This book hosts a collection of historical and fieldwork-based case studies and conceptual discussions of climate change in the greater Himalayan region. It offers students, academics, and the interested public fresh approaches to the interdisciplinary field of climate studies and policy debates on climate change and sustainable development.
This book hosts a collection of historical and fieldwork-based case studies and conceptual discussions of climate change in the greater Himalayan region. It offers students, academics, and the interested public fresh approaches to the interdisciplinary field of climate studies and policy debates on climate change and sustainable development.
Jelle J.P. Wouters is Associate Professor in Anthropology and Sociology at Royal Thimphu College, and Chair of the Himalayan Centre for Environmental Humanities. Dan Smyer Yü is Kuige Professor of Ethnology at Yunnan University and a Global Faculty Member of University of Cologne, Germany.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters: An Introduction 2. Paddy Clime: Ecological Indigeneity in the Naga Uplands 3. Lakes in Life: Mermaids and Anthropocenic Waters in the Bhutan Highlands 4. Storied Toponyms in Bhutan: Affective Landscapes, Spiritual Encounters, and Clime Change 5. Climing Everest Through Cryo-Visuals 6. Dancing in the Rain: Climing Monsoon in Pre-Modern Assam 7. A Thirsty Himalaya: Rain Clime and Anthropogenic Drought in the Darjeeling Hills 8. Clim(b)ing Slow-Moving Structures in the Garhwal Himalaya 9. The Geopolitics of Riverine Climes in the Eastern Himalayas: The Brahmaputra-Yarlung Tsangpo and the India-China Border Conflict 10. Encountering Climate Change: Agential Mountains, Angry Deities, and Anthropocenic Clime in the Bhutan Highlands 11. Predatory Climes: Beastly Encounters in the Making of the Sundarbans 12. Afterword: A Himalayan-Andean Conversation
1. Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters: An Introduction 2. Paddy Clime: Ecological Indigeneity in the Naga Uplands 3. Lakes in Life: Mermaids and Anthropocenic Waters in the Bhutan Highlands 4. Storied Toponyms in Bhutan: Affective Landscapes, Spiritual Encounters, and Clime Change 5. Climing Everest Through Cryo-Visuals 6. Dancing in the Rain: Climing Monsoon in Pre-Modern Assam 7. A Thirsty Himalaya: Rain Clime and Anthropogenic Drought in the Darjeeling Hills 8. Clim(b)ing Slow-Moving Structures in the Garhwal Himalaya 9. The Geopolitics of Riverine Climes in the Eastern Himalayas: The Brahmaputra-Yarlung Tsangpo and the India-China Border Conflict 10. Encountering Climate Change: Agential Mountains, Angry Deities, and Anthropocenic Clime in the Bhutan Highlands 11. Predatory Climes: Beastly Encounters in the Making of the Sundarbans 12. Afterword: A Himalayan-Andean Conversation
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