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Make it stand out Hit Man Gurung (Image courtesy of artist) https://heritageasplacemaking.com/outreach-projects daily 0.75 2026-02-23 https://heritageasplacemaking.com/outreach-projects/queer-indigeneity-and-heritage-making-practices-in-nepal monthly 0.5 2026-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1bb80982-15c0-4799-ac1f-f19057e72337/Picture+1.png Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Queer Indigeneity and Heritage-Making Practices in Nepal - Make it stand out Figure 1: We asked participants to bring an object of significance to them so they could talk about it during their introduction. 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Themes of community, belonging and having their own homes stood out the most in this exercise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/c8b4affe-fa54-4f5b-8e7b-ca415a9cd021/Picture+6.png Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Queer Indigeneity and Heritage-Making Practices in Nepal - Make it stand out Figure 6: A young DJ dancer creating her self-portrait https://heritageasplacemaking.com/outreach-projects/reviving-play-documenting-and-reviving-traditional-games-of-bhaktapur monthly 0.5 2025-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/3a980fda-2aeb-4a61-bdc6-843f21a1f855/image+1.jpg Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out Several teachers are discussing local variations and traditions of games at Bhaktapur Mahotsav. Photo Courtesy of LPIN. Photograph by: Rojita Sharma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/0e77dcc5-25c3-4b10-a91d-3cea46e04906/image+2.jpg Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out Let’s Play volunteer and a child from Bhaktapur are playing the Baghchal game. Photo Courtesy of LPIN. Photograph by : Rojita Sharma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/72585752-3d97-49e9-9d2d-5ccd8386d8a6/image+3.JPG Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out Kids and teachers learning to play guchcha (marble game). Photo Courtesy of Zero One Studio. 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Photograph by: Rojita Sharma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/54835fd8-21c5-4a71-bf38-878bb3ddd8d7/image+6.jpg Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out An interaction between kids and parents while playing gatti. Photo Courtesy of LPIN. Photograph by: Rojita Sharma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/eddc4660-4b85-4245-9d39-f7e88d5b64e4/image+7.jpg Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out Kids playing Ghwai in the courtyard of Bode. Photo Courtesy of LPIN. Photograph by: Rojita Sharma https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/f0c7a1f2-21cf-42c4-afaa-e7b99ca21a63/image+8.jpg Current Outreach and Engagement Initiatives - Reviving Play: Documenting and Reviving Traditional Games of Bhaktapur - Make it stand out Presented the findings of the’Let’s play’ outreach project at “The annual Kathmandu conference on Nepal and the Himalaya. 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Photo: Vetdoc.mls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons https://heritageasplacemaking.com/ayodhya daily 0.75 2025-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/6b033f68-6e37-43e0-a1c2-abed905126b1/Ayodhya+1280px-Ruhi.jpeg Ayodhya - Make it stand out View of Ayodhya. Photo: रूही, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/61a83db2-14f6-4254-bfa5-3d3deba367c8/https-%3A%3Aupload.wikimedia.org%3Awikipedia%3Acommons%3A6%3A6d%3AAyodhya_100_%252828%2529.jpg Ayodhya - Make it stand out Sign board of Ayodhya Junction railway station. Photo: PP Younus, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://heritageasplacemaking.com/bodh-gaya daily 0.75 2025-07-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/788bec75-454e-4283-bcce-222d3c02dfc7/https-%3A%3Aen.wikipedia.org%3Awiki%3ABodh_Gaya%23%3Amedia%3AFile-Bodhi_Tree_Distant_View_-_panoramio.jpg Bodh Gaya - Make it stand out The Bodhi Tree under which Gautama Buddha is said to have obtained Enlightenment. Photo: Neil Satyam, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://heritageasplacemaking.com/mukundapur daily 0.75 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/f89113c8-7e67-461d-aaeb-4606f492e6a3/IMG_20220607_102259.jpg Mukundapur - Make it stand out The newly constructed temple of Siddheshwori on top of a hill, with signpost describing the hiking trail at the ruins of Mukundasen visible. Photo © Binita Magaiya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/658f70f7-8073-4401-8f15-29a90febc030/IMG_20220607_092804.jpg Mukundapur - Make it stand out Close-up of a signboard with details of the hiking trail project at Mukundapur. Photo © Binita Magaiya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7f6418ab-387f-40ff-ba3f-e62bd7974ccb/IMG_20220607_103534.jpg Mukundapur - Make it stand out Mukundapur, local houses in the vicinity of the site. Photo © Binita Magaiya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/25eb881f-2f58-482c-9874-188bb3062071/IMG_20220607_101818.jpg Mukundapur - Make it stand out The newly constructed temple of Siddheshwori on top of ruins of Mukundasen Palace. Photo © Binita Magaiya. https://heritageasplacemaking.com/patan