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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Jul 2000
Vol. 7, No. 117
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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 8
Entries rejected: 0
22 Jul 2000
Eurasia Political Culture Research Network
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Denmark
Supplied note:
"Eurasia Political Culture Research Network has members in China,
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Japan, Korea, Norway, Sweden, and Taiwan.
The network is inter-disciplinary within the social sciences, and we
have joined forces to conduct comparative research in order to develop
a deeper East - West cross-cultural understanding."
URL http://nias.ku.dk/epcren
Link suggested by: Jens-Chr. Sorensen (jcs@nias.ku.dk)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
22 Jul 2000
Asia-Pacific Forum
Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin Association, Germany
Supplied note:
"The Internet project of the Asia-Pacific Weeks, Asia-Pacific Forum
Berlin (APFB) registered association and the Intercessio Media
Marketing GmbH. Starting June 1st 2000 APForum.com offers a platform
for the members and partners of the APFB to present and communicate
their activities. In the medium term it is planned to enrich the forum
with basic information and the latest news on business, society,
travel and culture in the Asia-Pacific Region as well as a
'co-operation database', linklists, addresses and moderated
newsgroups complete the program."
Site contents:
Events; Members & Friends; General Information; Countries;
Experts' Forum; Impressum; Contact; About APForum.com; About the
Asia-Pacific Weeks (APW); About the Asia-Pacific Forum Berlin (APFB).
[A bi-lingual (DE,EN) site - ed.]
URL http://www.apforum.com/index_e.asp
Link suggested by: Heike Volmer (h.volmer@gmx.de)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Corporate Info.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
18 Jul 2000
Padma Bhushan - Indian Classical Musician
www.divinesarod.com, India
Supplied note:
"Padma Bhushan [aka] Sharan Rani [= 'Queen of Sarod'] is a leading sarod
player, a difficult fretless instrument in North Indian Classical
Music. She has performed for over 6 decades on concert platform and
has done extensive research in the origin and antiquity of Sarod
through studies of Indian paintings and sculpture. She has donated
over 300 rare musical instruments to the National Museum, Delhi which
are kept in the 'Sharan Rani Gallery of Musical Instruments'."
Site contents: Sharan Rani; Achievements; Antiquity of Sarod; Evolution of Sarod; Musings.
[The site offers useful summary of the artist's achievements - ed.]
URL http://www.divinesarod.com
Link suggested by: Rishi Jindal (rishijindal@iname.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]:
Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]:
Useful
14 Jul 2000
The Western
Yugur Steppe
Marti Roos, in collaboration with Hans Nugteren (Leiden Univ., The
Netherlands), and Zhong Jinwen (Central Univ. for Nationalities, Beijing,
China)
Description:
Marti Roos, webmaster of the site, received her PhD
in Turcology at Leiden Univ., Netherlands. The site
contains a lot of introductory material (including a
synopsis of Western Yugurology in the 19th and 20th
century) and a very rich bibliographical section.
Site contents: Introduction (The Western Yugur people, Sunan Yugur
Autonomous County, The Western Yugur language, Yugurology); Literature
and culture (Folk tales, Folk wisdom, Folk songs, Proverbs, Riddles,
Religion); Entertainment (Western Yugur cuisine, Traditional calendar,
Pictures of the country, Pictures of the traditional costume, Post
office, The weather); References (Bibliography, Search, Links).
URL http://www3.cybercities.com/w/westernyugur/index.htm
Link and review supplied by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de),
site rating by TMCiolek.
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Online Guide
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
06 Jul 2000
The Gate of Heavenly Peace
Long Bow Group, Inc.
Description: Very useful, not only for its information on the film
'The Gate of Heavenly Peace' (Tiananmen) made by Carma Hinton but also
for numerous documents about the Beijing spring of 1989 and the
symbolism of the Tiananmen Square.
Site contents: (1) The making of the film; (2) Characters (Interviewees in
'The Gate of Heavenly Peace' include students, workers, teachers, and
scholars); (3) Media library (contains film and audio clips and a gallery
of stills, paintings, and artwork); (4) Reviews, commentary, and
controversy; (5) Transcript (complete transcript of the film); (6) Themes
(Material and background information on some issues concerned); (7)
Chronology; (8) Additional Reading (On-line resources; Bibliography).
URL http://www.nmis.org/Gate/film
Link and review supplied by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de),
site rating by TMCiolek.
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Study
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
06 Jul 2000
Towards
a bibliography of works and passages on local religious life in mainland
China in the twentieth century (Republican
China [before 1949] and the PRC)
Barend J. ter Haar, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Self-description: "A bibliography of substantial literature on the topic
that] also strives to include those works with shorter yet substantial
discussions, which are otherwise not included in the customary
bibliographies on religious culture. Another feature is shorter or longer
annotations on the source value of the various works in question. This
bibliography does not replace, but rather supplements other works, such as
the three all-important bibliographies by Thompson and Seaman."
Does not include material on Taiwan.
Site contents: (1) Bibliographical work; (2) Between 1911 and 1949; (3)
Between 1949 and 1976; (4) After 1976; (5) Christianity and Islam in the
PRC; (6) Relevant journals with up-to-date information.
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/chinPRCbib.html
Link and review supplied by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de),
site rating by TMCiolek.
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
06 Jul 2000
Literacy,
Writing and Education
Barend J. ter Haar, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Self-description: "This is a survey-in-progress of the most important and
more recent secondary literature on [Chinese] literacy, orality, writing (functions
and status) and education in past and
present, topically organized."
[A well organized,
extensive, and mostly annotated bibliography - HL]
Site contents: (1) Traditional China (General; Acquiring literacy; The
education of children; The classical period; The examination system and
academies; Printing and its cultural effects; Libraries; Contracts and
other documents for daily usage; Women; Writing and Chinese religious
culture; Vernacular language; Visual dimensions of writing (including
calligraphy)); (2) Late Qing to present day (General; Education; Reading
and writing; Communication and propaganda; Modern printing; Literacy; The
formation of modern Chinese; Numeracy (desideratum); Minorities; Gender
aspects); (3) Orality (General; Primary orality; Secondary orality)
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/literacy.htm
Link and review supplied by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de),
site rating by TMCiolek.
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
06 Jul 2000
Bibliography
for the Study of Yao Religion
Barend J. ter Haar, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
Self-description: "The following bibliography has started as a personal
tool and comments are my own, based on cursory survey or reading. I have
attempted to be complete with respect to religion, but not with respect to
the Yao in general. Since this is not an active project, information after
1994 may be incomplete."
[An annotated bibliography; most sections are preceded by
short introductory remarks - HL].
URL http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/bth/index.html
Link and review supplied by Hanno Lecher (lecher@gw.sino.uni-heidelberg.de),
site rating by TMCiolek.
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online
guide]: Documents
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting -
marginal]: V.Useful
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