Social topologies (2/3). The House
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...
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New Book: Pastures of Change, by Gillian Tan: Resilient Nomads
Pastures of Change: Contemporary Adaptations and Transformations among Nomadic Pastoralists of Eastern Tibet, Gillian Tan. Springer International Publishing, 2018 (Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation). Tan’s latest book can be read along...
In Memoriam: Corneille Jest (1930-2019)
The members of CEH sadly announce the death of Corneille Jest, founding member of our research unit. Corneille Jest passed away on 23 January 2019 in the Paris area at the age of 88....
Social topologies (1/3). Tattoo interface
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...
New Book: Tone in Yongning Na, by Alexis Michaud: Open-access and the value of appendices
Tone in Yongning Na: Lexical tones and morphotonology, by Alexis Michaud. Language Science Press, 2017. (Studies in Diversity Linguistics 13) My main motivation for writing about Michaud’s study on the Na language doesn’t have...
Alexander William Macdonald (1923-2018)
A pioneering figure in Himalayan Studies passed away on 4th February 2018. Born in Scotland in 1923, Alexander William Macdonald enlisted in the army at the age of 17 and discovered Asia during the...
New book: Le chemin des humbles, by Rémi Bordes
Le chemin des humbles : Chroniques d’un ethnologue au Népal by Rémi Bordes (INALCO) ©2017 Plon, Collection “Terre humaine” Anthropologist Rémi Bordes offers here a beautiful, introspective reflection on his trajectory (starting in 1998)...
New book: The Battle for Fortune, by Charlene Makley
The Battle for Fortune: State-led Development, Personhood and Power among Tibetans in China by Charlene Makley (Professor of Anthropology, Reed College) ©2018 Cornell University Press Anthropologist Charlene Makley is already known for her work...
East Asian Topologies of Power
East Asian Topologies of Power An Interdisciplinary Cross-Currents Symposium The recently published special issue “Frontier Tibet: Trade and Boundaries of Authority in Kham” (Stéphane Gros ed.) will be presented and discussed at the occasion...
Himalayan Studies Conference 2017
The fifth Himalayan Studies Conference, organized by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS), will be held on September 1-4, 2017, in Boulder, Colorado and hosted by the Tibet Himalaya Intiative at CU...
Frontier Tibet
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...
Comparative anthropology of Buddhism workshop: ritual and modernity
The Centre for Himalayan Studies and the Southeast Asia Centre units of the French CNRS (Villejuif / Paris) are pursuing their collaboration in the form of a series of day-long thematic workshops in the...
Comparative anthropology of Buddhism workshop: religion and economy
The Centre for Himalayan Studies and the Southeast Asia Centre units of the French CNRS (Villejuif / Paris) are pursuing their collaboration in the form of a series of day-long thematic workshops in the...
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...
Sino-Tibetan Borderlands Conference Program
Territories, Communities, and Exchanges in the Sino-Tibetan Borderlands 18-20 February, 2016 We are delighted to share the program of the conference that will bring together twenty scholars during a 3-day event to be held...
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