daily 0.75 2023-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/3053f968-a099-4064-ab7e-7c64ebf44f57/Patan_01_Pulchowk_Samay+phalca+.jpg Patan - Make it stand out Inauguration of Samay phalcā, March 19, 2022. Photo © Yogesh Budathoki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/cc5c1f79-9d83-4e11-a596-b4b650e6c778/Patan+Chris+-+pimbahal.jpeg Patan - Make it stand out A unique set of phalcās is placed in and around the sacred pond in the quarter of Pimbahal. The site experienced remarkable citizen-based rejuvenation after the earthquakes in 2015, when many buildings were destroyed and rebuilt, a process that also reflects a community spirit and a sense of wanting to contribute to a dynamic urban citizenry. Photo © Christiane Brosius, 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/b5385ad6-2a14-488a-8af6-5c8c50c72730/_MG_1999.jpeg Patan - Make it stand out Project member and heritage expert Monalisa Maharjan discusses the reconstruction process of the much disputed Samay Phalcā in Pulchowk with an artisan. The arcaded rest house was placed in front of the main entrance of a bank, claiming this was the original place where it stood until it collapsed in the 1970s. Photo © Heritage as Placemaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/3fda1115-43c0-42d3-8c2c-590940c19cba/_MG_1787.jpeg Patan - Make it stand out Festival ritual installation of a large Bhairava statue in Chithu Phalcā, an arcaded rest house designed to host and exhibit the deity on particular days in the year (Newari “hāthu haykegu”). The initiative was based on the desire to revive both ritual practice related to Newar heritage as well as the places connecting practice, communities and place. Christiane Brosius researches the processes of placemaking through which different local and residential groups participate. Photo © Yogesh Budathoki, NHDP, March 2022. https://heritageasplacemaking.com/summer-school-year-1 daily 0.75 2024-02-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/4d034c0e-6796-49f5-9eb9-01ef5eea2a94/SS+Portal+Readings.jpg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Preparatory Literature Click to access the database of mandatory and discretionary readings on mapping, walking, and sensing heritage, both in the Kathmandu Valley and further afield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/8b651c10-3591-4cd7-9b45-d722f815e45c/SS+Portal+Program+Chusya-Bahah-view-of-the-courtyard-from-NW.jpeg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Program & Schedule Click to access a digital version of the full Heritage as Placemaking Summer School program and schedule. Note: the schedule is still subject to minor changes until September 22. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/5e12b827-2156-4a7b-b6b6-3620ff831178/SS+Portal+provocations+KAT0451_P_20211116_03.jpeg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Provocations Click for access to Urban Heritage Mining’s prerecorded provocations: short video clips and activities to complete within small groups throughout the summer school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/a405adde-caa5-428a-9882-b90164d183bd/SS+Portal+teachers.jpeg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Meet the Teachers An introduction to the lecturers, guides, and experts who will join us in the Urban Heritage Mining summer school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e4b1068e-0398-4a1a-ae65-dab7b680de13/Map.jpg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Interactive Map with Pins Click to view the map of all summer school meeting points. To view the map on your mobile phone using Google Maps, click here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/acd9b415-9fb4-4721-815c-fbbdd41f5cc9/SS+Blog+Cleveland+DANAM.jpeg Portal: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School - Summer School Blog As a culminating assignment of the summer school, all participants are asked to craft a multimedia blog entry that reflecting on their research done ‘mining’ Kathmandu’s urban heritage. More information coming soon. https://heritageasplacemaking.com/summer-school-year-1-teachers daily 0.75 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7e43f31e-d51c-45b8-9ca4-3e1d465d1c7f/Stefanie+Lotter+2.jpeg Summer School Lecturers Stefanie Lotter is a Co-I in the research project: ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’ and one of the organizers of the summer school ‘Urban Heritage Mining’. She trained in and taught South Asian studies, social anthropology and museum and heritage studies at SOAS University of London, where she is a Senior Research Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7edb10c0-0cf7-4454-b028-1511fe0aa044/Emily+Hyatt.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Emily Hyatt Is the coordinator of the research project Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia. She holds a combined BA in visual art (printmaking) and art history and recently finished her MA in Transcultural Studies at Heidelberg University, Germany. Emily’s research interests include the uses of archives and archive-like spaces, especially the transcultural processes of collecting and archiving botanical ‘specimens’ and organic materials. For the Summer School Urban Heritage Mining, Emily is leading a workshop on Elizabeth Edwards’ text ‘Photographs: Material form and the dynamic archive’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/406fcabd-3865-4d93-ac40-487132e41c7d/Arunava.