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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: early Apr 2000
Vol. 7, No. 110
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 10
Entries rejected: 2
10 Apr 2000
Asian Research Center for Religion and Social Communication
Saint John's University, Bangkok, Thailand
Supplied note:
"The Center fosters research focusing on communication
within the Church, with the larger society and with local religions
and cultures. It is organized under the Office of Social Communication
of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences."
Site contents: Research; Documents; Federation of Asian Bishops'
Conferences; Asian Church; Other useful sites; Researcher's toolbox.
URL http://www.stjohn.ac.th/arc/
Link suggested by: Father James W. Kofski, M.M. (arc@stjohn.ac.th)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
09 Apr 2000
The Central Eurasian Studies Society
Center for Asian Studies, The University of New Orleans, USA
Supplied note:
"We are a private, non-political, non-profit, U.S.-based organization of
scholars who are interested in the study of the history, languages,
cultures, and modern states and societies of the Turkic, Mongolian, Iranian,
Caucasian, Tibetan and other peoples of the Black Sea region, the Crimea,
the Caucasus, the Middle Volga region, Central and Inner Asia and Siberia.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society's purpose is to promote high standards
of research and teaching, and to promote and facilitate communication among
scholars through meetings and publications.
The Central Eurasian Studies Society would like to invite scholars whose
interests fall within the above description to become members. While CESS's
activities will be U.S. based, this invitation is open to scholars from all
countries."
Site contents: Organization; Membership; Annual Convention;
Activities; Publications; Links.
URL http://cess.uno.edu
Link suggested by: Marianne R. Kamp (kampmr@whitman.edu) and John
Schoeberlein (schoeber@fas.harvard.edu)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
07 Apr 2000
Centre for IT Services (C-IT), India
Kerala, India
Supplied note:
"An [NGO] organisation engaged in promotion of [India's] small entrepreneurs
in IT related fields. It has launched a web site www.c-itizen.com as
a geographical portal of India and a Rural Information Network is
being built. Rural information on the state of Kerala is progressing.
For other states data collection is in progress."
URL http://www.c-it.org
Link suggested by: M.Nahas (c_it@vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
07 Apr 2000
DharmaLens: The North American Tibetan Documentary Project and Web Archives
The Zhang Zhung Foundation, Inc., and The Tonpa Shenrab Institute, Elizabeth, IN, USA
Self-description:
"Operating under the auspices of The Zhang Zhung Foundation, Inc., and
in association with The Tonpa Shenrab Institute , DharmaLens is the
first project of its kind, an unique and extraordinary documentary and
www-based media production project. DharmaLens will be actively and
comprehensively documenting and archiving images recording the
continuing growth of Tibetan culture in North America. DharmaLens will
maintain free online image bank archives of items it documents as well
as a user-built, members image bank. In addition, DharmaLens will
provide free use of online versions of its images for use by
non-profit groups and individuals with interests in Tibetan Culture."
Planned site content: DharmaLens (Support DharmaLens, Contact
DharmaLens, DharmaLens Schedule, Project Endorsements, Project
Advisors, Project Sponsors); DharmaLens Archives (Bon, Nyingma, Sakya,
Kagyu, Gelug, More Choices); DharmaLens Member Services (Join Member
Archives, Member Archives Log-in, Upload Files); Member Archives (Bon,
Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu, Gelug, More Choices); DharmaLens Media Services
(Join Media Archives, Media Archives Log-in, Media Image Banks, H.H.
the Dalai Lama, Tibetan Monastaries, Tibetan Leaning Centers, Tibetan
Culture Centers, Tibetan Teachers, Tibetan Teachings, Tibetan
Retreats, Tibetan Cultural Events, Tibetan Politics, Tibetan
Independence, Tibetan Communities, Bon, H.H. the Dalai Lama, Nyingma,
H.H. Penor Rinpoche, Sakya, H.H. the Sakya Trizen, Kagyu H.H. the
Karmapa Lama, Gelug H.H. the Dalai Lama, More Choices); The Zhang
Zhung Foundation (Join, Support, Contact); The Tonpa Shenrab
Institute (Join, Support, Contact); Tibetan Resources (Links,
Tibetan History and Culture, Zhang Zhung, Dzogchen, Naxi (Nakshi)
Culture, Mongolian Buddhism); Cross Cultural Hybrids and Evolutions
(Eastern Mysticism, Buddhism, North Indian Buddhism, Tibetan
Buddhism, Trends in Western Buddhism); Other Resouces; Our Sponsors.
[Site under heavy construction. The temporary URL is listed below. The
DharmaLens plans to move soon to a permanent address at
www.dharmalens.com - ed.].
URL http://members.xoom.com/zhangzhung/dharmalens1.html
Link suggested by: Charles Silver (silver@venus.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Documents/Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
rating not available
06 Apr 2000
The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC)
Canada Tibet Committee, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Self-description:
"The Canada Tibet Committee (CTC) [est. 1987] is an independent
non-governmental organisation of Tibetans and non-Tibetans living in
Canada, who are concerned about the continuing human rights violations
and lack of democratic freedom in Tibet. It seeks to stop the ongoing
destruction of the Tibetan culture, to alleviate the suffering of the
Tibetan people and to restore Tibet to its status as an independent
state within the family of nations. The Canada Tibet Committee is
committed to the principle of non-violence and opposes the use of
violence as a means of resolving conflict. The Canada Tibet Committee
recognizes the Tibetan Government-in-exile as the leigitimate
representative of the Tibetan people.
