Nomad RSI - Therapeutic diversity and the environment

Pondicherry, 25 March 2004 - The cultural economy of Tibetan Medicine - Seminar

Co-organised by the French Institute of Pondicherry and Nomad RSI

Participants

 Florian Besch (South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg / NRU)
 Laurent Pordié (IFP / NRU)

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Lectures

Breakdown of Exchange and the Introduction of Money: Traditional Medicine in 21st Century Spiti, India - Florian Besch

The communicant explored the consequences of the recent emergence of the free market on traditional medicine in Spiti, a remote valley of Himachal Pradesh. Using this macro change as a tool to offer an in-depth study of micro localized social transformations, he has unpacked a series of fundamental elements pertaining to the transformation of a traditional medical system, locally named Sowa Rigpa.

Discussion:

Of Kings, Land for Medicines, and Counter-gifts: Views before and after money and development got ‘cultural’ in Ladakh, India - Laurent Pordié

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