The Conflicting Relationships of Sherpas to Nature: Indigenous or Western Ecology?

Based upon recent observations of the Sherpas’ attitudes towards ‘development’ and tourism, this paper attempts to question the parallel transformations of the ecological settings and representations of this ethnic group living in Northern Nepal. The religion and ecology of the Sherpas features a mi...

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Main Author: Obadia, Lionel 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2008
In: Journal for the study of religion, nature and culture
Year: 2008, Volume: 2, Issue: 1, Pages: 116-134
Further subjects:B Sherpa shaman
B human-nature interaction
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