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“It’s a conspiracy theoryandclimate change”: Of beastly encounters and cervine disappearances in Himalayan India

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This article traces the introduction of the category of climate change into the Indian Himalaya. Climate change emerged as an explanation for recurring incidences of humananimal conflict and the disappearance of a protected species through the labors of the local state bureaucracy. Even as the narratives on climate change were being imbued with expert authority, counternarratives dealing with the very same phenomena voiced by long-term residents of the Himalay...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.14318/hau5.1.005

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
OSGA
Sub department:
Area Studies
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
Role:
Author
Publisher:
HAU Society for Ethnographic Theory Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Ethnographic Theory Journal website
Volume:
5
Issue:
1
Pages:
87-111
Publication date:
2015-03-01
DOI:
EISSN:
2049-1115
ISSN:
2575-1433
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:1025749
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uuid:1c8e1960-d528-4735-a434-9106851e37f7
Local pid:
pubs:1025749
Source identifiers:
1025749
Deposit date:
2019-09-02

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