We integrate ILK with remote sensing and botanical assessments to explore the role of ritual practices in enhancing the resilience of bofedales, aiming to inform sustainable management of bofedales.
Projectile Points at a Rocky Mountain Communal Hunting Site Suggest Multi-Group Cooperation with Lowland Participation, 3.2–0.2 ka
This projectile point analysis informs our understanding of cooperative dynamics among Late Prehistoric bison hunters in the Rocky Mountains.
Living with a Disappearing Glacier: Ethnographic Insights from a High-Altitude Mountain Hut
By centering the experiences of hut keepers and alpine inhabitants, this research challenges dominant media narratives and it contributes to broader discussions on adaptation and resilience.
Breaking the Silence: Addressing Rural Mental Health Gaps and Learned Helplessness Through Accessible Support Systems
Can digital & community-based support systems bridge the rural mental health gap? This research, inspired by Ueberleben’s Ilajnafsy project,explores solutions to combat stigma and learned helplessness
Encountering Glacial Loss: Perception, Affect, and Future Imaginaries in the Western Alps
By situating glacial loss within the broader social construction of nature and human-more-than-human relations, I argue that loss is not merely a rupture but a generative force.
Moving into the Mountains: Tok stori of the occupation, adaptation and innovations that occur in the human history of the New Guinea Highlands.
The Highlands of New Guinea show one of the earliest movements of modern humans into montane environments, including the independent development of agriculture post LGM.
Sense of place and land-management in Tadami Biosphere Reserve’s risk landscape: anthropological insights for community resilience
The study evaluates the influence of sense of place, derived from human interactions with their biophysical environment, on community resilience to natural hazards.
Mountain sounds: The importance of mountain ecologies and multispecies knowledges for violin making
Based on ethnographic research in the Alps, this paper describes the role local knowledges of mountain trees as “tonewood” play for violin music.
Nexus of Science and Society in Risk Perception: Lessons from the 2012 Seti River Flash Flood in Nepal
This study explores integrating western science and local knowledge to understand flood risks, using Nepal’s 2012 Seti River flood as a case study, advocating for interdisciplinary approaches
Social Cohesion Structures and the Tonari Gumi System in Tadami, Japan
This study explores the cultural expressions of social cohesion identified in Tadami, and their contribution to community resilience to natural hazards, climate change and rural outmigration.