Introducing Academia.edu, a social networking site that I got to know about last week. The idea is pretty much based on online social networking principles, except instead of superpoking one another you can link up to academics around the world, searching by institution, or research interest. Good for hooking up with peers and finding potential [...]
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Another website I discovered on the web last week but haven’t gotten round to properly playing around with is TimeRime, a site that lets you create interactive timelines online easily. As a field focusing on “When” as much as the “Where” and “What”, you can see how this might be a good illustrative tool for [...] In what seems to be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, an ancient road has been discovered in the Hoabinhian site of the Xom Trai Cave dating back to 8,000 – 9,000 years. Sadly, the story on VietNamNet doesn’t display any images of the road, but it indicates the presence of worn-out stones. [...] While I’m at the tail end of the World Rock Art course, I’ve also real salad of posts from all Indonesia and Cambodia to feature in this week’s rojak. photo credit: ideonexus [...] Heritage authorities in Vietnam express hope that their bid to include the Thang Long Citadel as a World Heritage Site will be successful be 2010, in time for its 1,000th year anniversary. The royal citadel was said to be in use from the founding of the Ly Dynasty in 1010, which saw the beginning of [...] A conference on Archaeological Tourism to be held in next April in Peru, home of the Machu Picchu, a World Heritage Site in danger of being loved to death (which also calls to mind Angkor). Read about the conference details below, and download the registration form here (Deadline 12 Jan 2009). IV International Conference in [...] I’ll be blogging sporadically this week, seeing how I’m at the University of Nottingham campus in KL for the World Rock-art course. It’s an intensive, 5-day course that started yesterday (Sunday) all the way to Thursday, covering theories and methodologies about rock art in all its forms – directly relevant to my field of study. [...] A 600-year-old skeleton, one of the four recovered during the discovery of the old fort walls of Malacca, is the highlight of the Archaeology Discovery Exhibition at the Negri Sembilan Museum. The article states erroneously that four skeletons were found during the excavation – actually, 10 skeletons were found, but only four of the better-preserved [...] The prestige bestowed by the World Heritage Status sometimes overshadows the responsibilities attached to it, like in the recent case of Georgetown. The ancient Vietnamese capital of Hue, recognised as a World Heritage Site in 1993, still faces significant challenges in fulfilling adequate restoration, conservation and protection. photo credit: KetaiBlogger Ancient capital and world [...] To build or not to build? Development projects in the World Heritage Site of Georgetown, Penang may conflict with the guidelines set by the world heritage committee, endangering its new status. It is important to note that Penang is now controlled by the Malaysian opposition after elections earlier this year, and so the idea that [...] |
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