Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability Smyer Y Dan
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability Smyer Y Dan Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning,…
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Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability Smyer Y Dan
Environmental Humanities in the New Himalayas: Symbiotic Indigeneity, Commoning, Sustainability showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities.Unique in scope, this book features case studies from Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sino-Indian borderlands, many of which are documented by authors from indigenous Himalayan communities. Focusing on the sentient relations of human-, animal-, and spirit-worlds with the earth in different parts of the Himalayas, the authors present the complex meanings of indigeneity, commoning and sustainability in the Anthropocene. It explores three environmental characteristics of modern Himalayas: the anthropogenic, the indigenous, and the animist.
In doing so, they show the vital role that indigenous stories and