Pastures of Change: Contemporary Adaptations and Transformations Among Nomadic Pastoralists of Eastern Tibet

ISBN-13: 9783319765525 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 200 str.

Gillian Tan

Recenzje

"Tan's book is an ethnographically rich and analytically sharp examination of the contemporary social transformation that the nomadic pastoralists have been experiencing for the last several decades. It is well written and reflects her extensive knowledge of and profound theoretical engagement in her fields of study. This book is a must-read for scholars and graduate students working in the fields of political ecology, human ecology, rangeland studies, development studies, and contemporary Tibetan studies." (Ga Errang, Human Ecology, Vol. 50, 2022)

"Gillian Tan's Pastures of Change is a welcome addition to a growing body of literature that examines ongoing adaptations and transformations in the lives of contemporary nomadic pastoralists in Eastern Tibet. ... Pastures of Change remains a valuable contribution to the literature on contemporary pastoralism in Eastern Tibet, and should be of broad interest to scholars interested in understanding ongoing patterns of statemaking in China." (Kenneth Bauer, Nomadic Peoples, Vol. 23 (1), 2019)

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Pastoralism and Change in the Eastern Tibetan Plateau.- Chapter 2: Ethnographic Setting of Nomadic Pastoralism in Eastern Tibet.- Chapter 3: Ideologies of Change from Maoist Development to Market-Oriented Governmentality.- Chapter 4: 'Change for a Better Future': International Development in Eastern Tibet.- Chapter 5: Historical Engagements in Eastern Tibet.- Chapter 6: Contemporary Adaptations and Transformations.- Chapter 7: Caterpillar Fungus and Transforming Subjectivities.- Chapter 8: Conclusion.

O autorze

Gillian G. Tan is an anthropologist with research interests that cover 1) contemporary social and environmental changes on the Tibetan plateau, 2) human-nonhuman relationships among Tibetan nomadic pastoralists, and 3) theoretical and practical intersections between ecology and religiosity. She received her Ph.D from the University of Melbourne and has been a postdoctoral research fellow at the Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale. Currently, she lectures in anthropology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University in Geelong, Australia.