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| dixit |
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on 05-Nov-03 09:54 AM
Himalayan News Service
Kathmandu, November 4
An interaction programme on a 20-year-research on Tamang women by a Cornell University professor Kathryn S March was held at Martin Chautari today.
Speaking in fluent Nepali interspersed with a few words in Tamang, March's revelations on Tamang life and culture through 'Strategies for Collaboration in Ethnographic Field Research: The Experience of Tamang Women's Life History Work', was an eye opener for all gathered.
"I wanted to see the world through the eyes of Tamang women - wanted to know their hopes and their fears," said March explaining the social customs and dictats that govern their life.
March first visited Nepal in 1975 and over the next two decades spent about five years in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, and lived with the Tamangs. "Songs are an integral part of Tamang women's lives," she said, adding songs and narrative dialogue govern most conversations. There are songs that are meant to be personal laments, some are meant to make the listener smile, and some to make them cry. March said she likes the idea about life histories because of the enduring desire to get to know and meet others, and also to demystify the apparent and often misleading transparency of the first person account.
March is an associate professor of anthropology at the Cornell University.
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| Jhapali |
Posted
on 05-Nov-03 11:03 AM
can we hear the interview online?
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 05-Nov-03 01:12 PM
Having lived and worked with Tamangs communities the research is personally interesting to me. Has she been dissecting tamang songs to reflect the culture and life? I am particularly interested in the research paradigm there. An abridged version of 20 yrs of research findings will be interesting to share if available. thx
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| ashu |
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on 05-Nov-03 05:38 PM
Bhunte,
Kathy March and her husband David Holmberg, both of Cornell, are world's experts on the Tamangs. For further info, see David's book on the Tamangs, the title of which I forgot.
You may be able to borrow it from your university's library.
oohi
ashu
ktm,nepal
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| Bhunte |
Posted
on 05-Nov-03 06:21 PM
ashu, thx for the info. i will try to find it. btw, have u gone through deepak/bandita's book on "a kingdom in seige"?
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| Bhunte |
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on 05-Nov-03 06:31 PM
I found the Tamang book in my univ library. The info about the book is as:
Main Author: March, Kathryn S.
Title: If each comes halfway : meeting Tamang women in Nepal / Kathryn S. March.
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y. ; London : Cornell University Press, 2002.
Description: xvi, 271 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, facsims. ; 25 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Subject(s): Women, Tamang.
Tamang (Nepalese people) Social life and customs.
Songs, Tamang.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-264) and index.
ISBN: 0801440173 (cloth : alk. paper)
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| Ruby |
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on 05-Nov-03 09:22 PM
There are so many books about ethnic groups of Nepal in English, can you name some in Nepali?
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| Bhunte |
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on 05-Nov-03 09:52 PM
The book on "Newar" by Mr. Nepali, the book on Nepal's ethnic groups by Dor Bahadur Bista are few notable ones....
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