Event Title
Tourism, Development and Sacred Peaks in the Himalaya
Description
The Himalaya range has long been a site for mountaineering and exploration as well as pilgrimage, mountain worship and high altitude farming and pastoral life. Kawa Karpo (Meili Snow Mountain) in Southwestern China is a prominent site for pilgrims from across the Tibetan plateau, and increasingly popular with Han Chinese tourists as well. Government plans for roads to facilitate tourism are likely to have major effects on remote villages. Similar tourism promotion is slated for small mountain communities in Zanskar, in northern India. The fate of community development and mountain worship in these villages provide lessons for tourism, politics and development issues across Southwest China and the Himalaya region overall.
About the Lecturers: Julie Tate-Libby, PhD, Instructor of Anthropology and Sociology, Wenatchee Valley College & James Loucky, Professor of Anthropology at WWU will offer a comparative response
Document Type
Event
Start Date
17-10-2012 12:00 PM
End Date
17-10-2012 1:15 PM
Location
Fairhaven College Auditorium
Resource Type
Moving image
Title of Series
World Issues Forum
Genre/Form
lectures
Contributing Repository
Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Tourism--Himalaya Mountains Region; Mountain tourism--China; Mountain worship--China; Villages--Environmental aspects--China
Geographic Coverage
China
Type
Moving image
Keywords
Himalayan tourism, Kawa Karpo, Han Chinese tourists, Mountain worship
Rights
This resource is displayed for educational purposes only and may be subject to U.S. and international copyright laws.
Language
English
Format
video/mp4
Tourism, Development and Sacred Peaks in the Himalaya
Fairhaven College Auditorium
The Himalaya range has long been a site for mountaineering and exploration as well as pilgrimage, mountain worship and high altitude farming and pastoral life. Kawa Karpo (Meili Snow Mountain) in Southwestern China is a prominent site for pilgrims from across the Tibetan plateau, and increasingly popular with Han Chinese tourists as well. Government plans for roads to facilitate tourism are likely to have major effects on remote villages. Similar tourism promotion is slated for small mountain communities in Zanskar, in northern India. The fate of community development and mountain worship in these villages provide lessons for tourism, politics and development issues across Southwest China and the Himalaya region overall.
About the Lecturers: Julie Tate-Libby, PhD, Instructor of Anthropology and Sociology, Wenatchee Valley College & James Loucky, Professor of Anthropology at WWU will offer a comparative response
