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How are these forced removal of Tibetans from their ancestral villages in #Tibet under #China similar to the forced removal of Native Americans who were relocated under the gun by the US government to places such as Oklahoma through the 1830 Indian Removal Act? 🧵

Dawa Lokyitsang, PhD The report looks comprehensive and draws extensively on the work scholars like Yonten Nyima 👍

📢 FRESH! While India has hosted and rehabilitated exiled Tibetans, it sees Tibet largely as a tool to counter China and its policies have been reactions to the Chinese narrative, writes བུ་ཆུང་ཀེ་ཚེ་རིང་། in our series Modi's India from the Edges: himalmag.com/politics/india…

Lhakar as a non-violent Tibetan identity empowerment movement in Tibet began soon after the massive crackdowns on Tibetans by the Chinese Communist government following the 2008 National Uprisings against the occupation of Tibet. Lhakar Diaries began in 2011.

Interesting history on sinmo (in #Tibet) & yacheni (in #Gilgit-Baltistan) at the intersection of indigenous traditions (Bon), Buddhism, and Islam: wisdomexperience.org/ebook/living-t…

Check out this interesting essay historicizing the demoness Sinmo by Professor of Religion, Jose Cabezon. It sources @Dawa's 2015 essay: When Tibetan Women Ruled Tibet on Lhakar diaries lhakardiaries.com/2015/09/23/whe…

Contributors in the upcoming volume of MIC reflect on the state of ethnic minority culture in the wake of Xi’s new ethno-nationalist order and explore what remains of cultural differences at the end of dreams of communist pluralism and ethnic autonomy. doi.org/10.22459/MIC.0…

The latest issue of 'Made in China Journal’ is out now! It discusses a new Chinese government textbook for university students that promotes President Xi Jinping’s vision for governing the country’s diverse population. Buy now or download for free doi.org/10.22459/MIC.0…

Dawa Lokyitsang, PhD asks "How does settler-colonial imperialism operate in Asia, and what are the ways in which Asian Indigeneities become mobilised?" in this new volume: press.anu.edu.au/publications/j…

The new issue of MIC is out! In it, we focus on what remains of cultural differences at the end of the dream of communist pluralism and ethnic autonomy and on how Blackness has been imagined, defined, or practiced in Chinese history. Download for free at madeinchinajournal.com/2024/08/27/ben…

Our latest issue is live! Volume 44, Issue 3. Sept 2024. journals.sagepub.com/toc/coaa/44/3 Guest edited by Mark Goodale and Zeynep Oguz, this special, ‘Contesting Transitions: New Directions in the Anthropology of Energy, Climate Justice, and Resource Imaginaries’, is mostly open access

Watch Dawa Lokyitsang, PhD okyitsang's keynote lecture "The Dalai Lama’s Future Succession: Understanding the 14th Dalai Lama & His Formidable Contributions" at the University of Colorado's Department of Anthropology on Lhakar Diarie youtu.be/xcJfNCM-hTQ