ISBN
Language
- English
THEMA
- RND
- JHMC
- RGC
- RNC
BISAC
- SCI026000
- SOC002000
- SOC015000
- NAT011000
- POL044000
Keywords
- Climate Change
- Mountain Communities
- Arctic and Alpine Environments
- Environmental Anthropology
- Indigenous Knowledge
- Climate Adaptation
Changing Climate and Communities in High Spaces and Icy Places
- Riam Kuyakanon Knapp (author)
- Hanna Havnevik (author)
Contributors
Riam Kuyakanon Knapp
(author)Riam Knapp is a researcher in cultural landscapes and human geography, specialising in the relationships between Buddhist beliefs, environmental conservation and human engagement with nature. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Cambridge, where her doctoral research explored the intersections of Buddhism, political ecology and conservation in Bhutan. Her research focuses on non-Western perspectives on environmental change, cultural landscapes and the ways in which environmental knowledge and practices are shaped by cultural and social contexts. She is a postdoctoral researcher on Himalayan Connections: Melting Glaciers, Sacred Landscapes and Mobile Technologies in a Changing Climate, a collaborative project with the University of Oslo examining environmental perceptions and decision-making in Himalayan communities. She conducts fieldwork in Bhutan, Nepal and Thailand, drawing on interdisciplinary and decolonial approaches that combine methods from the humanities, social sciences and environmental sciences. She has also taught human geography, international development and political ecology at the University of Cambridge.
Hanna Havnevik
(author)Hanna Havnevik is Professor of Tibetan Studies at the University of Oslo. Her research focuses on Tibetan Buddhism, religious history, gender and the social and cultural dimensions of Tibetan religious life. Her earlier work includes Tibetan Buddhist Nuns: History, Cultural Norms and Social Reality (1989). Recent publications include: Havnevik, Hanna and Niangwujia (2023). ‘The Remaking of a Tibetan Mountain Cult Festival: The Worship of Landscape Deities in the Rebgong Valley, Amdo.’ Religion, 53(3), 456–487. https://doi.org/10.1080/0048721X.2023.2211396; Havnevik, Hanna and Astrid Hovden (2022). ‘Balancing the Sacred Landscape: Environmental Management in Limi, North-Western Nepal.’ In Cosmopolitical Ecologies Across Asia: Places and Practices of Power in Changing Environments, edited by R. Kuyakanon, H. Diemberger and D. Sneath. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003036272. She chaired the Network for University Cooperation Tibet–Norway from 2003 to 2010 and served as President of the International Association for Tibetan Studies from 2019 to 2023. She also convened the 14th International Seminar of Tibetan Studies at the University of Bergen in 2016. Alongside her research, she has played a significant role in promoting international academic cooperation and supporting postgraduate students from Tibetan regions, Bhutan and Mongolia, supervising numerous master's and doctoral researchers in Tibetan Studies and the Study of Religions.