The CTC works to achieve its goals by:
* Compiling and distributing current information about Tibet;
* Advocating on behalf of the Tibetan people via outreach campaigns to government, non-governmental
organisations, the public and the media;
* Conducting seminars and speaker tours, organizing cultural events and publishing reports;
* Developing the Canada Tibet Committee into a cross-Canada network."
Site content: About the CTC; World Tibet News Archive; Calendar of
Events; Letter Writing Campaign; Publications; Press Releases; Tibet
in Canada; Tibet links; Marketplace; Contact Us.
[The website includes a database of over 10,000 articles from the archives of the World Tibet Network (WTN) electronic news service
(3,500 subscribers in 60 countries, incl. the PRC) dating back to Dec
1993 - ed.].
URL http://www.tibet.ca
Link suggested by: Canada Tibet Committee, National Office (cantibet@tibet.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info./News
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
V.Useful
06 Apr 2000
DROKPA - Himalayan and Central Asian Development Projects
Drokpa, Bradley, CA, USA.
Supplied note:
"DROKPA (which means 'nomad' in Tibetan) is a non-profit organization
that partners with pastoral communities in the Himalaya and Central
Asia to implement grassroots development projects that cultivate the
health of their endangered natural and cultural systems."
Site content: About Drogpa; Projects; Communities; Bibliography; Administration; Publications;
Annual reports; Help Us; Mailing List, Links [Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal].
[A valuable and informative (esp. bibliography & publication sections) site - ed.]
URL http://www.drokpa.org
Link suggested by: Kenneth Bauer (nomad@drokpa.org)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
03 Apr 2000
ERM China
www.ermchina.com, China
Supplied note:
"ERM China, a member of the Environmental Resources Management Group.
Check out our website to get a full list of the services we provide."
Site contents: Mergers and Acquisitions Services; Environmental,
Health and Safety Management; Pollution Control and Site Remediation;
Hazardous Waste Management; Clean Energy; Environmental Economics;
Social Strategies; Regulatory Services; International Development.
URL http://www.ermchina.com
Link suggested by: Bin Jiang (bjiang@ermchina.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
02 Apr 2000
The Samantabhadra Archives
The Nyingma Tantras Project, University of Virgina, USA
Self-description: "The Samantabhadra
Archives is an electronic and collaborative project aiming at the
reproduction, analysis, interpretation, and translation (as
appropriate) of Tibetan literature. At present we are focused on
Nyingma and Bonpo literature, but plan eventually to expand to other
types of Tibetan literature as well. Or intial focus is on the
various editions of of the great canonical collection of Tibetan
Buddhist scriptures known as The Collected Tantras of the Ancients
(rnying ma rgyud 'bum). The Archives is a scholarly venture based at
the University of Virgina administered by the Institute for the
Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH) at the University of
Virginia, and is also being developed in collaboration with the
Fondren Library of Rice University. The Archives should be fully open
to the public by the summer of 2000, prior to which the site will be
updated periodically so that interested individuals may follow its
progress."
Site contents: Archives in Detail; Into the Archives [not yet
available - ed.]; Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library - Digital
Tibetan Encyclopedia [not yet available - ed.]
[The Archives under construction
use SGML markup and supporting DTDs for their catalogues and text representation. A very promising future site
with digital documents - ed.]
URL http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/tibet/
Link suggested by: (cloudhand@oath.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
01 Apr 2000
Azerbaijan Internet Links
resources.net.az, Azerbaijan
Supplied note:
"In this site you can find all information
about Azerbaijan."
Site contents: General Information (State, Armenian-Azerbaijan Conflict, Regions and
cities, Population, Economy, Society & Culture, Azerbaijan in
Internet, Azeris of the World); Holidays in Azerbaijan; National
Holidays; Maps of Azerbaijan, What's New?
URL http://resources.net.az/
Link suggested by: Rashad Nabiyev (resources@azdata.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
01 Apr 2000
Child Research Net (CRN), Japan
Benesse Corp., Japan
Supplied note:
"A non-profit branch of Benesse (correspondence education)
Corporation, maintains a comprehensive bilingual Website dedicated to
Japanese children's education and well-being. The Japanese language
site http://www.crn.or.jp/ attracts much public perticipation, while
the English site http://www.childresearch.net/ serves international
academics, educators, professionals, policy-makers and youth.
Educational data, surveys, statistics, professional articles, and
essays by Japanese young people are featured. A free weekly e-mail
newsletter is available by request to info@childresearch.net. There
are also several avenues for interaction including a 'Let's Talk'
bulletin board."
URL http://www.childresearch.net/
Link suggested by: Steve McCarty (steve_mc@kagawa-jc.ac.jp)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
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