Berghahnn books, 2022. In this book, Heidi Fjeld, a Professor of Medical Anthropology at the University of Oslo, presents an-depth study of polyandry, kinship and marriage in the form of a fieldwork-based monograph of...
A special issue titled “Storying multi-species relationships, commoning and the state in the Himalayas” edited by Erik de Maaker and Dan Smyer Yü has been published. This is the EBHR issue 58 and it...
In a previous post I introduced some considerations about the use of topology as a method in anthropology, and briefly presented a first case study about conceptions of the body in the tattooing process...
As objects of anthropological inquiry, a body, a house, and a territory each pose a similar set of questions in relation to notions of interiority/exteriority; identity/alterity; limit or boundary; and containment. The body, the...
“Territories, Communities, and Exchanges in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands” February 18-20, 2016, Paris – France Call for papers To submit your proposal please register on the conference website and submit your proposal online: http://kham.sciencesconf.org Deadline...
Ramirez, Philippe. People of the margins: Across ethnic boundaries in North-East India. Guwahati: Spectrum, 2014. spectrumpublications.ghy@gmail.com, 16€, 20$, 15£, 680 INR. North-East India’s cultural landscape might be considered as both more complex and more...
The ERC-funded project “Territories, communities, and exchanges in Kham Sino-Tibetan Borderlands” announces a public workshop in Villejuif, convened by Stéphane Gros, at the Center for Himalayan Studies (CNRS), on 16 December 2013: Nicolas SihléNicolas...
Since its beginnings, one of the recurring components of the annual Jean Rouch International Film Festival in Paris is a series of screenings entitled “Regards comparés” (something that we could perhaps translate as “Our...
Dans le cadre de l’évènement « Alliances en résonances : le Népal à Paris » Journée de Conférences ouvertes à tous INALCO/Alliance Française : « Aspects du Népal contemporain » Pôle des Langues et...
Stéphane Gros has been awarded a Starting Independent Researcher Grant from the European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant)[1] for his project “Territories, Communities and Exchanges in the Sino-Tibetan Kham Borderlands (China),” hosted at the...
The annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association, which took place in Montreal (16-21 November), brought together several thousands of scholars to talk and exchange about their research. Himalayanists were surely present, but hard...
To my knowledge, literature devoted to North-East India and the Himalayas makes little mention of either trans-ethnic descent groups or trans-ethnic patronymic groups. Hutton and Mills mention people from distinct Naga tribes who consider...
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