An International Conference on the Anthropology of Nepal: Peoples, Problems and Processes was held in the Hotel Vajra, Kathmandu from the 7th to the 14th September 1992. It was organized jointly by the Centre for Nepal and Asian Studies (CNAS), Tribhuvan University and the Department of Anthropology, University of Sydney. This volume includes research articles written by 13 Nepalese and 24 foreign scholars. A distinctive feature of the collection is the special attention accorded to the kind of contribution that anthropology can make to the understanding of problems in social living. Topics covered include the following: The Anthropology of Resource Management, Urbanism in Nepal, The State and the People, Women and Power, Medical Anthropology, The Anthropology of Performance and Problems in Identity. ------------------------------------ About the Author(s): The Editor, Michael Allen, recently retired Professor of Anthropology at the University of Sydney, first visited Nepal in 1954 and began his study of Newar society and religion in 1967. He has published a book 'The Cult of Kumari' on the Newars and jointly edited (with Soumyen Mukherjee) a collection of articles entitled Women in India and Nepal. He has also published several journal articles on various aspects of Newar society and religion. Contents: Foreword Introduction and Acknowledgments Part 1. The Anthropology of Resource Management Ben Campbell Forms of Cooperation in a Tamang Community Ram Chhetri Indigenous and Community Forestry Management Systems: Reviewing the Strengths and Weaknesses Dilli Ram Dahal Poverty or Plenty: A Case Study of the Byansi people of Darchula District Ephrosine Daniggelis Jangal Resource use: Adaptive Strategies of Rais and Sherpas in the Upper Arun Valley of Eastern Nepal Bob Fisher Indigenous Forest Management in Nepal: Why Common Property is Not a Problem Om Gurung Historical Dynamics of Resource Degredation in the Nepal Himalayas Donald A. Messerschmidt People and Forests, Anthropologists and Foresters: Recent Research at Nepal's Institute of Forestry Tore Nescheim Management of Natural Resources Among the Kulunge Rai of Eastern Nepal Tulsi Ram Pandey Farming Systems with Degenerating Resources: Experience ofaNepalese hill village Rebecca Saul Indigenous Forest Knowledge: Factors Influencing its Social Distribution Part 2 Urbanism in Nepal John Gray Driving in a Soft City: Trafficking in Images of Identity and Power in the Streets of Kathmandu Ingemar Grandin Nepalese Urbanism: a Musical Exploration Vivienne Kondos, Alex Kondos and Indra Ban 'For a Better Life': Industrial Workers' Grievances and Collective Action Keshav Lal Maharjan Effects of Modernization on Periurban Families in Kathmandu Valley Michael Muhlich The Household, the Householder and the Neighbourhood in Sherpa Communities of Bauddha and Solu Prayag Raj Sharma Emergence of a Hill-Town: Urban Development in Nepal's Rural Backhills Part 3 Medical Anthropology Bipin Kumar Acharya Nature Cure and Indigenous Healing Practices in Nepal: A Medical Anthropological Perspective Basundhara Dhungel The Qualitative Community Judgement: The Role of Intermediate Health Practitioners in Nepal's Family Health Services Martin Gaenszle Journey to the Origin: A Root Metaphor in a Mewahang Rai Healing Ritual Part 4 The State and the People Vivienne Kondos Jana-Sakti (People Power) and the 1990 Revolution in Nepal: Some Theoretical Considerations Stephen Mikesell The New Local Government Law: Diluted Raksi in an Old Bottle Surendra Pande Serial Marriage Contract Custom (Jari) of Nepal Part 5 Women and Power Barbara Nimri Aziz Durga Devi: A Woman's Tale from the Arun River Valley Sumitra Gurung Gender Dimension of Eco-Crisis and Resource Management Laura Kunreuther Newar Traditions in a Changing Culture: An Analysis of Two Pre-Pubescent Rituals for Girls Linda L. Iltis Women, Goddesses and Newar Representations of Geopolitical Space Julia J. Thompson 'There are Many Words to Describe Their Anger': Ritual and Resistance Among High-Caste Hindu Women in Kathmandu Part 6 The Anthropology of Performance Bert van den Hoek The Death of the Divine Dancers: The Conclusion of the Bhadrakali Pyakham in Kathmandu Tordis Korvald The Dancing Gods of Bhaktapur and Their Audience Judith Pettigrew and Yarjung Kromchain Tamu(Gurung) Tamu Shamanistic Possession (Khhiye Khhaba): Some Preliminary Ethnographic Observations Carol Tingey The Pancai Baja: Reflections on Social Change in Traditional Nepalese Music Nutan Dhar Sharma and Gert-Matthias Wegner The Baja Guthi of Badikhel Part 7 Problems of Identity Anne Buggeland Kali Worship Among the Santals of Nepal: Hinduization and Ethnic Boundaries Sharon Hepburn The Case of the Missing Trekker: Moral Geography and Miraculous Survival. And Rodney King
Aurthur Name:Edt. Michael Allen
ISBN:99933-42-29-7
