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Pamela Logan

August 13, 2023 By Pamela Logan

Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau–

Palpung Chökhor Ling

དཔལ་སྤུངས་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་། This post is one of a series. Introduction Palpung Gonpa (Ch: Babang Si 八邦寺) is located in a township of the same name, in Dege County in western Sichuan Province. The monastery complex is dominated by a four-story main temple, or chölhakhang set on a rocky … [Read more...] about

Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau–

Palpung Chökhor Ling

Filed Under: conservation

June 18, 2023 By Pamela Logan

Conservation of Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau:
Overview and Introduction

This is the first of a series of posts about repair and conservation in Kham. Traditional Tibetan architecture is beautiful and impressive and adds immeasurably to Tibet’s landscape. Solidly built temples and their uniquely Tibetan embellishments express Tibetans’ enduring faith and rich … [Read more...] about Conservation of Built Heritage on the Eastern Tibetan plateau:
Overview and Introduction

Filed Under: conservation

February 2, 2022 By Pamela Logan

Vanished Xinjiang
Photos from the 1990s

I first came to Xinjiang in 1991 with a bicycle that I pedalled from Kashgar almost to China's border with Pakistan, a story that is told in my book Among Warriors.  In 1993, 1995, 1997, and 2000, I returned to Xinjiang--sometimes to pursue an archeology project that used synthetic aperture radar to … [Read more...] about Vanished Xinjiang
Photos from the 1990s

Filed Under: culture Tagged With: Altai, China, Islam, Kanas, Karakoram, Kirgiz, Mongolian, Muslim, Uighur, Uyghur, Xinjiang

January 29, 2022 By Pamela Logan

Tuolaji (a poem)

Roaring The beast Rears up On monster wheels Snout searching For passage Pipe gassing Mud spraying A man astride Levering Pulling Behind, a load.       … [Read more...] about Tuolaji (a poem)

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January 4, 2022 By Pamela Logan

Wow! What a Ride!
The life of Dana Joan Isherwood
1936 – 2021

2016 A petite, broad-shouldered woman, puffy in thick polar garb, leans over the sideboard, the wind pulling wisps of gray-blonde hair away from her face, as giant ice floes drift past the boat.  She aims a camera at two polar bears on a distant gravel shore.  Snap. Hold that long lens steady. … [Read more...] about Wow! What a Ride!
The life of Dana Joan Isherwood
1936 – 2021

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