Société Européenne pour l'Etude des Civilisations de l'Himalaya et de l'Asie Centrale
Call for paper : Health in a Suffering Landscape
Scottish Centre for Himalayan ResearchSaturday 30th - Sunday 31st May 2009
Royal Botanic Garden, 20a Inverleith Row, Edinburgh, EH3 5LR.
The landscapes of the Himalayas are riven by war and threatened by drought and glacial outbursts due to climate change and habitat degradation. Human migration has depopulated rural areas and overloaded urban valleys. In this challenging environment, health is a constant concern—but not always in expected ways. How do people define, trade, or sustainably forage for medicines? Why has nursing become such a significant human export? How can NGOs and indigenous people support biocultural diversity programmes? Can Himalayan cities withstand any further air and water pollution?
This year, in keeping with our efforts to highlight a specific part of the greater Himalayan region, we especially invite papers looking at the highland regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Paper proposals to Will Tuladhar-Douglas (w.t.douglas@abdn.ac.uk) or Mark Watson (m.watson@rbge.ac.uk) by 31 March.
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