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Arunava Dasgupta is an architect and urban designer currently engaged as Head of the urban design program in the Department of Urban Design at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He partners with the HaP Urban Heritage Mining summer school through the international partnership “Urban Transformation and Placemaking: Fostering Learning from South Asia and Germany” (DAAD), with Christiane Brosius and Sujan Chitrakar. As founding member and Vice President of the Institute of Urban Designers – India (IUDI), Dasgupta has been actively promoting the idea of holistic urban design while creating alternative development frameworks using community participation as a central tool for local area design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e20657bd-8cb1-4066-ba22-16555dda5812/pooja+kalita.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Pooja Kalita is a researcher at the Department of Sociology of the South Asian University (New Delhi). Her research focuses on the intersection of gender, material culture, food, visuality, and placemaking. She has been interested in the feminist reading of spaces and the evolving boundaries between the ‘private’ and the ‘public’, especially in the context of South Asia. Her publications include both academic and popular media pieces, photography, art and short-films. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/8f79ab6c-36f3-4a4f-b681-1c19cccccb56/Binita.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Binita Magaiya is an architect specializing in the conservation of monuments and heritage structures. She completed her master’s from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium with a degree in Conservation of Monuments and Sites. She recently finished the project of reconstructing Kasthamandap. A former heritage activist, Binita is now engaged in the preservation of intangible heritage via her work as a storybook writer for children. She is also a co-founder of Baakhan Nyane Waa (Come, Listen to Stories!), a non-profit organization that documents and converts oral histories and stories into illustrated children’s books. She is a research assistant in the Heritage as Placemaking project and is based at Social Science Baha, and has assisted with logistics for the summer school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/d393c5db-d138-44f7-81bd-b470cee8930d/padma+maharjan.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Padma Sundar Maharjan is an architect (B.Arch, IOE) currently working on heritage conservation. He worked as senior site architect for the reconstruction of four temples destroyed by the 2015 earthquake in Kathmandu Darbār square (UNESCO World Heritage Site) under the Kathmandu Valley Preservation trust (KVPT). Maharjan is furthermore currently setting up the “Traditional Buildings Inventory” (TBI) in Nepal and has recently finalised the construction and galleries of the Pashupatinath Museum. Maharjan has been a lecturer at the Himalayan College of Engineering, Pātan since 2010. Within NHDP, he has contributed to the making of maps and drawings of the monuments. In the HaP Urban Heritage Mining summer school, he is our expert on heritage activism in Sunaguthi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/c61a8069-5b0d-4e73-94f7-b98dda895be0/Julia+Meckl.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Julia Meckl is a student research assistant for the Heritage as Placemaking project. She has assisted with organization and logistics for the summer school and is also a participant. Julia is pursuing an MA in Heidelberg University’s master’s program ‘Development, Environment, Society and History of South Asia’ (MA South Asian Studies). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/efc8c914-d22c-410e-8e58-6f87bd98f48d/Asmita+Nepal.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Asmita Nepal is an archivist and researcher at Nepal Architecture Archive (NAA), which is run by the Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions and Culture, a patron organization of the Taragaon Museum. Before NAA, she mainly worked as a freelance photographer, documentary videographer, and content writer. She obtained her bachelors in Media Studies from Kathmandu University School of Arts and is currently doing her masters in Art History and Visual Culture at Richmond, the American International University in London. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/dc9ae002-7c27-42ee-a47f-b59e6f93486d/Rohit+Ranjitkar.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Rohit Ranjitkar is the director of the Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust.A conservation architect by training, he has been involved in numerous heritage reconstruction projects working in collaboration with a range of national and international funders. See https://kvptnepal.org/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1465f38e-055d-4be1-92dc-9172151afc3a/Rupesh.jpg Summer School Lecturers Rupesh Shrestha is an architect with experiences in heritage conservation and construction of disaster resilient housing in Nepal. He has worked for 4 years in post-disaster reconstruction projects in Nepal (earthquake and floods). He is passionate about the potential of the built environment to protect cultural heritage, influence health and productivity, secure communities and climate protection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/6dd8831a-411f-47c7-80a1-020095e13ae4/Amanda+Taylor-+headshot.