དཔལ་སྤུངས་ཆོས་འཁོར་གླིང་།
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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–
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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
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
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)
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