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The project 'Pastoralism in China: National Policies and Local Practices' focuses on the issue of rangeland environmental degradation, investigating the interface between the use of resources (especially grazing land and water), the legal framework regulating rights to resources, policy implementation and the negotiation of rights within and between local communities. The project studies the dynamics between policy-making and implementation, socio-economic relations and resource management, and the impacts of these dynamics on a fragile natural environment.This project was funded by the Research Council of Norway (FRIMUF).
Reclaiming the Forest
Reclaiming the Forest: The Ewenki Reindeer Herders of Aoluguya
Reclaiming the Forest describes the reindeer herders of Aoluguya, China, a group of former hunters who today see themselves as “keepers of reindeer” as they engage in ethnic tourism and exchange experiences with their Ewenki neighbors in Russian Siberia. Though to some their future seems problematic, this book focuses on the present, challenging the pessimistic outlook, reviewing current issues, and describing the efforts of the Ewenki to reclaim their forest lifestyle and develop new forest livelihoods. Both academic and literary contributions balance the volume written by authors who are either indigenous to the region or have carried out fieldwork among the Aoluguya Ewenki since the late 1990s.
Conference on “Pastoralism in China Today” co-organized by PRIO and IEA-CASS in Beijing
On 27 June 2011 the project held its final conference on “Pastoralism in China Today”, hosted at IEA-CASS in Beijing.
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
Pastoralism in Tibet Today: A Study of Pastoral Policy and Practice
Book Chapter in The State of Ecology of the Tibetan Plateau
Introduction. Writing the “Reindeer Ewenki”
Book Chapter in Reclaiming the Forest. the Ewenki Reindeer Herders of Aoluguya
Reclaiming the Forest. The Ewenki Reindeer Herders of Aoluguya
Edited Volume
Ambiguities of the Aoluguya Ewenki
Book Chapter in Reclaiming the Forest. the Ewenki Reindeer Herders of Aoluguya
Pastoralism in Contemporary China: Policy and Practice
Edited Volume
Degradation Discourse and Green Governmentality in the Xilinguole Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Journal Article in Development and Change
Reclaiming the Forest: Ewenki Reindeer Herding as Exception
Journal Article in Human Organization
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
Jin sanshi nian lai nuowei sami ren shenfen diwei de bianhua
Journal Article in Shijie Minzu [World Ethno-National Studies]
Lost in a State of Exceptions: Ewenki Reindeer Herders in China
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
The Violence of Liberation: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China
Book Review
