Recent Publications
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Reciting the Goddess by Birkenholtz
Jessica Vantine Birkenholtz’s recently published book Reciting the Goddess:Narratives of Place and the Making of Hinduism in Nepal presents the first critical study of the Svasthanivratakatha(SVK), a sixteenth-century Hindu narrative textual tradition. The extensive SVK manuscript tradition offers a rare opportunity to observe the making of a specific, distinct Hindu religious tradition. Birkenholtz argues that […]
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Planning Families in Nepal: Global and Local Projects of Reproduction by Jan Brunson
Based on almost a decade of research in the Kathmandu Valley, Planning Families in Nepal offers a compelling account of Hindu Nepali women as they face conflicting global and local ideals regarding family planning. Promoting a two-child norm, global family planning programs have disseminated the slogan, “A small family is a happy family,” throughout the […]
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BORDER CORRIDORS: Mobility, Containment, and Infrastructures of Development between Nepal and China, by Galen Murton
Murton, Galen. 2017. BORDER CORRIDORS: Mobility, Containment, and Infrastructures of Development between Nepal and China. University of Colorado, Boulder, CO. https://www.academia.edu/34173508/BORDER_CORRIDORS_Mobility_Containment_and_Infrastructures_of_Development_between_Nepal_and_China Abstract: This dissertation examines infrastructure development between Nepal and China to argue that infrastructure is a symbol of national development imaginaries, a process and practice of state making, and a vector for the spatial […]
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The expansion of renewable energy technologies and their impact on household energy portfolios and sustainable development: A study of Nepal, by Hope Farrior Thompson
Thompson, Hope Farrior. 2017. The expansion of renewable energy technologies and their impact on household energy portfolios and sustainable development: A study of Nepal. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Abstract: Encouraging households to switch from traditional fuels to cleaner, modern fuels (e.g.; electricity, liquid petroleum gas (LPG), biogas) is a widespread policy focus due […]
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Process and Emergence: A Topographic Ethnography of the Embodiment of Place and Adventure Tourism in Khumbu, Nepal, by Mary A. Jackson
Jackson, Mary A. 2017. Process and Emergence: A Topographic Ethnography of the Embodiment of Place and Adventure Tourism in Khumbu, Nepal. Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. Abstract: Adventure is a relic of imperialism and the European romanticization of place. It has evolved from quests for domination of place and people (colonialism), to spiritual or consumeristic escape […]
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Status, patterns, and potential mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Nepal and elephant habitat use in Bardia National Park, Nepal, by Dinesh Neupane
Neupane, Dinesh. 2017. Status, patterns, and potential mitigation of human-elephant conflict in Nepal and elephant habitat use in Bardia National Park, Nepal. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR. Abstract: The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) has been listed as an endangered species by the IUCN. Elephant populations have been decreasing due to several threats including habitat loss, […]
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Hidden Death and Social Suffering: A Critical Investigation of Suicide, Death Surveillance, and Implications for Addressing a Complex Health Burden in Nepal, by Ashley K. Hagaman
Hagaman, Ashley K. 2017. Hidden Death and Social Suffering: A Critical Investigation of Suicide, Death Surveillance, and Implications for Addressing a Complex Health Burden in Nepal. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Abstract: Suicide is one of the fastest-growing and least-understood causes of death, particularly in low and middle income countries (LMIC). In low-income settings, where […]
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The commodification and representation of Nepal in international tourism, by Bal Krishna Sharma
Sharma, Bal Krishna. 2016. The commodification and representation of Nepal in international tourism. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI. Abstract: This dissertation investigates discursive practices in the context of tourism which serve to portray the linguistically and culturally diverse cultures of Nepal as desirable commodities for linguistic and cultural outsiders. Largely from the perspective […]
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Multiplex Kathmandu: Local Identities, Global Aspirations, by Jinni Pradhan
Pradhan, Jinni. 2016. Multiplex Kathmandu: Local Identities, Global Aspirations. University of California, Davis, CA. Abstract: This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the transnational contemporary cinema culture in the South Asian country of Nepal, where Kollywood (Nepali Cinema), Bollywood, and Hollywood share in a shifting (and sometimes contentious) relationship. Concerned with decentering Western paradigms within […]
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Understanding Air Pollution and Human Health Burden Associated in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, by Anobha Gurung
Gurung, Anobha. 2016. Understanding Air Pollution and Human Health Burden Associated in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Yale University, New Haven, CT. Abstract: Air pollution is linked to various adverse health effects with the majority of evidence based in North America and Europe. Nepal is one of the many countries where little such research has been conducted, […]