Introduction

Rafał Beszterda; Anna Szymoszyn

Published: 2017-12-31

Vol. 37 (2016)

Introduction

Rafał Beszterda , Anna Szymoszyn

Abstract

The Himalayas, best known for their natural beauty, are still a treasure trove for the representatives of various disciplines, from geologists, entomologists and botanists to cultural geographers, linguists, art historians, ethnographers and so on. The time has come to cohesively gather together the several directions of Himalayan-Tibetan research conducted by scientists from Europe and India. In this volume of Ethnologia Polona, 4 Poles (Klafkowski, Bloch, Beszterda and Szymoszyn) together with Tsering Chorol from India, Gerald Kozicz from Austria and Bela Kelenyi
from Hungary, present articles on their own investigations in various zones and regions in Ladakh, Zanskar, Kinnaur, Lahul&Spiti and among Tibetan and Himalayan communities in India, Nepal and all over the world. A common thread running through these outcomes is the primary research being undertaken although their scope and specific interest is different.

Keywords:

Tibet, Himalayas, ethnological research, Ethnologia Polona, identity

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Rafał Beszterda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-9986

Affiliation:

Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

PhD in ethnology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań; assistant professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń; member of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (Leh, India).

Anna Szymoszyn

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-8123

Affiliation:

Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology - Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

MA in ethnology and in theology at the Adam Mickiewicz University; PhD in ethnology at the IAE PAS; Fulbright Award at the University of Virginia (2008); editor-in-chief of the journal "Ethnologia Polona" (2015-2019).