Learning During the Pandemic in Nepal
With limited access to reliable internet and devices in Nepal, MPPGA students Boyd Hayes, Nabila Farid, and Riya Sirkhell, and UBC Research Assistant Ujjwal Neupane discuss programs that teach parents about technologies for remote learning.
Lost in Translation
At last count Nepal had 129 spoken languages, but even as new ones are identified, others are becoming extinct. Canada-based linguistic anthropologist Mark Turin worked with the Thangmi in Dolakha and Sindhupalchok to document their endangered language.
NASA Images Track Changes in Nepal
With the support of NASA satellite images of Dolakha in Nepal, a group of anthropologists, including Associate Professors Sara Shneiderman (SPPGA; Anthropology) and Mark Turin (Anthropology; Himalaya Program Co-Lead), can finally track changes in local communities brought about by natural disasters, political upheavals, or migration.