Tashi Nyima left PRIO in 2008. The information on this page is kept for historical reasons.
Tashi Nyima
Researcher
Research Interests
- Pastoralism in China: National Policies and Local Practices
- ‘Socialist paradise’ in Tibetan: Development discourses in contemporary Tibet (Ph.D. project, University of Oslo)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007: Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights
2006: Teaching assistant, University of Oslo
2003-4: Student scholarship, China Program, University of Oslo
1998-2001: Project consultant, PRIO
2007-present: PhD candidate (Research Fellow), Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
2003-2005: Master Degree in Chinese studies, Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo
Fluent in Tibetan, English, Norwegian, Chinese (written and spoken) and Hindi (spoken)
Published and unpublished papers and presentations
‘The Tibetan dilemma: Lhasa in the past 15 years of development and demographic transformation’, 2007, a 20-page research report prepared for the China Program, Norwegian Center for Human Rights.
'Ethnicity and Employment: A Tibetan Case', Master thesis in Chinese Studies, 2005, Department of Cultural Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo.
'Ethnicity and employment discrimination in Northwest Yunnan', in Labor Discrimination in China: International standards and national practices, 2005, Beijing: China Law Press.
'Ethnicity and employment opportunities in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture', paper presented at the 7th Biennial Nordic Conference on Chinese Studies, Helsinki, 7-9 June 2005.
‘Ethnic discrimination: Fieldwork and findings', paper presented at the Workshop on Discrimination and Affirmative Action, Beijing, 13-17 August 2004.
Latest publications
All publications
Pastoralism in Tibet Today: A Study of Pastoral Policy and Practice
Book Chapter in The State of Ecology of the Tibetan Plateau
Development Discourses on the Tibetan Plateau: Urbanization and Expropriation of Land in Dartsedo
Journal Article in Himalaya
The Social Construction of Sanjiangyuan: An Analysis of China's Sustainable Development Discourse in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
Conference Paper
What is 'Development'? An Ethnographic Analysis of Development Discourses in Tibet
Conference Paper
Tibetan Pastoralists on the Move - A Study of China’s Development Policy and Practice
Conference Paper
Latest news
Presentation at 12th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies
Tashi Nyima (University of Oslo/PRIO) presented a paper at the 12th Seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies, which took place on 15-21 August 2010 at the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Based on fieldwork for the Pastoralism in China project in Yushu, the paper was entitled 'The social construction of Sanjiangyuan: An analysis of China's sustainable development discourse in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture'.
Fieldwork in Xilinguole, Inner Mongolia
Joint fieldwork with Tibetan researcher in Kautokeino
In October-November 2009, researchers Tashi Nyima (University of Oslo/PRIO) and Dongzhu Cairang (Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) carried out joint fieldwork in Kautokeino for the Pastoralism in China project. The two researchers were hosted by the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry based in Kautokeino.
Fieldwork in Hulun Bei'er, Inner Mongolia
During June-August 2009, Åshild Kolås carried out seven weeks of fieldwork in China, researching the case of the Ewenki reindeer herders in Inner Mongolia.
Field trip to Inner Mongolia for 'Pastoralism in China' project
In July and August 2008 researchers Åshild Kolås and Tashi Nyima visited Inner Mongolia and Beijing for their project on 'Pastoralism in China'.
Joint fieldtrip to Finnmark with project partners from China
