The Atlas of

Maritime
Buddhism
25 March 2013

ISEAS Seminar Room II

SESSION I:
Technical Aspects of
Cultural Heritage
9am-1pm
SESSION II:
Atlas of Maritime Buddhism
2pm-6pm

Photo credits (T-B, L-R): International Dunhuang Project/CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; W. Rebel/CC-BY-3.0; Wikimedia Commons; Andrea Acri

ECAI Workshop:

This workshop aims at illuminating the Buddhist

past by documenting the circulation of ideas,
people and goods across Asia via the so-called
Maritime Silk Road(s). The ECAI Atlas of
Maritime Buddhisn Project highlights the
maritime contribution to the development of a
premodern global network of trade and cultural
diffusion, within which Buddhism was seamlessly
integrated.
The Atlas initiative is supported by an
international team of researchers utilizing
new data collection technologies and
advanced data mapping to integrate the
latest archaeological evidence. This
workshop provides the projects
researchers an opportunity to
present their findings and to
discuss best practices in the
preservation and digitalization
of cultural heritage.

To register,
please write to:
nscevents@iseas.edu.sg

Co-organized by the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative (ECAI) and the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
NALANDA-SRIWIJAYA CENTRE
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore 119614
T 6870 4549 F 6775 6264 E nsc@iseas.edu.sg
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ECAI Workshop:

The Atlas of Maritime Buddhism

25 March 2013
ISEAS Seminar Room II

PROGRAMME
SESSION I: Technical Aspects of Cultural Heritage
9am-1pm

Open Platform and Context in Digital Technology

Howie Lan
University of California, Berkeley
What do we Learn when we Digitize EVERYTHING
Harold Thwaites
Centre For Creative Content and Digital Innovation, University of Malaya
Remote Sensing of Cultural Heritage
Damian Evans
Greater Angkor Project, Siem Reap, Cambodia
University of Sydney, Australia

SESSION II: Atlas of Maritime Buddhism

2pm-6pm

Maritime Dissemination of Buddhism

Lewis Lancaster
University of California, Berkeley
Geo-registration of Buddhist Archaeological Sites in Tamil Nadu
Dayalan Duraiswamy
India Archaeological Survey, Southern India
Mapping Esoteric Buddhist Networks across the Maritime Silk Roads (ca 8th-13th century C.E.)
Andrea Acri
Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Photo credit: Andrea Acri

Maritime Transmission of the Monastic Order of Nuns to China

Asanga Guang Xing
University of Hong Kong
Southern Asia Dharma Civilization and Stitched Craft Navigation: Austronesian Perspectives
David Blundell
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Closing discussion and announcement of next ECAI workshop/seminar