South-Eastern Asia

Projects in South-Eastern Asia

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Anti-colonialism and religious independence in the Philippines around 1900: preserving the archival records of the early history of the Iglesia Filipina Independente

Documenting the religious self-assertion of the Filipino elite around 1900, the records of the Iglesia Filipina Independente not only represent the negotiations between a loca…

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Digital library of the Lanten textual heritage

This project aims to preserve a corpus manuscripts of unique cultural value in Lanten society. Written in Classical Chinese supplemented with the Lanten language, these manusc…

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Survey and preservation of monastic manuscript collections in villages of Upper Myanmar

The project's objective was to survey manuscript collections in selected village monasteries in Upper Burma. From the eighteenth to the early twentieth century, these sites we…

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Playing Relative: Alliance-Making in Urban Malaysia

Throughout the 1980’s into the early 2000’s, Malaysian countercultures became connected through performative and visual art, which transcended differences in race, language, a…

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Building Indigenous Audiovisual Archives through Wiki Tools in Cambodia

The Project aims to use Wikimedia tools and platforms to build an open access indigenous audiovisual archive to preserve, protect and revitalize indigenous languages in Cambod…

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Philippines The 17th to 19th Century Maranao Manuscript Collections

This project, proposed by the Grupo Kalinangan Inc., aims to save the Maranao Manuscripts of the region of Lanao, Philippines. The Maranao Manuscripts, mostly still owned by t…

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Conservation of the 10th‐Century Temple of Phnom Bakheng, Phase 4

This project, which continues work begun under previous grants, involves the conservation of the east side of the temple.

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Conservation of the Early 16th-Century Wat Visoun Temple in Luang Prabang

This project involves the conservation of the temple’s historic roof, one of the largest in the region.

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Documentation of the Endangered Mangyan Syllabic Baybayin Script

This project involves the documentation of the script and associated traditions of Mindoro’s Hanunuo and Buhid tribes.

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