Tibetans and zeppelins. Notes on some articles from the Kalimpong-based Tibetan newspaper kept at the Collège de France’s Library of Tibetan Studies
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14 mai 2020
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Françoise Wang-Toutain, « Tibetans and zeppelins. Notes on some articles from the Kalimpong-based Tibetan newspaper kept at the Collège de France’s Library of Tibetan Studies », Colligere, ID : 10.58079/bdcm
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Translated by Liz Carey Libbrecht. The Collège de France’s Library of Tibetan Studies has a large collection of one of the earliest Tibetan newspapers, the Mirror of News from different Countries (Yul phyogs so so'i gsar 'gyur me long), widely known in English as Tibet Mirror. In a culture that for centuries had vested the written word with the sole function of transmitting religious and sacred knowledge, endeavours to develop journalism proved both innovative and difficult. Yet, the fact th...