Author: wbtd

Scholar and activist, working on anthropology, ecology and Buddhism. Long-term research in ethnobiology of Asian mountain communities and culturally signficant landscapes (e.g. sacred sites, protected areas) and anthropogenic bidoversity (biocultural diversity). Visiting fellow at University of Hamburg.

  • Video games together with animals

    (This post originally appeared in May 2012 but was lost when the server was hacked in 2015. This is a recovered version.) About two months ago, some FB colleague posted...

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  • Thrushes, chats and icterids; or, ice cream in the monsoon.

    (This post originally appeared in July 2012 but was lost when the server was hacked in 2015. This is a recovered version.) I woke up this morning with ‘The Emperor...

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  • Redeeming Richard Nixon

    In the evenings, the boys like a story. They like one particular story. They like Green Eggs and Ham. I don’t know how many of you have ever had to...

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  • Sacred montane landscapes

    I’m just back to Aberdeen from the Mountains of our Future Earth conference. This happens every five years and is conducted under the stewardship of Martin Price at UHI/Perth. It...

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  • Low Doorways

    In the Himalayas one often finds houses with very low doorways. One must stoop to enter, and this is true even for the remarkably short high-altitude physique of the folks...

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