03 Dec 2003

The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh
www.ricksha.org, USA
Self-description: "[The celebration] of Bangladesh's unique popular arts, the paintings and decorations on the three-wheeled cycle ricksha -- or 'rickshaw', as spelled in English dictionaries. This site is based on my anthropological field visits to Bangladesh between 1975 and 1998, when I traveled about, took photos, and interviewed people."
Supplied note: "My CD-ROM, titled 'Transports of Delight. The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh. A CD-ROM' was published earlier this year by Indiana University Press. [...] Joanna Kirkpatrick, [2003], 'Transports of Delight: The Ricksha Arts of Bangladesh' (CD-ROM) CD-ROM 0-253-34148-5
A colorful multimedia exploration of folk art, culture, and religion. [with] more than 1,000 brilliantly colored photographs, videos, music, and text [...] System requirements: PC system with display set for 16 bit color at 800x600 resolution, 4x or better CD-ROM drive, Apple QuickTime 4 or better, Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher. Video segments require Pentium II Processor. - jk."
Site contents: Map [Regions and Ricksha Art Styles], Views, CD-ROM, Image Gallery, Readings [incl. the 53KB strong 'Selected Bibliography on Ricksha Arts and Related Studies' - ed.], Links.
[Both a specialist virtual library and a feast for the eyes - ed.]
URL http://www.ricksha.org
[The site is also available at http://www.webpak.net/~ricksha/index.htm - ed.]
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ricksha.org
Link reported by: Joanna Kirkpatrick (jkirk[use"@"]spro.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Documents/Study/Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Other
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Essential
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30