"What counts as Gaddi?"

An Afterword

Authors

  • 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. 

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Published

25-Aug-2023

How to Cite

Kapila, K. (2023). "What counts as Gaddi?": An Afterword. 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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