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SUMMARY: Sacred Himalaya in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION: Drawing from posthumanist\, decolonial and Indigenous literatu
 re\, this lecture considers the concept of the Anthropocene in relation to 
 sacred Himalayan landscapes. Bringing questions raised by the species-think
 ing designation of the current epoch anchored in the West into discussions 
 of Himalayan environments\, the presentation opens pathways for co-producti
 on of knowledge without erasing marginalized voices. Pasang Yangjee […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>Drawing from posthumanist\, decolonial and
  Indigenous literature\, this lecture considers the concept of the Anthropo
 cene in relation to sacred Himalayan landscapes. Bringing questions raised 
 by the species-thinking designation of the current epoch anchored in the We
 st into discussions of Himalayan environments\, the presentation opens path
 ways for co-production of knowledge without erasing marginalized voices.</p
 ><p>Pasang Yangjee Sherpa\, Ph.D. (2012) is an anthropologist from Nepal. H
 er primary research areas include human dimensions of climate change\, Indi
 geneity\, and development in the Himalayas. She is also completing a projec
 t about the Sherpa diaspora in the United States and South Asia. She is cur
 rently affiliated with the South Asia Center of the University of Washingto
 n. Previously\, she was a lecturer in the department of anthropology at Pen
 n State University and a postdoctoral fellow at The New School. She receive
 d the 2014 Senior Fellowship award from the Association of Nepal and Himala
 yan Studies and is a fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology.</p><p>
 <strong>This event is co-sponsored by:</strong><br /><a href="https://cis.a
 rts.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Institute for Critical Indigeno
 us Studies</a><br /><a href="https://himalaya.arts.ubc.ca/" target="_blank"
  rel="noopener">UBC Himalaya Program</a><br /><a href="https://anth.ubc.ca/
 " target="_blank" rel="noopener">UBC Department of Anthropology</a></p><h2>
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