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SUMMARY:State\, religious institution and community: Conservation and stig
 matized slaughter in pastoral societies in the Himalayas - Mari Miyamoto (
 Extra Session!)
DTSTART:20151126T130000Z
DTEND:20151126T140000Z
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CONTACT:Ritika Kapur
DESCRIPTION:Speaker bio: Mari Miyamoto is a Newton International Fellow wo
 rking at the SOAS South Asia Institute. She has analysed diverse processes
  of cultural interpretations of global political issues such as "democracy
 " as well as “environmental conservation” in people's everyday lives. 
 Her current interest lies in plural interpretations of “secularism” an
 d religious integration in Bhutan as a multireligious society in the Himal
 aya. \n\nAbstract: The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan is known as an “envir
 onmentalist” nation that proposes 50% of the county as protected areas a
 nd has a conservation philosophy enriched by Buddhism and its teachings. H
 owever\, Buddhist monasteries and monks have been in fact often conflicted
  with conservation policies of the government and INGOs in rural areas esp
 ecially when conservation policies bring changes to pastoral villages\, su
 ch as the reduction of cattle for forest protection (Miyamoto 2015).\nIn t
 his presentation I will describe transforming perceptions toward animal sl
 aughter and pastoralist communities in Himalayan Buddhist societies in rel
 ation to changing meat markets in the area and the influence of increasing
  Buddhist practices such as Tsetar\, (the release of living things kept in
  captivity to gain merit)\, in context of the livelihood and everyday prac
 tices of people living in rural areas of Bhutan.
LOCATION:Seminar Room
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