ECAI / PNC Joint Meetings
October 19-21, 2011
Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Complete Program and Logistical information available at: PNC 2011 Conference

ECAI Workshop on Maritime Buddhism

The primary topic for this workshop is Maritime Buddhism in a broad sense. It includes information on Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia, documentation of the travels of Buddhist pilgrims, trade and shipping, shipwrecks, archaeology, trade routes, trade winds, monsoons, and historic climate change. In addition, related Religious Atlas work and digital Buddhist resources will be discussed.

The ECAI project on Maritime Buddhism plans to support mapping of Maritime Buddhist sites and shipwrecks and build a method to integrate existing data into an interactive map interface.

For the Friday sessions we are inviting the workshop participants to present results and status reports of related work. The Saturday session will include continuation of research reports, hands on demonstrations, and concrete planning: outlining the research agenda, identifying appropriate data, data collection, fundraising, and collaborative working plans.

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Friday, 21 October 2011

11:00 – 12:30 – Introductions and Project Reports I

Lewis Lancaster
ECAI, UC Berkeley
Opening remarks on the vision of the Maritime Buddhism Project

I-Chun Fan
GIS Center of the Research Center for Humanities & Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Review of recent projects at Academia Sinica and of the digital atlas interface used for the Religious Atlas of China and the Himalayas

D. Dayalan
Archaeological Survey of India
Archaeological sites and evidence of Maritime Buddhism in South India

12:30 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 – Project Reports II

Lim Chen Sian
Southeast Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore and Archaeology Unit, Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Singapore Country Report & Collaborative Archaeological Projects in Southeast Asia

Alexander Stolyarov
Institute of Oriental Studies of the RAS, Moscow Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Seasons and Weekdays for Landgrants in Early Mediaeval North India

David Blundell
National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Buddhist Voyaging in Monsoon Asia utilizing Austronesian Sea Craft

15:30 – 16:00 – Break

16:00 – 17:30 – Project Reports III

Osmund Bopearachchi
French National Centre for Scientific Research, (C.N.R.S), Paris, France.
“Diffusion of Mahayanist Images and Implantation of Port at River Mouths in Ancient Sri Lanka”

Jeanette Zerneke
ECAI, UC Berkeley
Update on ECAI Religious Atlas of China and development of a Tibetan Religious Atlas

Saturday, 22 October 2011

9:30 – 10:30 – Development Issues

Discussion of issues involved in developing complex Cultural Atlases and Digital Humanities Systems. Short introductions to some of the issues will be presented then opened for discussion. Focus issues will include:

Project Development Planning
Participants will discuss challenges and work on project planning, technical options, and collaboratively develop prospectuses.

Venue:
Friday meeting will be at the PNC conference venue:
Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University
Sasa Patasala Building,
Soi Chula 12, Phyathai Road,
Bangkok 10330,
Thailand

Saturday sessions will be held in the SASA Guest house, adjacent to the conference venue.