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"In this ethnographic narrative of subsistence on the Tibetan plateau, anthropologist Gillian Tan describes the life-worlds of Tibetan nomads in a region traditionally known as Kham. The people of Dora Karmo (Circle of White Stones) are pastoralists who move with their yaks from pasture to pasture and depend on the milk production of their herd for sustenance. Tan's story, based her on own experience of living through seasonal cycles with the people of Dora Karmo between 2006 and 2013, examines the community's powerful relationship with a Buddhist lama and their interactions with external agents of change. As Buddhists, they believe in the never-ending cycle of life and death through reincarnation. Death, then, is not regarded as permanent loss but as the opportunity for continual change. Portrayals of personal loss through natural causes and revenge feuds, as well as sky burials, illustrate how impermanence permeates daily life. These pastoralists have adapted since 1959 to conditions imposed by the Chinese state through a combination of acquiescence, strategy, and resistance. They have also started to participate in the markets of a rapidly modernizing China, and in projects of international development that originate outside their own belief systems and social structures. In showing how the people of Dora Karmo perceive their environment and dwell in their world, Tan calls on development agents to consider this different worldview before they initiate projects among and for nomads"--Provided by publisher.

Nomads --- Seasons --- Pastoral systems --- Buddhists --- Ethnology --- Lamaists --- Religious adherents --- Herding systems --- Pastoralism --- Animal culture --- Livestock systems --- Herders --- Herding --- Astronomical geography --- Astronomy --- Climatology --- Meteorology --- Nomadic peoples --- Nomadism --- Pastoral peoples --- Vagabonds --- Wanderers --- Persons --- Cultural anthropology --- Ethnography --- Races of man --- Social anthropology --- Anthropology --- Human beings --- Social life and customs. --- Tan, Gillian G. --- Travel --- Tibet, Plateau of --- Chʻing-tsang Kao-yüan --- Chʻing-tsang-ta Kao-yüan --- Hsi-tsang Kao-yüan --- Hsi-tsang tʻai-ti --- Plateau of Tibet --- Qing Zang Gaoyuan --- Qinghai-Tibet Plateau --- Qinghai-Xizang Plateau --- Qingzang Gaoyuan --- Tibet, Plateau of (China) --- Tibetan Highland --- Tibetan Plateau --- Xizang Gaoyuan --- Religious life and customs. --- Description and travel. --- Ethnic relations. --- #SBIB:39A6 --- #SBIB:39A75 --- Social life and customs --- Etniciteit / Migratiebeleid en -problemen --- Etnografie: Azië --- Garze Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) --- Ganzi Zangzu Zizhizhou (China) --- Kan-tzu Tsang tsu tzu chih chou (China) --- Kandze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (China) --- Hsi-kʻang-sheng-tsang-tsu Tzu-chih-chʻü (China) --- Kantse Tibetan Autonomous Chou (China) --- Kan-tzu Tibetan Autonomous Chou (China) --- Kan-tzu Tibetan Autonomous District (China) --- Sikang Tibetan Autonomous District --- Dkar-mdzes Bod-rigs-rang-skyong-khul (China) --- Travel. --- Seasons. --- Pastoral systems. --- Manners and customs. --- Ethnology. --- Nomade --- Inter-ethnic relations --- Interethnic relations --- Relations among ethnic groups --- Acculturation --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Ethnic groups --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Minorities --- Race relations --- Ceremonies --- Customs, Social --- Folkways --- Social customs --- Traditions --- Usages --- Civilization --- Etiquette --- Rites and ceremonies --- Traveling --- Travelling --- Tourism --- Voyages and travels --- Tan, Gillian G --- China --- Tibet --- Tibet Autonomous Region (China) --- Bod --- Chibetto --- Hsi-tsang --- Sitsang --- Thibet --- Tibbata --- Tʻibetʻŭ --- Wei-tsang --- Xi zang --- China (Republic : 1949- ) --- Cina --- Kinë --- Cathay --- Chinese National Government --- Chung-kuo kuo min cheng fu --- Republic of China (1912-1949) --- Kuo min cheng fu (China : 1912-1949) --- Chung-hua min kuo (1912-1949) --- Kina (China) --- National Government (1912-1949) --- China (Republic : 1912-1949) --- People's Republic of China --- Chinese People's Republic --- Chung-hua jen min kung ho kuo --- Central People's Government of Communist China --- Chung yang jen min cheng fu --- Chung-hua chung yang jen min kung ho kuo --- Central Government of the People's Republic of China --- Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo --- Zhong hua ren min gong he guo --- Kitaĭskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Činská lidová republika --- RRT --- Republik Rakjat Tiongkok --- KNR --- Kytaĭsʹka Narodna Respublika --- Jumhūriyat al-Ṣīn al-Shaʻbīyah --- RRC --- Kitaĭ --- Kínai Népköztársaság --- Chūka Jinmin Kyōwakoku --- Erets Sin --- Sin --- Sāthāranarat Prachāchon Čhīn --- P.R. China --- PR China --- PRC --- P.R.C. --- Chung-kuo --- Zhongguo --- Zhonghuaminguo (1912-1949) --- Zhong guo --- Chine --- République Populaire de Chine --- República Popular China --- Catay --- VR China --- VRChina --- 中國 --- 中国 --- 中华人民共和国 --- Jhongguó --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaxu Dundadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gu̇de Nayiramdaqu Dumdadu Arad Ulus --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Dundad Ard Uls --- BNKhAU --- БНХАУ --- Khi︠a︡tad --- Kitad --- Dumdadu Ulus --- Dumdad Uls --- Думдад Улс --- Kitajska --- Тибет --- Tu̇vd --- 西藏 --- Nomaden --- Wandervolk --- Nomadismus --- Tan, Gillian --- Osttibet --- Plateau of --- Ch�ing-tsang Kao-y�uan --- Ch�ing-tsang-ta Kao-y�uan --- Hsi-tsang Kao-y�uan --- Hsi-tsang t�ai-ti --- Central Asia --- 甘孜藏族自治州 (China)