[Internet] Southeast Asia Digital Library - International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians.

 

"The Southeast Asia Digital Library began work in 2005 as a result of funding provided by the United States Department of Education's TICFIA (Technological Innovation and Cooperation for Foreign Information Access) Program. The project is based at Northern Illinois University Libraries in DeKalb, Illinois, USA and collaborates actively with the Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA) [http://www.cormosea.org/] and partner institutions.

The 2005 award supported eight major initiatives :
* Upgrades to an online bibliographic index at Thammasat University (Thailand), creating an interface to access the index and providing a full-text article delivery service;
* Digitization of palm leaf manuscripts from Northeastern Thailand at Khon Kaen University (Thailand).
* Creation of an archive of historical photographs covering a century of life in Cambodia, in partnership with Arizona State University;
* Provision of training seminars for librarians at the University of San Carlos' Cebuano Studies Center (Philippines), covering the latest techniques in preservation, conservation, and digitization, resulting in the creation of an online archive of images and textual materials;
* Creation of a video archive of contemporary Indonesian television programming, in partnership with the University of Hawai'i, Manoa;
* Digitization of rare early printed works in the vernacular languages of the region, in collaboration with the British Library and Vietnamese Nom Preservation Foundation;
* Creation of a video archive of interviews with former political prisoners in East Timor, in partnership with the Living Memory Project (Australia);
* Conversion of the Berita Database at Ohio University, a collection of journal articles and other resources from Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region, to a free-use resource.

In 2009, the Southeast Asia Digital Library received a second round of funding from the TICFIA program, supporting the development of nine new initiatives. These include :
* Digitization of Buddhist murals and cloth paintings in Thai temples, supported by interpretive materials, in partnership with Chiang Mai University (Thailand);
* Digitization of Vietnamese art objects and criticism, supported by interviews with artists, from the Doi Moi (Renovation) period in Vietnam;
* Digitization of printed Vietnamese Nom materials, in partnership with the Vietnamese Nom Preservation Foundation;
* Development of a bibliographic database of digitized Islamic manuscripts from Indonesia, in partnership with the State Islamic University of Indonesia; (1)
* Digitization of archival photographs and videos discussing and documenting Indonesian literature and culture, in partnership with the Lontar Foundation (Indonesia);
* Creation of a video archive of interviews with surviving victims of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia;
* Digitization of selected works from the Malay and World Civilization Library, National University of Malaysia;
* Digitization of Buddhist murals in Laos, supported by interpretive materials."

(1) "International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians, Compiled by Virginia Jing-yi Shih, University of California, Berkeley, February 2009.
[...] This International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians supersedes the International Directory of Southeast Asia Librarians & Catalogers that I compiled in 1999. It is produced on behalf of the Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia (CORMOSEA) which is a committee of the Southeast Asia Council (SEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies. This directory primarily lists the individuals who work with the Southeast Asia collections [... in the countries listed below.] It is my hope that this directory will serve as a useful reference guide to facilitate professional communications and promote international cooperation of Southeast Asia scholarship and librarianship in the future.

Each entry includes the following information as submitted to the compiler : 1) Full name; 2) Job title; 3) Institution address; 4) Telephone number; 5) Fax number; 6) Electronic mail address; 7) Home page (if available); 8) Language expertise (optional) [...]."

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[Source : Southeast Asia Digital Library (SEADL).]

[Article] United States Returns 7 Stolen Ancient Cambodian Sculptures.

Sunday, June 27, 2010 | Art daily.org | 2010 The Associated Press

Cambodian Buddhist monks and officers pray during a ceremony held for artifacts that were returned to Cambodia, at the Cambodian National Museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, June 17, 2010. The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia. AP Photo/Heng Sinith.

PHNOM PENH (AP).- The United States returned seven sculptures from the great Angkorian era on Thursday that had been smuggled out of Cambodia.
Cambodian Buddhist monks blessed the artifacts during a handover ceremony at the port of Sihanoukville, said John Johnson, a U.S. embassy spokesman. The sandstone sculptures were recovered by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials during an 2008 raid in Los Angeles. They arrived in Cambodia aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy on Tuesday, Johnson said. The Mercy docked at the seaport for a 13-day mission to provide free medical care to Cambodians. Johnson said the artifacts include two heads of the Buddha, a bas-relief and an engraved plinth. The items date from 1000 to 1500 when the kings of Angkor ruled over an extensive empire and produced some of the world's most magnificent temples, including the famed Angkor Wat complex. Cambodia and the United States signed an agreement to protect Cambodia's cultural heritage in 2003.
In 2007, the U.S. government returned the sandstone sculpture of a celestial dancer, or apsara, dating from the 12th century. [ ... Read the full article ... ]

Mieko Miyazaki et Voce Ventu à l'auditorium du musée Guimet.

  Koto, chant japonais et polyphonies corses
Avec Mieko Miyazaki (koto, voix)
Voce Ventu : André Fazi (voix, guitare), Anthony Geronimi (voix), Frédéric Poggi (voix, guitare), Eric Ressouche (voix), Frédéric Sini (voix), Xavier Tavera (voix), Manuel Solans (violon)
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Un koto inspiré par les chants corses, des chants japonais en mode polyphonique... L’une des plus étonnantes rencontres de ce début de siècle.

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Remarquable interprète d’œuvres traditionnelles japonaises, la joueuse de koto Mieko Miyazaki possède un répertoire d’une étonnante richesse.
Après Bach, Satie et Bill Evans, de mémorables concerts avec la chanteuse vietnamienne Huong Thanh, mais aussi comme leader du Trio Miyazaki dont tout le monde se souvient au musée Guimet, c’est dans les chants corses qu’elle a trouvé une nouvelle source d’inspiration.
Pour ce concert exceptionnel, elle se produit avec le groupe Voce Ventu, qui incarne le renouveau des polyphonies.
Six hommes, six voix complémentaires. Depuis sa création en 1995, Voce Ventu interprète des grands classiques du chant corse, traditionnel ou contemporain.
Privilégiant la scène, il enchaîne concerts et tournées jusqu’en Palestine et au Canada.
Son premier album remporte en 2005 de nombreux prix. Une tournée au Japon l’année suivante ouvre au groupe de nouveaux horizons musicaux.
Il ajoute ainsi à son répertoire une célèbre chanson japonaise.
Et c’est tout naturellement que les six chanteurs se lancent peu après dans un projet atypique : se produire avec Mieko Miyazaki dans l’église d’un village corse.
De ces jours de répétition et d’échanges est née une véritable complicité entre la Japonaise et les six Corses.
Mieko Miyazaki s’adapte en effet avec bonheur à tous les univers musicaux. Grâce à sa technique incomparable, elle est devenue une concertiste de premier plan en Europe, aux Etats Unis et au Japon.
Quand les îles se rencontrent…
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Retrouvez nous sur le site de l'artiste : voce-miyazaki.com
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