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University of Colorado Boulder - Geography

Tibet Himalaya Initiative

Rupak Shrestha

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about 2 days ago

| the women of Phale |

Although the social worlds of Phale Tibetans are intimately tied to Tingkye in Tibet (where they often travel to), most Tibetans who (re)call Phale as home are now mostly settled in Boudha, Darjeeling, and Jackson Heights.

Here are five of the seven women who live in this small, handsome exile Tibetan settlement in the NE Nepal Himalayas, where mobility and their social relations with Walung indigeneity create possibilities for (political) intimacy along multiple sovereignties.

This Friday, I return to Phale, Walung (and Tingkye, with luck) for a month of learning, listening.

#phale #walung #sovereignty #placemaking #geography