{"product_id":"places-in-knots-remoteness-and-connectivity-in-the-himalayas-and-beyond-hardback-9781501766862","title":"Places in Knots; Remoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas and Beyond (Hardback) 9781501766862","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePlaces in Knots\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRemoteness and Connectivity in the Himalayas and Beyond\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMartin Saxer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501766862\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 15 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e252 pages, 26 b\u0026amp;w halftones, 4 maps - 4 Maps - 26 Halftones, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaces in Knots is a rich ethnography focused on the changing landscape of Nepal's Himalayan borderlands. Drawing from his extensive multi-sited field- work, Martin Saxer pushes back against tropes of 'remoteness' and 'local community' by showing how Himalayan peoples extend their sociality and entrepreneurship beyond the highland villages that help form, but hardly delimit, their social and economic worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e (Inner Asia)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracing the experiences of mobile Himalayans across the globe, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaces in Knots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e describes the ways in which Himalayan people relate to the multiple places they inhabit and the work and trouble of keeping their communities tied together.\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Saxer describes global Himalayan ventures as a form of expansion of community rather than out-migration. Moving out does not sever the bonds of community. Instead, it is the pull that tightens the knot.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoffee-table books and trekking agencies continue to advertise the Himalayas as remote \"hidden valleys,\" and NGOs see them as fragile mountain ecosystems to be protected from global forces of destruction. \u003ci\u003ePlaces in Knots\u003c\/i\u003e shows how these tropes of remoteness inform development and conservation policies and thus shape the contexts in which Himalayan connections with the wider world are forged and maintained. Following Himalayan journeys between valleys in Nepal and beyond, Saxer draws a picture of globalization that emerges not from the centers or below—but rather from the edge. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThanks to generous funding from LMU München, the ebook editions of this book are available as Open Access volumes from Cornell Open (cornellpress.cornell.edu\/cornell-open) and other repositories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: Juggling Worlds\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Locality and Community\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e1. Tying Places into Knots\u003cbr\u003e 2. Moving In, Moving Up, Moving Out\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: A Son's Uncertain Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e 3. Binding Rules\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Pathways\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e4. The Business of Wayfaring\u003cbr\u003e 5. A Quest for Roads\u003cbr\u003e Interlude: A Mound of Rice\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Labor of Distribution\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Interventions\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eInterlude: Kailash - Truly Sacred\u003cbr\u003e 7. Curation at Large\u003cbr\u003e 8. Landscapes, Dreamscapes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Mapping Mountains\u003cbr\u003e 10. Translating Ambitions\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Navidad Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52607880626456,"sku":"9781501766862","price":99.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/places-in-knots-remoteness-and-connectivity-in-the-himalayas-and-beyond-hardback-9781501766862","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}