Professor Harold ThwaitesProfessor of Creative Digital MediaAdvisor to the Faculty of ArtsSunway University, Kuala Lumpur

Exploring Maritime Heritage Dynamics @ NTU - 18-20::11::15

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THE ATLAS OF MARITIME BUDDHISM

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SYNOPSIS“This world touring exhibition is based on the compelling story of the spread of Buddhism through the seaports of SE Asia and the South China Sea, supported by never-before-seen archaeological evidence and pioneering exhibition technologies”. Professor Sarah Kenderdine, UNSW, 2015

RESEARCH PARTNERSThe research is a collaboration between Australian Research Council (ARC), University of New South Wales, University of California Berkeley, Fudan University, City University of Hong Kong & (Sunway University).

DATABASE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

The Atlas database is administered by ECAI, a research unit at the School of Information, UC Berkeley and hosted and maintained by Academia Sinica, with 100+ active graduate students and researchers contributing to it on a yearly basis.

SELECTEDSITES

EXHIBITION PARTNERSThe exhibition is scheduled in the Australian National Maritime Museum and Museum Victoria - Australia, Asian Art & Culture Museum Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum - Taiwan, ZKM - Germany, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, (Sunway University Gallery, KL.)

TECHNOLOGICAL FRAMEWORKThe aim of this research is to develop a pioneering deep mapping data browser—an interactive interface developed in a 360-degree 3D virtual environment.

LIST of SITESIndia

Kushingar, Andhra Pradesh Nagarjunakonda, Andhra Pradesh Bavikonda, Andhra Pradesh Chaitya in Salihundam, Andhra Pradesh Sanchi, Andhra Pradesh Ajanta, Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Indonesia Muaro Jambi, Jambi province, Sumatra, Indonesia Borobudur, Central Java, Indonesia Sewu Temple Compound (Manjusrigrha), Indonesia Muaro Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia Bahal, North Sumatra, Indonesia Batujaya in West Java, Indonesia

Malaysia Kek Lok Si Temple, Penang, Malaysia Langkasuka, Kedah, MalaysiaBujang Valley, Perak, MalaysiaMahavihara Buddhist Temple, KL, Malaysia

MyanmarShwedagon Paya, Yangon, MyanmarShit-thaung paya, Mrauk, Myanmar

ThailandWat Phra Mahathat WoramahawihanNakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand Wat Kukut (Chedi Suwan Chang Kot)Lamphun, Wat Phra Singh, Chiang Mai, Thailand Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai, Thailand Wat Mahathat, Ayutthaya, Thailand

Cambodia Buddhist Angkor, Cambodia (Greater Angkor)Preah Palilay, Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia Bagan, Myanmar

South ChinaQing Shan Monastery, Hong KongLing Du monastery, Hong KongGuangxiao Monastery, Guangzhou, Guangdong ProvinceNanhua Monastery, Guangdong ProvinceLiu Rong Monastery, Guangzhou, Guangdong ProvinceHualin Monastery, Guangdong ProvinceTa Bo Monastery, Foshan City, Guangdong Province

STEREOGRAPHIC PANORAMA LOCATIONS

NAVIGATING THE MAP OF 30+ LOCATIONS

STEREOGRAPHIC PANORAMIC LOCATION CAPTURE

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Place Hampi, An example project of multiple nodes of exploration and interaction across a landscape.

AUGMENTED ARCHAEOLOGICAL & HISTORIC EVIDENCE

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Figure 19. LIDAR imaging from Angkor © Khmer Archaeology LiDAR Consortium 2013. This imaging project, contributes to the Greater Angkor Project, Sydney University which radically redefines the size and scope of Angkor as it is know today.

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Figure 23. Top LHS. Route of Chinese Buddhist monk Faxian (337 – c. 422 CE)Figure 24. Satavahan coin depicting ship.

Figure 25. Top RHS Routes along the Great Circle.Figure 26. Harappan seal depicting ship.

Figure 27. Chandraketugarh coin depicting ship.

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE & SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

CONFERENCES

DIGITAL COMMUNITIES

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Prof. Em. Dr. Lewis Lancaster (University of California, Berkeley)Prof. Roland Fletcher (University of Sydney) Dr. Damian Evans (University of Sydney) Prof. Charles Holcombe (University of Northern Iowa) Dr. Duraiswamy Dayalan (Archaeological Survey of India) Dr. Andrea Acri (Nalanda-Sriwijaya Centre, Singapore) Prof. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine (University of New South Wales) Prof. Alexander Stolyarov (International Centre of South Asian Studies of the Russian State University for the Humanities - Moscow) Prof. Dr. David Blundell (Social Sciences for Taiwan Studies, and Languages and Cultures, at National Chengchi University) Prof. Harold Thwaites (CRCDM, Sunway University, Kuala Lumpur)Dr. Susan Whitfield (British Library) Dr Tilman Frasch (Manchester Metropolitan University) Dr. Osmund Bopearachchii (National Centre for Scientific Research) Paris, Hemanshu Rae (Nehru University, Delhi) Dr. Jeremy Green (Western Australian Maritime Museum)

PROJECT MEMBERS

“We are swiftly moving at present from an era when business was our culture into an era when

culture will be our business.” M. McLuhan

Professor Lewis Lancaster