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Amanda Taylor is a part-time PhD student at SOAS, University of London (Department of History). She is the recipient of an Arts and Humanities Research Council (CHASE) studentship. Amanda’s research focuses on colonial power in the Eastern Himalaya during the 20th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/2c544125-fb61-458d-afa2-87fe8b6cccc8/premila.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Premila Van Ommen holds a master’s in Migration and Diaspora Studies from the SOAS, and is currently a PhD student in Cultural Studies at LCF, University of Arts London. She is a TECHNE award recipient for her ongoing research studies on the arts education and activities of young Nepali migrants in the UK. She is the founder of the online archival projects Nepali Swag, food collective Yak Bites, and the Afro-Nepali arts movement MOMOLIFE. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/ceb3701b-a94b-45bd-8b43-9c65b4d667d4/Brosius_Nepal22.jpeg Summer School Lecturers Christiane Brosius is the Principal Investigator of the joint-research project ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’ and is professor of Visual and Media Anthropology at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University. Her work encompasses processes of urbanisation in globalising cities (in Nepal and India specifically), transcultural art production and the forging of ‘place’ through heritage, and international migration. Listen to her podcast comment on music and urban heritage here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7976be8d-fd44-4a07-b8e3-818e024bf42a/Sujan+Chitrakar.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Sujan Chitrakar is an artist, lecturer, and independent curator based in Kathmandu. He has been associated with Kathmandu University Art+Design since the time of its inception in 2003, leading the department from 2005 to 2019. He partners with this summer school through the international partnership “Urban Transformation and Placemaking: Fostering Learning from South Asia and Germany” (DAAD) with Christiane Brosius and Arunava Dasgupta. Prior to this, he served as an adjunct faculty member at Tribhuwan University and Khwopa Engineering College. He is also a founding member of Sutra, an artist-led group that primarily promoted alternative art practices in Nepal. With numerous national and international art workshops and exhibitions to his credit, he practices art extensively in public and private spaces—both individually and collectively. See also: https://sujanchitrakar.com/ and https://spacetoplace.org/team/sujan/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/01a65d61-9ca2-4917-87bd-18e3bebf464b/Bishal.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Bishal Diganta is a PhD student at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg, and holds a master’s degree in Health and Society in South Asia from Heidelberg University (2021) and another one in Sociology from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi (2017). He has previously worked in the GeKo Project (2020) funded by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany, as a data analyst (2020) for Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, and in SUTRA (Himachal Pradesh), India. Bishal has worked as the Research Data Manager in the Heritage as Placemaking Project and for the NHDP. For the Summer School, Bishal helps with training for the standardization of metadata of the ‘mined data’. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/9d886897-4852-462e-9ab9-ab933acfd233/Swosti.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha is a cultural heritage scholar and a museum and gallery professional working with Nepal Art Council as curator and PR officer. She works as lecturer at Lumbini Buddhist University, Kathmandu. She enjoys curating exhibitions and making educational programs for exhibitions, and writes articles related to Nepali art and culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1df872c1-08ff-4af8-a595-2ef5f47895a9/Bharat+Maharjan.jpg Summer School Lecturers Bharat Maharjan holds masters degrees in Newari Language and Culture (Nepalbhasa) and in Nepalese History, Culture and Archaeology from Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu. He also graduated as a painter from Lalit Kala Campus of Fine Arts in 2009. Bharat taught at the Nepalbhasa Department of TU and worked as a Research Assistant for the Inscription Inventory Project of Patan Municipality. He has been working at the Heidelberg Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP) on historical as well as linguistic sources and is the managing director of the NHDP Patan branch office. In the HaP Summer School, he is a facilitator of the Kirtipur heritage walks, with Pushpa Palanchoke. