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The Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma, 1775 - 1950 exhibition is on view at the Asian Art Museum from October 23, 2009 – January 10, 2010. Thailand and Burma, neighboring countries that are approximately the same size in area and population, have many cultural features in common (Theravada Bud…

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    • 27 EPISODES


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    Hybrid Lotuses: The Flowering of Indian-Related Culture in Siam and Burma (11/8/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 55:20


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Roundtable Comments, Discussion, and Closing Remarks (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 42:39


    Maurizio Peleggi, Mandy Sadan, John Guy, Leslie Woodhouse, Caverlee Cary, Pattaratorn Chirapravati, Hiram Woodward, Catherine Raymond, Forrest McGill, Juliane Schober, Donald M. Statdner, Justin McDaniel, Penny Edwards, and Piriya Krairiksh

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    Prophecy and Burma's Emerald Buddha (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 19:47


    Donald M. Stadtner, Independent Scholar

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    Panel Discussion: Power, Peripheries, and Perspectives (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 6:58


    Maurizio Peleggi, Mandy Sadan, and John Guy

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    Pockets of Influence: Museum Display and the Discourse of the Periphery (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 21:05


    Mandy Sadan, University of London

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    Icons, Antiquities, and Mnemonic Sites: The Multiple Lives of Thai Buddha Images (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 19:37


    Maurizio Peleggi, National University of Singapore

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    Adorned Buddha Images from 18th and 19th century Burma: Image, Ritual, and Function (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 19:30


    Catherine Raymond, Northern Illinois University

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    Thai Design as Described in Printed Manuals (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 44:34


    Hiram Woodward, Curator Emeritus, Walters Art Museum

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    Ultraman and the Siam Commercial Bank: Murals and Agency in Modern Thailand (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 20:58


    Justin McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania

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    A Foreign Princess at the Siamese Court: Princess Dara Rasami and the Politics of Gender and Ethnic Difference (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 13:45


    Leslie Woodhouse, Independent Scholar

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    Dressing Oneself: Attire and Authority in the Courts of Southeast Asia (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 25:26


    John Guy, Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Welcome Remarks - SACHI Annual Event (11/8/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 5:17


    Jay Xu, Director, Asian Art Museum and Gita Vaish, President, SACHI

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    Four Reigns (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2009 15:19


    Caverlee Cary, UC Berkeley

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    Embodying the Dharma (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2009 19:37


    Juliane Schober, Arizona State University

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    The Lives of Siamese Women Reflected in Personal Possessions (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2009 18:34


    Pattaratorn Chirapravati, CSU Sacramento

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    A Bodhisattva in Arcadia (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2009 19:05


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Welcome Remarks - Object Knowledge: Art, Artifact, and Authority in Southeast Asia (10/30/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2009 8:01


    Penny Edwards, UC Berkeley and Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Emerald Cities: Arts of Siam and Burma - Conserving the Collection Exhibition Video

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2009 20:06


    Emerald Cities Conservation Videos

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    Emerald Cities Docent Walkthrough (10/21/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2009 56:53


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum and Pattaratorn Chirapravati, CSU Sacramento

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    Docent Training Lecture for Emerald Cities Exhibition - Part I (9/9/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2009 53:48


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Docent Training Lecture for Emerald Cities Exhibition - Part II (9/9/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2009 14:50


    Forrest McGill, Chief Curator, Asian Art Museum

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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure - Part III (4/10/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2009 51:16


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure - Part I (3/13/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2009 52:29


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    The Center Cannot Hold: Mandalay and its Failure - Part II (3/13/2009)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2009 40:52


    Forrest McGill, Asian Art Museum

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    Conservation: Cleaning the Daybed - Rough Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2009 1:12


    Emerald Cities Conservation Videos

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    Conservation: Replacing Pieces - Rough Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2009 1:53


    Emerald Cities Conservation Videos

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    Conservation: Copper Paint - Rough Cut

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2009 1:53


    Asian Art Museum

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