PANEL 21 – RETHINKING ORAL HISTORY IN MODERN TIBET
MONDAY 20 JUNE (Auditorium Q)
Conveners: Dáša Pejchar Mortensen, Charlene Makley and Sarah Jacoby
9.00-915: Opening of panel.
9.15-9.45: Robbie Barnett: Oral Ogling: watching out for the voyeur in Tibetan oral history practice.
9.45-10.15: Benno Weiner: “History is still a sensitive question:” memory, unity and advocacy in the Qinghai Wenshi Ziliao.
10.15-10.45: Charlene Makley: Negotiating timespace: oral history as practice and politics in 21st century Rebgong.
10.45-11.15: Tea and coffee break
11.15-11.45: Dáša Pejchar Mortensen: Disruptive narratives: memories of Tibetan participation in the Cultural Revolution in rGyal thang.
11.45-12.15: Sarah Jacoby: A Garland of White Lotuses: oral history and women’s history in contemporary Tibet.
12.15-12.45: Discussant: Hildegard Diemberger.