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Conversations on South Asia: Places in Knots

Join us for Martin Saxer's "Places in Knots," which shows how migration strengthens community ties in the Himalayas, enhancing rather than breaking connections.

1/30/2025
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
Virtual Webinar
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Conferences, Dartmouth Dialogues, Lectures & Seminars
Registration required.

Announcing the fifth book event on South Asia-related topics held by Dartmouth College. 


Conversations on South Asia Series  


Martin Saxer, “Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas”, Jan. 30th, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM (EST). 
 
Join us for an insightful Zoom event with Martin Saxer as he presents Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas. In this thought-provoking book, Saxer explores how Himalayan communities maintain their connections across multiple places, challenging the notion of the region as merely remote and hidden. By tracing the journeys of mobile Himalayans around the globe, he reveals these movements as an extension of community rather than disconnection. Saxer argues that leaving home does not break community bonds; instead, it strengthens them, drawing ties tighter in a fascinating interplay of remoteness and connectivity.


📚 Book Spotlight: “Places in Knots: Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas” by Martin Saxer
📅 Date: January 30th, 2024
⏰ Time: 12:15 PM-1:30 PM EST
📍 Virtual Zoom 
🖥️ Register Here: https://dartmouth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8phz3XcYQcWvTWUGIMJZug


Speaker
Martin Saxer, Research Group Leader ERC Starting Grant Project Remoteness & Connectivity: Highland Asia in the World

 

Commentators
Geoff Childs, Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis

Alice Millington, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, St. Johns College, Oxford University

 

Moderator
Sienna R. Craig, Jane & Raphael Bernstein Professor in Asian Studies, Professor, Anthropology, Dartmouth College 

 


Sponsored by the Department of Asian Societies, Cultures and Languages (ASCL) and the Bodas Family Endowment for South Asian Studies at Dartmouth College. 
 
QR code (leads to registration form) on the poster.  

 

 

For more information, contact:
South Asian Studies
south.asian.studies@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://ascl.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=76243

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