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The Tibetan Plateau Blog: 2013 Update: Dams on the Drichu (Yangtze), Zachu (Mekong) and Gyalmo Ngulchu (Salween) rivers on the Tibetan Plateau

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2013 Update: Dams on the Drichu (Yangtze), Zachu (Mekong) and Gyalmo Ngulchu (Salween) rivers on the Tibetan Plateau. Tuesday, March 26, 2013. This post shares an updated map and three (Excel sheet) databases of hydropower projects (HPP) in the watersheds of the Drichu. Rivers (click on the highlighted river names to access the files). Of the map was posted on this blog in 2010. Readers’ assistance in improving and updating these location names and other information will be highly appreciated. A hydropow...

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Changing forms of religion as an indicator of current transformations in Nepal – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Changing forms of religion as an indicator of current transformations in Nepal. December 10, 2015. When carefully considered, the motto of “let’s be happy” seems rather appropriate to the current Nepali situation. Political failure, disillusionment with politics, power cuts, a shortage of so many basic necessities, an economic crisis, exodus of the population to foreign countries, severe ecological degradation, repeated. My answer to this question is definitely yes. At a ...

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Borders, Ethnicity and Critical Scholarship – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Borders, Ethnicity and Critical Scholarship. December 10, 2015. For some ten years, my work has focused on border politics and identity, ethnicity and state-society relations in China, giving rise to intensive fieldwork in the Gyalrong region of Sichuan province. These issues are addressed in my recently published book (. In the Land of the Eastern Queendom: The Politics of Gender and Ethnicity on the Sino-Tibetan Border. The AAA round-table presenters were Arienne M....

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oral literature – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Conference / workshop / seminar. 9 Oct, 2014. Middot; Published October 9, 2014. Middot; Last modified June 15, 2015. Gesar Conference, Paris. International conference: The Many Faces of Ling Gesar / Destins divers de l’épopée de Gesar de Ling. Homage to Rolf A. Stein. Collège de France, Paris, 27-28 Oct. 2014. Conference / workshop / seminar. 20 Jun, 2013. Middot; Published June 20, 2013. Middot; Last modified August 19, 2013. 7 Mar, 2013. Middot; Published March 7, 2013.

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politics – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. 24 Jul, 2016. Middot; Published July 24, 2016. Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, no. 19 (E-Journal) Frontier Tibet: Trade and Boundaries of Authority in Kham This special issue of Cross-Currents (open-access) focuses on the region of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands that.. Conference / workshop / seminar. 27 Nov, 2015. Middot; Published November 27, 2015. Middot; Last modified April 6, 2016. 17 Nov, 2015. Middot; Published November 17, 2015. 5 Jun, 2015.

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Kham – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. 24 Jul, 2016. Middot; Published July 24, 2016. Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Culture Review, no. 19 (E-Journal) Frontier Tibet: Trade and Boundaries of Authority in Kham This special issue of Cross-Currents (open-access) focuses on the region of the Sino-Tibetan borderlands that.. Conference / workshop / seminar. 6 Apr, 2016. Middot; Published April 6, 2016. Middot; Last modified May 16, 2016. Comparative anthropology of Buddhism workshop: religion and economy.

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Himalayas – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Conference / workshop / seminar. 24 Feb, 2016. Middot; Published February 24, 2016. Middot; Last modified April 6, 2016. Taking Nature to Court in India. Taking Nature to Court in India Monday, March 7, 2016 CEIAS Room 640, 6th floor 190 Avenue de France, 75013 Paris [From the programme:] This is the second of a set of three.. 13 Jun, 2015. Middot; Published June 13, 2015. Middot; Last modified June 15, 2015. Cultural Flows across the Western Himalaya. 26 Mar, 2015. Middo...

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Incompleteness in Yi writings – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Incompleteness in Yi writings. December 10, 2015. China officially numbers fifty-five “minority nationalities” ( shaoshu minzu. 少数民族) an expression often inappropriately translated as “national minorities” and wrongly regarded as “ethnic groups”. One of these is the “Yi nationality” ( Yizu. 石林县), which is specific to the Sani branch of the Yi ( Yizu Sani zhixi. Ie “Masters of psalmody”, are similar to shamans; they travel through the cosmos as a consequence of...Writing i...

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writing and orality – The Himalayas and beyond

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Conference / workshop / seminar. Category: writing and orality. Conference / workshop / seminar. 6 Nov, 2015. Middot; Published November 6, 2015. Towards a Manual of Tibetan Manuscript Studies. International workshop University of Chicago Paris Center 25-28 November 2015 Sponsored by the Luce Fondation, the EPHE and the CRCAO. Please note that the 26 and 27 November are open to researchers and students.. 13 Jun, 2015. Middot; Published June 13, 2015. Middot; Last modified June 15, 2015. 21 Nov, 2014.