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/8df941f5-9cf5-49d4-91d0-6f46d6724551/Suresh+Man+Lakhe.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Suresh Man Lakhe is Acting Director of the Patan Museum. He holds an MA in Museology from the Lumbini Buddhist University and is passionate about communities and objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1344f41c-d060-4d77-a045-8bb8776839b6/elias+michaels.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Elias Michaels holds an MA degree in Geography (focal area Geographical Development Research) from the Freie Universität Berlin. He has been working for the German United Nations Society and has spent several months in Nepal as an intern with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). Within the Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP) he is responsible for database management as well as GIS, mappings, and the development of the Heritage Walk App. For the Summer School, he develops the interface for the crowdsourced digital heritage walk in Kirtipur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e2b5a8f4-1c47-4a1e-8cac-f3e1451a982c/Uwe.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Uwe Niebuhr studied languages and cultures of South Asia and Tibet as well as art history at the University of Vienna. Since 2004 he has worked on various collections and exhibitions at the Weltmuseum Wien, such as "BON. Spirits of Butter - Art & Ritual of Ancient Tibet" in 2013. Since 2006 he has been involved in various research projects on the cultural history of the Himalayas and is currently the principal investigator of a project on the scientific legacy of the Tibetologist and ethnologist Rene Nebesky-Wojkowitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/62d74ba7-1964-45c5-880a-f743f09b9242/thomas+schrom.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Thomas Schrom is an architect and restoration expert. He has been active in Nepal and Bhutan since 1991 and has engaged in restoration projects such as the Patan Museum and the Patan Durbar Square. Following the 2015 earthquake, he worked on the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (cultural sector) under the Nepal Government and UNESCO Nepal. Since 2016, Thomas has been working closely with the Department of Archaeology on the establishment of the digital "Cultural Heritage Information Systems" (CHIMS). Within NHDP, he works as a documentation consultant, where he supervises the in situ architectural documentation work of monastic courtyards (baha/bahi) and other monuments in Patan and the Kathmandu Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/0438622a-77a8-48eb-b99c-479a24e480ba/Sanyukta.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Sanyukta Shrestha is a London-based games developer. He makes animated films based on Nepali legends. He is also the President of the World Newah Organisation (WNO) and currently an MA student. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/a694faa4-77fd-440b-9856-d7e3df13ce8f/sabina.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Sabina Tandukar is an architect (B.Arch, IOE) associated with Rich Architectures Co., where she primarily works in heritage documentation and preservation. She was involved in the restoration and reconstruction of four temples in Kathmandu Darbār square (UNESCO World Heritage Site) under Kathmandu Valley Preservation trust (KVPT). She also worked as an archivist at the Nepal Architectural Archive, supported by Saraf Foundation for Himalayan Traditions, and for NHDP, where she contributed to the making of maps and drawings of the monuments. For the Summer School, she is our expert for heritage activism in Sunaguthi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/2ec823c6-8e6e-4f09-9f68-42ec29d781eb/Verena+Widorn.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Verena Widorn studied art history in Vienna and Dijon and received her doctorate in 2007 with a thesis on sacred wooden architecture in the Indian Himalayas. From 1997 she was involved in several research projects on Himalayan art and culture, and since 2001 she has been directing the (Western) Himalaya Archive Vienna at the University of Vienna. She also teaches at the Institute of Art History and the Institute of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/6801ff31-4c02-4cc6-918b-2c4cb8ce8cc0/Sabin.jpg Summer School Lecturers Sabin Ninglekhu is a geographer, Co-Investigator of the research project ‘Heritage as Placemaking: The Politics of Solidarity and Erasure in South Asia’, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Science Baha. He holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Toronto, for which his dissertation focused on urban governance, land, poverty, and the idea of the ‘slum’. In 2021, he completed a postdoctoral program on disaster governance and heritage urbanism, funded by Nanyang Technological University. He is furthermore a research advisor at the Kathmandu Valley Urban History Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/3896688a-eaa8-44d5-8bd9-2d2a25bc53ef/Swaraj+Chitrakar.