Research Seminar – 7 February – Martin Saxer

Tuesday 7 February

Martin Saxer, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich

Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas and Beyond

In this talk I trace the experiences of mobile Himalayan communities and their ambitions and ventures across the globe. 

Based on long-term research in northern Nepal, I challenge assumptions of global development rooted in sedentarist visions of the "local community" and offer a new perspective on the making and un-making of remoteness.

I develop the notion of place-knots as an approach to understand the ways in which Himalayan communities relate to the multiple places they inhabit and the work and trouble of keeping them tied together.

A RECORDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE ABOVE TALK. PLEASE CONTACT
MIASU-ADMIN@SOCANTH.CAM.AC.UK FOR THE LINK