Living in a High Mountain Border Region:the Case of the'Bhotiyas'of the Indo-Chinese Border Region

查看全文 作　　者：Christoph [1,2]Bergmann;Martin [3]Gerwin;Marcus [3]Nüsser;William [1,2]S.Sax

机构地区：[1]Department of Social Anthropology,South Asia Institute,University of Heidelberg;[2]Im Neuenheimer Feld 330,69120 Heidelberg,Germany;[3]Department of Geography,South Asia Institute,University of Heidelberg

出　　处：《Journal of Mountain Science》索引2008年第5卷第3期,共9页

摘　　要：This article introduces one of South Asia's most important border regions into academic discourse, namely, the Central Himalayan mountain rim separating India and the Tibetan Autonomous Region (People's Republic of China). What makes this border region so interesting is a tangled interplay of changing environmental, cultural, and political forms to which the local populations constantly have to adapt in order to make a living there. We focused on the so-called 'Bhotiyas' of Uttarakhand, former trans-Himalayan traders whose ethnicity and livelihood was traditionally associated with the Indo-Chinese border that was sealed as a result of the India-China war in 1962. Drawing on the work of borderland scholarship, we identified the key processes and developments that changed the perspective of this area. Competing political aspirations as well as the 'Bhotiyas' countervailing strategies were considered equally important for understanding local livelihoods and identities within the dynamics of a 'high mountain border region'. Through an exemplary analysis of historical differences of power in one 'Bhotiya' valley, we further explored the ways in which shifting socio-spatial constellations are creatively re-interpreted by the borderlanders. 关键词：中印边界区域高山区域生活方式边界贸易

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