at the Kern Institute focus on the study of the languages and history, philosophy and religions, arts and material culture of South Asian and the Himalayan region. The Kern Institute library offers excellent resources for a broad range of approaches to the study of India and surrounding countries." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* News; * Teaching; * Staff; * Kern Institute Library; * Special Collections (Photo Collection [Over 70,000 historic and modern photos on art and archaeology of South and Southeast Asia, over 13,000 of them are now mounted online at http://beeldbank.wsd.leidenuniv.nl/kern - ed.], Microfilms, Tibetan Collection, Archives, Sanskrit Manuscripts, Maps, Lepcha Manuscripts, Rubbings); * Projects (Van Kinsbergen, Catalogue Sanskrit Manuscripts, Tibetan Block Prints, ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index database [at http://www.abia.net/ - ed.]); * Publications; * Friends of the Institute; * Links (Indological course materials, Indological databases, Indology and courses on India elsewhere); * Contact; * Search. <br /><br />URL http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.kerninstitute.leidenuniv.nl/ <br /><br />Link reported by: Marion Frenger, Bonn, Germany. <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate info./Study/Documents<br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />Academic <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />Essentiall <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-51277928652565536592008-08-18T14:20:00.000+10:002008-08-19T14:22:51.262+10:00"Recollecting Tibet" [Online Documentary Film, 2005-2008]<u><a href="http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html">http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html</a></u><br /><br /><img alt="4star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/4starVL.gif" /><br />18 Aug 2008 <br /> <br />Photophormations, VDB Films Ltd, Oakville, ON, Canada <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"'Recollecting Tibet' - Documentaries Memories: Chronicles from a camera: A perpetual History. <br />Over three years from 2005 to 2008, Photophormations worked with the Tibetan government living in exile in Dharamsala, India making 'Recollecting Tibet'. The Documentary examines and questions the state of the Tibetan people living away from the spiritual homeland, surrounded by westernization and how tourism has been assimilated into their culture. The film travels to Tibet documenting the Chinese occupation and the current climate of oppression. With religious practises being restricted in Tibet by the Chinese and many Tibetan women financially forced into prostitution, how can the Tibetans preserve their heritage? The documentary travels to Kathmandu to hear first hand accounts from Tibetans escaping into Nepal each year by risking their lives on the treacherous journey crossing over the Himalayas. Traversing through differing locations and times, the film becomes a visual chronicle of stories and events undertaken by one observer and camera. The narration reflects back upon the histories witnessed leading up to the demonstration in March 2008 and beyond to the perpetual past and future histories of the Tibetans. [...] <br /><br />Photophormations is a small non profit organisations: an investigative team who work in unstable environments around the world producing documentary, journalism, photojournalism and promotional media for individual groups, NGO and organisations." <br /><br />Supplied note: <br />"Hello Photophormations has just finished our documentary on The Tibetan situation which has been made over the last 3 years. To watch film go to link: [at the URL below]. We worked with the Tibetan Government and many organisation's like the TYC and TWA in Dharamsala. We would like to offer the film for your use in any way you wish to help promote the Tibetan situation during this time of the Chinese Olympics to help show what is happening in Tibet now. The film has been on-line [at http://www.munen-mushin.com/tibetfilm.html - ed.] for the last 3 days [i.e. since 15 Aug 2008 - ed.], and caused a massive reaction world wide [...]. If you would like a copy [on DVD - ed.] please fill out the attached form [Not attached to this abstract. However, it can be obtained from (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk) - ed.] and we can get you a copy. We have screenings on 17 differing [sic] television channels so far around the world from Japan to Canada. [...] - ks." <br /><br />URL http://www.munen-mushin.com/film%20tibet.html <br /><br />Internet Archive (web.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract] <br /><br />Link reported by: Karin Stowe (k69hagakure--at--yahoo.co.uk) <br /><br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Study/Documents <br />* Publisher [academic - business - government - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />NGO <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />V.Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000<br /> - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30<br /> <font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-21626586040824181942008-08-10T10:18:00.000+10:002008-08-12T10:19:11.807+10:00Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS)<u><a href="hhttp://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/">http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/</a></u><br /><font size="-1"><br /><img alt="4star" src="http://www.ciolek.com/images/4starVL.gif" /><br />10 Aug 2008 <br /> <br />Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, US. <br /><br />Self-description: <br />"[...] (ANHS), formerly the Nepal Studies Association (NSA) joins people with wide-ranging interests in the Himalayan region, adjacent highland areas and the Tarai. Our goal is to raise the profile of the world's highest region, increasing awareness of the unequaled diversity of human and natural worlds within the Himalaya-Hindukush. ANHS members include scholars from various academic disciplines, students, resource and development professionals, and a variety of other Himalayan residents and enthusiasts." <br /><br />Site contents: <br />* Membership; * Himalaya e-journal [formerly known as The Himalayan Research Bulletin--HRB] (Subscribe, Archives [Vol XXIV No 1 & 2, Vol XXIII No 1, Vol XXIII No 2, Vol XXI No 2, Vol XXI No 1, Vol XX No 1 & 2, Vol XIX No 1, Vol XVIII No 2], Future Issues, Projects, Links, About Us, Contact Us, Bazaar); * Journals [a link to e-journals catalogued by www.digitalhimalaya.com - ed.] * Resources (Resources for Teaching and Research, The Ethnology of Nepal, South Asia Area Centers and Programs in the United States, South Asia Area Centers and Programs Elsewhere). <br /><br />[Since Feb 15, 2005 the ANHS also manages a "Himal-Research" e-group [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Himal-research/], a listserv with over 180 subscribers. - ed.] <br /><br />URL http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/ <br /><br />Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.macalester.edu/~guneratne/ <br /><br />Link reported by: T. Matthew Ciolek (tmciolek--at--coombs.anu.edu.au)<br /> <br />* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: <br />Corporate Info./Study/Online Guide <br />* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: <br />NGO <br />* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: <br />V.Useful <br />* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: <br />under 100<br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day of their publication. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19081453.post-70849330522060676322008-08-06T09:15:00.002+10:002008-08-06T11:25:51.395+10:00Routing the Commodities of Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:40:28 +0200<br />From: Jonathan Curry-Machado (j.currymachado--at--londonmet.ac.uk)<br />To: [...]<br />Subject: New Commodities of Empire working paper<br /><br />Dear all,<br /><br />The Commodities of Empire project is pleased to announce the publication of the latest addition to the Commodities of Empire Working Papers series:<br /><br />No.9, Vibha Arora, 'Routing the Commodities of Empire through Sikkim (1817-1906)'<br /><br />This can be downloaded from the Commodities of Empire website, at http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/ferguson-centre/commodities-of-empire/working-papers/abstract-vibha-arora-aug08.htm<br /><br />Best regards,<br /><br />Jonathan<br /><br />Jonathan Curry-Machado<br />Coordinator<br />Commodities of Empire Project<br /><font size="-1"><br /><hr/><i>Please note that the above details were correct on the day this post was published. To suggest an update, please email the site's editor at tmciolek@ciolek.com</i><hr/><br /></font><div class="blogger-post-footer">This document is a part of the <a href="http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-TibetanStudies.html">Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library</a> Project.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com