A Tribute to Christoph and Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf

Duration: 40 mins 57 secs

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Description:	This 40-minute experimental film about Christoph and Betty von Fürer-Haimendorf was made by Mark Turin in August 1996.

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2016-01-16 23:13

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Digital Himalaya Films & Video

Publisher:

University of Cambridge

Dr Mark Turin

Language:

eng (English)

Keywords:

Anthropology; Nepal; South Asia; fieldwork; sherpa;

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Producer:

Dr Mark Turin


Abstract:	Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna. In 1949, he moved to London, where he became a lecturer at SOAS. He was soon promoted and became Chair of Asian Anthropology in 1951. Within a few years, he went back to India and more importantly to Nepal, which had officially opened to outsiders. Over the next two decades, he conducted extensive field research among the highland populations of Nepal, notably among the Sherpa. At the same time, he made several revisits to his earlier research sites in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. His wife, Betty Barnado, who assisted him during most of his field research trips since the 1940s, published a bibliography of works on the anthropology of South Asia.

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Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf (1909-1995) was born and educated in Vienna. In 1949, he moved to London, where he became a lecturer at SOAS. He was soon promoted and became Chair of Asian Anthropology in 1951. Within a few years, he went back to India and more importantly to Nepal, which had officially opened to outsiders. Over the next two decades, he conducted extensive field research among the highland populations of Nepal, notably among the Sherpa. At the same time, he made several revisits to his earlier research sites in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh. His wife, Betty Barnado, who assisted him during most of his field research trips since the 1940s, published a bibliography of works on the anthropology of South Asia.

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