Buch(elektronisch)2021

Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability

In: Routledge Environmental Humanities Ser.

Smyer Yü, Dan; de Maaker, Erik

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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures and maps -- Map-Geographical coverage of the chapters -- Situating environmental humanities in the New Himalayas: An introduction -- Context -- An experiment of undisciplining-challenges and dividends -- Himalayan humanities for the New Himalayas -- Pluriverse of Himalayan humanities -- References -- Part I: Kindred of the earth, deities, humans and animals -- Chapter 1: Relatedness, trans-species knots and yak personhood in the Bhutan highlands -- Folkloric entrances -- Introduction: co-dwelling, co-evolving and co-shaping -- Derrida's cat and Haraway's dog: extralinguistic communication and animal personhood -- Trans-species relatedness, kin-making and knots -- Intentionality, agency and affective lives among yaks -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Lepcha water view and climate change in Sikkim Himalaya -- Lepcha homestay in Himalayan Village -- Water and myths -- Lingzya waterfall -- Tale of the water spirit and the hunter -- Water and religion -- Water and gender -- Water and livelihood -- Centrality of water -- Unmanageable waters -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Eco-spiritual and economic perspectives in Bhutan's Haa district -- Introduction -- A spiritual landscape -- Local deities and stories -- Deities and environmental conservation -- The rise of instrumental orientations towards the environment -- Neoliberal logic -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Aqueous earth -- Chapter 4: Narratives from a fluvial world: Poetics of charland dwelling in neo-colonial Assam -- Introduction -- Chardwellers' cultural narratives -- Colonial and neo-colonial politics -- The Miya poetry movement -- Postscript -- References.

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Environmental humanities in the new Himalayas: symbiotic indigeneity, commoning, sustainability

In: Routledge environmental humanities

Smyer Yü, Dan; Maaker, Erik de

Situating environmental humanities in the new Himalayas : an introduction / Dan Smyer Yü -- Relatedness, trans-species knots, and yak personhood in the Bhutan Highlands / Jelle J.P. Wouters -- Lepcha water view and climate change in Sikkim Himalaya / Charisma K. Lepcha -- Eco-spiritual and economic perceptions in Bhutan's Haa District / Thinley Dema -- Narratives from a fluvial world : poetics of Charland Dwelling in a Neocolonial Assam / Bhagarbi Das -- Painting the genesis of the Lepcha : a world emerging from water spirits / Rongnyoo Lepcha and Mongfing Lepcha -- Muddying the waters : the invention and enclosure of Tibet's wetlands / Ruth Gamble -- Aloof but not abandoned : relationality and the exploitation of the environment in the Garo Hills of India / Erik de Maaker -- Cordyceps, climate change and cosmological imbalance in the Bhutan highlands / Kinley Choki -- Local knowledge of floods and coping strategies in downstream Mahakali River, Nepal / Rashila Deshar, Dibas Shrestha, Sarina Maharjan and Madan Koirala -- Indigenous irrigation system linking people, place and the planet : the practice of jamfwi on the India-Bhutan Borderlands / Anwesha Dutta and Shailendra Yashwant -- Rajaki : an indigenous approach to commoning in Hunza, Pakistan / Zainab Khali -- Transboundary environments, militarization and minoritization : reimagining international relations in the Himalaya from Ladakh, India / Alexander Davis -- Symbiotic indigeneity and commoning in the anthropogenic Himalayas / Dan Smyer Yü -- Conclusion: Indigenous heritages and sacred earth / John Grim.

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