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More-than-Human Democracy: On the Political Lives of Cows, Rivers, Mountains, and Gods in India’s Central Himalaya with Radhika Govindrajan
1st Nov 2018 11:30am
Abstract: This talk examines the ways in which nonhumans – mountains, rivers, cows, and gods – are drawn into politics as intentional, subjective actors in India. Through an examination of the inclusions and exclusions at the heart of this process, it probes the possibilities and limits of more-than-human democratic politics. About the Speaker: Radhika Govindrajan...
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Film screening: Deepak Rauniyar’s White Sun (Seto Surya) followed by Q&A with the Director, Co-presented with Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival (VIMFF) & Nepali Cultural Society of BC (NCSBC)
13th Nov 2018 7:30pm
Film Synopsis When his father dies, anti-regime partisan Chandra travels to his remote mountain village after nearly a decade away. Little Pooja is anxiously awaiting the man she thinks is her father, but she’s confused when Chandra arrives with Badri, a young street orphan rumoured to be his son. Chandra must face his brother Suraj,...
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Mental Health in Bhutan: Listening for Bridges with Dr. Anne Marie Tietjen
26th Nov 2018 5:00pm
Abstract Western modes of understanding and treating mental illness arrived in Bhutan in the 1990’s and co-exist with traditional healing approaches based in Buddhism and an adaptation of Tibetan medicine. In this talk Dr. Tietjen will discuss the state of mental health treatment in Bhutan today. Based on her experience of providing psychotherapy to Bhutanese...
