Speaker: Diana Lange, Principal Investigator, University of Hamburg; and Visiting Professor, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin. Her current research project is Maps as Knowledge Resources and Mapmaking as Process: The Case of the Mapping of Tibet within the Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts' (UWA).
Moderator: Lauran Hartley, Director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program; and Associate Research Scholar, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
This event is part of the MTSP "Women in Tibetan Studies" Series, with funding from the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Diana Lange will speak on the significance of waterways for infrastructure, economy and socio-cultural life in pre-1959 Tibet. She focuses on ferry and transport services in the Tibetan corvée tax system, including the nature of taxation on a specific Tibetan village – the fishing village of Jun in Chushur County in Central Tibet. Her research is based on extensive fieldwork in this fishing village conducted during several trips to the area between 2003 and 2012. She also analyzes how fishermen in Southern and Central Tibet adapted to the geographical, ecological and cultural conditions of their environment.
Hybrid event. In-person location: International Affairs Building, Room 918.
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