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

by Dan Smyer Yü (Editor), Erik de Maaker (Editor)

This book showcases how the eco-geological creativity of the earth is integrally woven into the landforms, cultures, and cosmovisions of modern Himalayan communities, featuring case studies from Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sino-Indian borderlands.

Author Biography

Dan Smyer Yü is Kuige Professor of Ethnology in the School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University Kunming, China.

Erik de Maaker is Assistant Professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Leiden University, The Netherlands.