2010
Within the relatively short distance of one hundred and fifty miles, the elevation in Nepal rises from near sea level to the highest mountains on the planet. The Nyinba Valley is in the upland portion of the Karnali River watershed in Humla district, Nepal. Only two percent of the land in Humla is considered suitable for agriculture and the district receives little rainfall.
While the Nyinba valley has been affected by the same forces that have eroded people’s livelihoods throughout the district, the four Nyinba villages are not suffering food shortages and have been far more successful than nearby villages at adapting to contemporary challenges. This project explored ways of seeing and communicating the landscape and the Nyinba people's way of life.
Critic: Jorge Sieweke Field Work Collaborator: David Citrin
Lama, Tsewang. Kailash Mandala: A Pilgrim’s Trekking Guide. Humla Conservation and Development Association: Simikot, 2002.
Adapted from a similar diagram by Nancy Levine:
Levine, Nancy. The Dynamics of Polyandry: Kinship, Domesticity, and Population on the Tibetan Border. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1989.
Levine, Nancy. The Dynamics of Polyandry: Kinship, Domesticity, and Population on the Tibetan Border. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1989.
Levine, Nancy. The Dynamics of Polyandry: Kinship, Domesticity, and Population on the Tibetan Border. University of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1989.
