Nepal
On the public consultations conducted as part of preparing the EIA for the proposed Nalgad Hydropower Project in Nepal. Public consultation is a key element in the EIA process, necessary to present the proposed project, gather data, and, perhaps most importantly, to involve the local people.
An invitation to give a lecture at the Central Dept. of Anthropology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, on the topic of indigenous people, human rights, and political activism.
A bamboo grove in Kathmandu, Napal, and bamboo's ecology and use in culture, inspired me to formulate some thoughts about how to understand cultures, the relations between cultures, and the various ways of traveling within cultures and explore them, as well as between them.
International traveling means leaving one culture in order immerse oneself in another one. Human cultures ar variations on the endless cultural and environmental adaptations that homo sapiens has evolved into.
This article discusses hydropower development in Nepal, with a focus on involuntary resettlement. It is based on a paper that was presented at the 2021 conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA).
