Panel 24: Sacred landscapes in Tibet and the Himalayas

PANEL 24 – SACRED LANDSCAPES IN TIBET AND THE HIMALAYAS

MONDAY 20 JUNE (Auditorium D)

Convener: Olivier Chiron


 13.30-13.45: Opening of panel


13.45-14.15: Samuel Thévoz: Visions of Tibet: staging sacred landscape at the dawn of the 20th century.


14.15-14.45: Olivier Chiron: The sacred landscape of West Sikkim: formation, functional territorial system and transmission of the heritage.


14.45-15.15: Karubaki Datta Sarkar: The challenges of conservation and development in the sacred landscape of Demojong in West Sikkim.


15.15-15.45: Tea and coffee break.


15.45-16.15: Amelia Hall: The secrets of Iron Wood Mountain: a sacred guide to sbas yul in Arunachal Pradesh.


16.15-16.45: Callum Pearce: Unwritten lands: sbas yul in Ladakh and Zangskar.


16.45-17.15: Anna Sehnalová: Amnye Machen’s 2014 Horse Year pilgrimage: a powerful deity or a national geopark?


17.15-17-45: Discussion.