February 2025

Bothered by the Border

By Tümüzo Katiry     In the remote highlands of the North-Eastern region of India and the North-Western part of Myanmar, indigenous Naga communities have been compelled to live in an unimaginable predicament, oscillating between self-determination and a sense of belonging. This blog post is a reflection of my experience during the Earthkeepers’ preliminary fieldwork in […]

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Film Club

The Highland Film Club   The Highland Film Club is an exciting addition to Kohima’s cultural scene. Based at The Highland Institute, close to Don Bosco School in Kohima Village, the Club will show diverse films by indigenous and non-indigenous filmmakers every month. Offerings will address themes of care, stereotypes, addressing trauma, environmental stewardship, preserving traditions,

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Naga Ancestral Voices: Songs, Stories, Beliefs

From 23 April to 7 May 2022, the Highland Institute hosted the exhibition “Naga Ancestral Voices: Songs, Stories, Beliefs”, thematising the changing soundscapes of Nagaland. Based on the research project “Recirculating J. H. Hutton’s Recordings in Nagaland”, the exhibition was organised by interns from Kohima Science College, staff and fellows of the Highland Institute, and

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PluriMed Research Group

The PluriMed Research Group is an interdisciplinary collective based at the Highland Institute, dedicated to advancing critical inquiry into medical pluralism, therapeutic ecologies, and the intersections of formal and informal health knowledge systems. Anchored in rigorous ethnographic research and grounded in the lived realities of communities across Highland Asia, the group serves as both a research hub

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