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Introduction: Why Site and Space?

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Site & Space in South-East Asia

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Site & Space in Southeast Asia was a multi-year research project focusing on the architectural and art histories of Huế, Yangon and Penang, led by Stephen Whiteman, Mark Ledbury and Adrian Vickers.

Read the Introductory essay to find out more about this publication.

Get to know the teams:
Huế project team
Penang project team
Yangon project team

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Site and Space in Southeast Asia is generously supported by the Getty Foundation as part of its Connecting Art Histories Initiative.

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Site & Space in Southeast Asia

A Powered X Power digital publication.

Edited by: Marni Williams, Stephen Whiteman, and Adrian Vickers

Digital Production and Project Management: Katrina Grant and Lachlan Thompson
Website design: Elle Williams and Stella Blake-Kelly
Drupal development: Systemik Solutions, Yang Li, Ian McCrabb, Mufeng Nui
StoryMap layouts: Isobel Andrews
Editorial Oversight and Project Management: Katrina Grant, Lachlan Thompson
Proofing: Thomas Melick and Naomi Riddle

This digital publication is based on a project website originally developed by Hedren Sum

All efforts have been made to correctly acknowledge creators of images and sources. If you wish to request any changes to image credits or have concerns about the use of any images please contact us at powerinstitute@sydney.edu.au. Please note that only images credited to contributors are covered by the CC license, any reuse of images from other collections and repositories must comply with the licensing of the relevant copyright holders.

The texts, data, visualisations and author-contributed images on this site are covered by a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International). © The authors, artists and Power Publications, 2026.

Suggested citation: Williams, Marni, Stephen Whiteman, and Adrian Vickers, Site and Space in Southeast Asia, Power Publications, 2026, siteandspace.powerinstitute.org.au.