New Perspectives on Modern Ladakh. Fresh Discoveries and Continuing Conversations in the Indian Himalaya

ContentsIntroduction / 7EBEN YONNETTIWhen the Snowy Mountains Turn Black: Climate Change, Local Deities, and Buddhism in Ladakh / 15SIERRA GLADFELTERArtificial Glaciers and Ice Stupas: The Contemporary Remaking of Ladakh’s Place-Based Practices of Water Storage as Modern “Solutions” to Climate Change / 45JULIANE DAME & JUDITH MÜLLERUrbanisation in Ladakh: Migration Patterns and Socio-ecological Implications / 73SOPHIE DAYNon-married women: life stories from four members of an extended family in and around Leh / 95KONCHOK DORJEYMyths and Social Beliefs Surrounding Wild Mushrooms in Ladakh / 115RAFAŁ BESZTERDAThe Humble Honeybee: an Index of Social Change in Kinnaur?
/ 133PIOTR KLAFKOWSKIThe Roerich Family and Ladakh / 155RIGZIN CHODONKye lang ag bar and La dwags pho nya: two 20th Century Missionary Newspapers from Lahaul and Ladakh / 181JOHN BRAYThe Moravian Mission’s Weaving Enterprise in Ladakh (1939–1947): Social Uplift in a Time of Change / 207URSULA KLINGELFUSS-SCHNEIDERWeaving in Lower Ladakh – a report / 225CATHERINE ALLIÉ“We are KAL”: Weaving and Social Enterprise in Contemporary Ladakh / 247BETTINA ZEISLER & RAINER KIMMIGDid Gama Ever Reach the Land of Lama?
/ 263Index of figures, maps, drawings and diagrams / 289Index of person, geographical places and subjects / 297