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Reflections on ecological habitability, with some Himalayan examples
In July a Glacial Lake Outburst Flood occurred in the Lende Valley, destroying the bridge between the border posts of Nepal and China, and carrying off 200 vehicles and about 20 people in the flood. This triggered memories of research 35 years ago, as Tamang villagers took their sheep to Lende, also gathering medicinal herbs. I will reflect on aspects of human-environmental relationships through different thematic phases of research. These cover development paradigms of productive intensification and biodiversity protection; ontological and multi-species turns in sentient landscapes; Zomia sovereignties; renewable energy innovation; labour migration, agricultural abandonment, forest regrowth, and climate resilience.
Date:
28 November 2025, 15:00
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details:
Nissan Lecture Theatre
Speaker:
Ben Campbell (University of Durham)
Organising department:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography
Organisers:
Alice Millington (University of Oxford),
Zuzanna Olszewska (Associate Professor in the Social Anthropology of the Middle East),
Madeleine Reeves (University of Oxford)
Part of:
School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography Departmental Seminar Series
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Kate Atherton
