Tracing the experiences of mobile Himalayans across the globe,
Places in Knots describes the ways in which Himalayan people relate
to the multiple places they inhabit and the work and trouble of
keeping their communities tied together. Martin Saxer describes
global Himalayan ventures as a form of expansion of community
rather than out-migration. Moving out does not sever the bonds of
community. Instead, it is the pull that tightens the knot.
Coffee-table books and trekking agencies continue to advertise the
Himalayas as remote "hidden valleys," and NGOs see them as fragile
mountain ecosystems to be protected from global forces of
destruction. Places in Knots shows how these tropes of remoteness
inform development and conservation policies and thus shape the
contexts in which Himalayan connections with the wider world are
forged and maintained. Following Himalayan journeys between valleys
in Nepal and beyond, Saxer draws a picture of globalization that
emerges not from the centers or below—but rather from the edge.
Thanks to generous funding from LMU München, the ebook
editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from
Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu/cornell-open) and other
repositories.
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