2021. “Collapsing Distance: Recognition, Relation, and the Power of Naming in Ethnographic Research”. In “Rethinking Pseudonyms in Ethnography,” edited by Carole McGranahan and Erica Weiss, American Ethnologist website, December 13, 2021. |
2020. “Learning from Disasters: Nepal copes with coronavirus pandemic 5 years after earthquake”. The Conversation. April 23, 2020. Co-authored with Jeevan Baniya, Philippe Le Billon, Deepak Thapa. |
2019. “New laws weaponize citizenship in India”. The Conversation. December 22, 2019. Co-authored with Sahana Ghosh. |
2019. “Reconstruction Conundrums”. Kathmandu Post, February 19, 2019. Co-authored with Bina Limbu, Jeevan Baniya, and Manoj Suji. |
2018. “Real-time rituals of male privilege #Kavanaugh”. Allegra Lab, October 4, 2018. |
2017. “Citizenship, Gender and Statelessness in Nepal Before and After the 2015 Constitution”. Discover Society Blog, September 6, 2017. Co-authored with Subin Mulmi. |
2017. “What’s brewing in Darjeeling”. Op-ed, The Hindu, July 25, 2017. Co-authored with Rune Bennike, Sarah Besky, Nilamber Chhetri, Townsend Middleton, Roshan P. Rai, Swatahsiddha Sarkar, Debarati Sen, Jayeeta Sharma, and Miriam Wenner. |
2017. “Home Does Not Equal Citizenship: Belonging in the Age of the Travel Ban”. Political and Legal Anthropology Review (PoLAR)/Association for Political and Legal Anthropology online series , February 22, 2017. |
2016. “Nepal’s Rule-of-Law Politics Demand Global Attention”. Op-ed, Globe & Mail, May 6, 2016. Co-authored with Ajay Pradhan. |
2016. Review of Mediating the Global: Expatria’s Forms and Consequences in Kathmandu. Heather Hindman. Pacific Affairs 89(1): 219-221. |
2015. “Dots on the Map: Anthropological Locations and Responses to Nepal’s Earthquakes” Cultural Anthropology Hot Spots Forum, In “Aftershocked: Reflections on the 2015 Earthquakes in Nepal” |
2015 “Rebuilding Thangmi Communities After Nepal’s 2015 Earthquakes” University of Pennsylvania Press Blog. |
2015 “Nepal: the Long Road to Recovery” Asia Pacific Memo #334. Co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2015 “Nepal’s Relief Effort Must Reach the Rural Poor” Globe & Mail. Co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2015 “Nepal’s Citizenship Challenges: Gender and Sovereignty in the Himalayas” Asia Pacific Memo #326. |
2015 Exhibit and catalogue review of Bodies in Balance: The Art of Tibetan Medicine, Theresia Hofer ed., in Museum Anthropology 38(1):63-65. |
2014 “Remoteness as a Relational Category” In “Remote and Edgy: New Takes on Old Anthropological Themes”, Erik Harms, Shafqat Hussain and Sara Shneiderman, eds. Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 4(1): 361-381. |
2014 “Framing the Issues: The Politics of ‘Post-Conflict’” Cultural Anthropology Hot Spots Forum, In “The Politics of ‘Post-Conflict’: On the Ground in South Asia”, Co-authored with Amanda Snellinger. |
2014 “Situating Political Transformation in South Asia” Cultural Anthropology Hot Spots Forum, In “The Politics of ‘Post-Conflict’: On the Ground in South Asia”, Co-authored with Amanda Snellinger. |
2013 Review of The Rise of Ethnic Politics in Nepal: Democracy in the Margins, Susan Hangen, in PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review. 36(1): 188-190. |
2012 “Turmoil in Nepal” in The New York Times. Response to the Op-Ed “Nepal: On the Brink of Collapse”. June 9, 2012. |
2010 Review of Being a Buddhist Nun: the Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas, Kim Gutschow, in American Ethnologist. 37 (3): 605-606. |
2010 Review of Tibetan Diary: from Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal, Geoff Childs, in The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 16: 201-202. |
2009 Review of Kings of the Forest: the Resilience of Himalayan Hunter-Gatherers, Jana Fortier, in Studies in Nepali History and Society. 14(1): 209-211. |
2007 “Not just nuns and oracles: contemporary Tibetan women” (Review of Women in Tibet, Past and Present, Janet Gyatso and Hanna Havnevik, eds) in IIAS Newsletter. 45: 33. |
