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The Yale Himalaya Initiative brings together faculty, students, and professionals across the University whose work focuses on the Himalayan regions of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Pakistan, and China, as well as the Tibetan cultural areas that traverse the borders of all those states. Our podcast series engages scholars and practitioners of and from the Himalayan region in conversation about key issues i environments, livelihoods and cultures across the Himalaya. Learn more at http://himalaya.yale.edu.
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Kesang Tseten on Documentary Film
In this video, filmmaker and writer Kesang Tseten discusses his film, Who Will Be A Gurkha?, a documentary about Nepali Gurkhas who have been recruited into the British military for decades. Tseten's documentaries have won several awards in film festivals in Nepal and been screened at international film festivals across the world.
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Françoise Robin on Tibetan Poetry and Film
In this keynote address from the 2014 Himalayan Studies Conference at Yale University, Professor Françoise Robin delivers a lecture on the increasing presence in Tibetan poetry and films of the disappearing herders' black tent during the settlement of the mid 2000s.
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Cultural Diversity in Bhutan
In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks on the topic of cultural diversity in Bhutan.
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Challenges and Opportunities in Bhutan
In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks about the challenges and opportunities for cultural diversity and biodiversity in Bhutan.
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Biodiversity in Bhutan
In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret speaks on the topic of biodiversity in Bhutan.
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Research Engagements and Community Commitments: Reflections on 30 years of Fieldwork in Bhutan
In this video produced for the Yale Himalaya Initiative, Francoise Pommaret introduces herself and her work in Bhutan.
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