Modernization in Eastern Tibet

Using ethnographic materials and documents from East Tibetan villages, this book addresses the impact of modernization on everyday life and the ways in which it melds with traditional forms of knowledge to create a new Tibetan identity and scientific rationality.

Autorentext

Su Hu is a lecturer at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, China, focusing on modernization, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and the ontological turn.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. A Routine Life in Modernity: Storms, Maize Fields, and Insurance 3. Leviathan the Forager: Boundaries, Battles, and the Foraging Mountain 4. Intriguing Resistance and a Politics of Truth: The Hydropower Plant 5. Conclusion: Momentary Time and Modernization