11th Annual Highland Gathering, 2023
11th Annual Highland Gathering 14th-19th December, 2023 EKOLOGOS DEEP COLLABORATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE New Methodologies for Intersubjective, Interrelational & Interdependent Worlds. Visit the event site here
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Restudying Thomas Kaiser’s Naga recordings
With the support of the Firebird Foundation for Anthropological Research (USA), ethnomusicologist Dr Christian Poske conducted a research project on the Naga recordings of the German ethnologist Thomas Kaiser in collaboration with the Ethnographic Museum Zurich and the Highland Institute…
The Community Monument Visioning Kit: A Collective Activity For Participatory Commemoration Of Places That Matter
From colonialism to enslavement, monuments of the past celebrated values that are now universally condemned as reprehensible. There is broad consensus today that monuments need to champion diversity and their creation must be inclusive. There is also growing appreciation of…
A Village Reborn by the Hands that Rock the Cradle. Visit to Machi- Part II
Introduction In Part I of this two-part blog series, we looked at the turbulent history of Machi Village and learned about the courage and dedication of the villagers, mostly women, who returned to rebuild their homes in the 1960s after…
A Village Reborn by the Hands that Rock the Cradle. Visit to Machi- Part I
The Journey Begins I am a Myanmar-born ethnic Naga who recently arrived in Kohima, Nagaland, India, to work on the MyClimate Project, jointly implemented by The Highland Institute (THI) and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS). Although I am…