"What counts as Gaddi?"

An Afterword

  • Kriti Kapila
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2023.8929
Keywords: Gaddis, Western Himalaya, pastoralism, egalitarianism, hierarchy

Abstract

The afterword reflects on the generations of anthropological scholarship on the Gaddis of the Western Himalaya, and its import for anthropological itself. It takes up Roy Wagner's productive concept of "strategic relic" to understand the changing place of pastoralism and the enduring ideal of egalitarianism in the Gaddi worldview. 

Cover HIMALAYA Volume 42.2
Published
25-Aug-2023
How to Cite
Kapila, K. (2023). "What counts as Gaddi?". HIMALAYA - The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies, 42(2), 133-137. https://doi.org/10.2218/himalaya.2023.8929
Issue
Vol 42 No 2 (2023): Special Issue: Gaddi Politics and Identity in the Western Himalaya
Section
Special Issue Afterword

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