2006 Review of Suitably Modern: Making Middle-Class Culture in a New Consumer Society, Mark Liechty, in Journal of Asian Studies. 65(3): 645-646. |
2005 “Anthropology in a Time of Crisis: A Note from Nepal” in Anthropology News (Human Rights Forum). 46(5): 30-31. |
2005 Review of Ethnic Revival and Religious Turmoil: Identities and Representations in the Himalayas, Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Pascale Dollfus eds, in European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. 28: 100. |
2003 Review of Fluid Boundaries: Forming and Transforming Identity in Nepal, William Fisher, in European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. 24: 129-132. |
2003 “Short Takes #9: Women and War” in Anthropology News (Section News of the Association for Feminist Anthropology). 44 (5): 40. |
2003 Review of Sensory Biographies: Lives and Deaths among Nepal’s Yolmo Buddhists by Robert Desjarlais in Himalaya: The Journal of the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies. 23 (2): 23-24. |
2003 “Returning Footage to the Himalayas” in Viewfinder: the Magazine of the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC). 50: 10-12. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2003 “Digital Himalaya: Returning Cultural Property in Nepal” in IIAS Newsletter. July 2003. 31: 23. |
2003 Conference report on The Agenda of Transformation: Inclusion in Nepali Democracy, Kathmandu, 24-26 April 2003. European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. 24: 78-80. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2002 “Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age” in Interarchive: Archival Practices and Sites. Beatrice von Bismarck et al, eds. Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König. 359-361. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2001 “Digital Himalaya: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age” in The European Bulletin of Himalayan Research. 20-21: 136-141. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2001 “Haimendorf’s Laptop: An Ethnographic Archive in the Digital Age” in IIAS Newsletter. November 2001. 26: 20. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2000 “Caravan: A rejoinder” in Himal Southasian. April 2000. 13 (4): 5. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
1996 “Strength and Silence of Buddhist Women” in Himal Magazine. March 1996. 7. |
Newspaper and Magazine Articles |
2011 “From the Himalayas to Cambridge” in Catharine Wheel, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. 12-13. |
2007 “Illustrating a Mother Tongue” in Nepali Times. October 12-18, 2007. 370: 13. |
2005 “The Other Nepali Politics: Darjeeling” in Nation Weekly. February 6, 2005. 1(42):27-29. |
2004 “Dasain in Dolakha: Cautiously Optimistic” in Nation Weekly. November 14, 2004. 1 (30): 32-33. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2003 “Tibet, Tibet” in Nepali Times. June 20-26, 2003. 150: 3. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2003 “Reply” in Nepali Times. July 4-10, 2003. 152: 3. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2003 “Yams in Boulderland” in Nepali Times. September 5-11, 2003. 161: 8-9. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2000 “Sisterly Clans: A Collection of Thoughts on Thami Women” in Adivasi Mahila Awaj (Voice of Indigenous Women), barsa-2, anka-3 baisakh-asar 2057 (Year 2, Issue 3, Baisakh-Asar 2057). Kathmandu. 18-21. |
2000 “Rethinking Himalayan Cinema” in People’s Review. April 27-May 3, 2000. 9 (37): 6. co-authored with Mark Turin. |
2000 “Throwing Bricks At Foreigners” in The Kathmandu Post. April 23, 2000, (Sunday Post Supplement), p. II. |
2000 “A Retrospective of Jan Salter’s Work” in The Kathmandu Post. May 14, 2000 (Sunday Post Supplement), p. II |
2000 “A Journey Up the Langtang Valley” in The Alpine Pocket Guide to Nepal, Alpine Travel Service, Kathmandu. 244-250. |
1999 “Do You Know Where Your Sons Are?” in The Kathmandu Post. June 25, 1999. 4. |
1998 “Seven Years in Tibet vs. Terminator” in Earshot. Kathmandu. (1): 5. |