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Belonging, Transformation, and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya with the Liu Institute for Global Issues
19th Apr 2019 8:00am
Drop by the Liu Institute Lobby Gallery ANY weekday between February to April 2019 to enjoy the latest Lobby Gallery exhibition. A closing reception will be held on April 23rd. Artists: Yungdrung Tsewang, Tsering Gurung, Yeshi Gurung, Kory Thibeault, and Emily Amburgey Curator: Rosaleen McAfee The photographs in this exhibition are a collection of work...
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Lobby Gallery Closing Reception: Belonging, Transformation, and Ethnographic Predicaments in Nepal’s Himalaya with the Liu Institute for Global Issues
23rd Apr 2019 5:30pm
Please RSVP Please mark your calendars for a Lobby Gallery closing reception with one of the artists, Emily Amburgey (PhD Student, Anthropology, UBC), who will be sharing more information about the project. Special guests, Dr. Mark Turin (Associate Professor of Anthropology & Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies (UBC) and Dr. Pasang Yanjee Sherpa (Anthropologist, affiliated...
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Sacred Himalaya in the Anthropocene with Pasang Yangjee Sherpa
25th Apr 2019 5:00pm
This event is a Green College Special Lecture that is co-sponsored by the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, the UBC Himalaya Program, and the UBC Department of Anthropology. Abstract Drawing from posthumanist, decolonial and Indigenous literature, this lecture addresses the concept of the Anthropocene in relation to sacred Himalayan landscapes to explore competing understandings of...
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“Is it safe to rebuild the gumba?” The politics and practice of landslide risk management in post-earthquake Nepal with Katie Oven
14th May 2019 5:00pm
This event is co-sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, the Institute of Asian Research, and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Abstract Landslides are a pervasive hazard in rural Nepal, where the impacts are manifest in very tangible ways: as a chronic threat to both lives and livelihoods; and via...
