I am an anthropologist whose research has long examined the construction of identity, ethnicity and indigeneity through interactions between state agents and local communities. Focusing on the border region between Sikkim in the eastern Indian Himalaya and Nepal, today, I explore how borderland peoples’ spatial practices and representations engage with processes of bordering. My research examines more particularly the construction of space in the shamanic practices of Limbu borderland communities and how these contribute to the formation of Limbu cultural and political identity.
More information: https://univie.academia.edu/MelanieVandenhelsken
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