Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters

Author:   Jelle J.P. Wouters ,  Dan Smyer Yü (Yunnan University, China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032776972


Pages:   228
Publication Date:   17 July 2024
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jelle J.P. Wouters ,  Dan Smyer Yü (Yunnan University, China)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781032776972


ISBN 10:   1032776978
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   17 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Himalayan Climes and Multispecies Encounters: An Introduction 2. Paddy Clime: Ecological Indigeneity in the Naga Uplands 3. Lakes in Life: Mermaids and Anthropocenic Waters in the Bhutan Highlands 4. Storied Toponyms in Bhutan: Affective Landscapes, Spiritual Encounters, and Clime Change 5. Climing Everest Through Cryo-Visuals 6. Dancing in the Rain: Climing Monsoon in Pre-Modern Assam 7. A Thirsty Himalaya: Rain Clime and Anthropogenic Drought in the Darjeeling Hills 8. Clim(b)ing Slow-Moving Structures in the Garhwal Himalaya 9. The Geopolitics of Riverine Climes in the Eastern Himalayas: The Brahmaputra-Yarlung Tsangpo and the India-China Border Conflict 10. Encountering Climate Change: Agential Mountains, Angry Deities, and Anthropocenic Clime in the Bhutan Highlands 11. Predatory Climes: Beastly Encounters in the Making of the Sundarbans 12. Afterword: A Himalayan-Andean Conversation

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"""Making climate change meaningful at the local scale is a precondition for empowering local communities to deal with its consequences on their own terms. This volume illustrates how the concept of clime can help achieve this goal by viewing climate variability and change from a rich, multispecies, and Himalayan perspective."" Theodore G. Shepherd, Grantham Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading, UK “This volume is a veritable tour de force in the decolonial environmental humanities. Bringing dominant climate science into conversation with everyday human experience, it compellingly centers the affective, multispecies, and situated ways that climate change is encountered and interpreted across Himalayan sites, scales, and subjects. Incisive and nuanced in its analyses, this volume is essential reading for anyone concerned with the changing natures of life, entanglement, and agency in an age of ecological unraveling.” Sophie Chao, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sydney, Australia “This is not just a book about the Himalayas; it's a conversation starter, a call to action, and an invitation to see the world through a lens of multispecies encounters and shared climatic realities. These groundbreaking essays delve into the Himalayas, not just as a physical terrain, but as a living, breathing entity shaped by diverse climates and vibrant multispecies interactions.” Arupjyoti Saikia, Professor of History, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India"


"""Making climate change meaningful at the local scale is a precondition for empowering local communities to deal with its consequences on their own terms. This volume illustrates how the concept of clime can help achieve this goal by viewing climate variability and change from a Himalayan multispecies perspective."" Theodore G. Shepherd, Grantham Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading, UK “This volume is a veritable tour de force in the decolonial environmental humanities. Bringing dominant climate science into conversation with everyday human experience, it compellingly centers the affective, multispecies, and situated ways that climate change is encountered and interpreted across Himalayan sites, scales, and subjects. Incisive and nuanced in its analyses, this volume is essential reading for anyone concerned with the changing natures of life, entanglement, and agency in an age of ecological unraveling.” Sophie Chao, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Sydney, Australia “This is not just a book about the Himalayas; it's a conversation starter, a call to action, and an invitation to see the Himalayan world through a lens of multispecies encounters and shared climatic realities. The groundbreaking chapters delve into the Himalayas, not just as a physical terrain, but as a living, breathing entity shaped by diverse climates and vibrant multispecies interactions.” Arupjyoti Saikia, Professor of History, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India"


Author Information

Jelle J.P. Wouters is Associate Professor in Anthropology and Sociology at Royal Thimphu College, and Chair of the Himalayan Centre for Environmental Humanities. Dan Smyer Yü is Kuige Professor of Ethnology at Yunnan University and a Global Faculty Member of University of Cologne, Germany.

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