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Swaraj Chitrakar is the manager at Taragaon next. The space includes the Taragaon Museum, Taragaon Gallery, an amphitheatre and an ample amount of open green space for events and programs. He is also a fourth generation photographer and a custodian for the Chitrakar Legacy collection. The collection consists of paintings and manuscripts dating back to the early 18th century and, photographs, negatives, backdrop and cameras dating to early 20th century. He is currently doing his MA in Museology from the Lumbini Buddhist University. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/c34d96d1-3139-45d9-8934-7a4e95a907f6/martin.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Martin Gaenszle is professor and head of department for the University of Vienna’s Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde. He has researched, taught, and published extensively on ritual, linguistics, religion, and cultural studies in the Himalayan region. For the Heritage as Placemaking Summer School, he will give a lecture on Kirat oral traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/b9baadf9-79a1-4ba4-84ad-c1a0b16c0878/warren.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out LEUNG, Chi Wo Warren 梁志和 is a visual artist. His reflective practice combines historical exploration with conceptual inquiry within a contemporary urban landscape. He is concerned with the undetermined relationship between conception, perception and understanding, especially in relation to site and history within cultural/political frameworks. His site-specific project was featured in the first Hong Kong pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2001. His works have been exhibited in major international museums and institutions including Tate Modern in London, NRW Forum in Dusseldorf, Museu da Imagem e do Som in São Paulo and biennales in Shanghai, Busan and Manchester, among others. Leung was a co-founder of Para/Site Art Space. He has been engaged in collaborative projects, including seminal works with Sara Wong such as City Cookie and Museum of the Lost; and curatorial project for the Guangzhou Triennial 2008. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e23375bc-663c-46b4-ae68-9f6a14bc218f/Monalisa.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Monalisa Maharjan is a research fellow at the Heritage as Placemaking Project. She holds a master’s in Human and Natural Resources Studies from Kathmandu University in Nepal and a PhD in Art History from the University of Évora, supported by an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. Her PhD was focused on the indigenous practice of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage and linking tangible and intangible heritage with the case study of Kathmandu. Furthermore, she has worked as a researcher at the UNESCO Chair for Intangible Cultural Heritage and Traditional Know-how and CIDEHUS (Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora) in Portugal. For the summer school, Monalisa has assisted with logistics and the organization of the lecture at the Kathmandu Valley Urban History Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/ba8f0907-7893-4801-a826-fad9eb395c03/Corinna-Mascherin-2.jpeg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Corinna Mascherin is a student research assistant for Christiane Brosius’s DAAD project. She has assisted with organization and logistics for the summer school and is also a participant. Corinna is pursuing an MA in Heidelberg University’s master’s program MA Transcultural Studies (MATS). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1e0e3a17-256b-4dcb-a4a6-78e3f87e4744/-i_bFlnVJtMUVqefcvCazsdf7-sr9Np_6Glrwl63nTd9low2nwddW0g9RLzELdAYM5Od3_ugqcaiEaLxsOPoT7ChPpZwVv2AYOOQ1LFJi7-U3ZmMrxa-_uT8elLS.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Katja Müller is a social anthropologist for digital, museum & visual anthropology, material culture, and energy & environmental anthropology at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Regional Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg. She works at the Leipzig ethnographic museum on colonial photographs and objects from India, and is currently researching the digitization of museums and archives in both India and Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7888d48c-d7c7-405c-9fe3-6b7f160dcb3c/Pushpa.jpg Summer School Lecturers Pushpa Palanchoke is a singer and applied ethnomusicologist who believes in the transformative power of collective music-making. She collaborates with traditional institutions to create sustainable environments for indigenous musical traditions. She is the founder and program lead for Folk Lok, a community-based arts program that responds to the needs of indigenous music groups in Nepal (find out more about Folk Lok here, and watch their introductory video). For the HaP Summer School Urban Heritage Mining, Pushpa has curated the field visits in Kirtipur (alongside Bharat Maharjan, NHDP). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/b79247c0-d8e2-442b-bb88-9e2670681e0f/yasmine+portrait.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Yasmine Sefraoui is a French-Brazilian researcher based in London. She holds a master’s degree in Museum, Heritage and Material Culture from SOAS University of London and is interested in alternative strategies of knowledge production and curating situated at the intersection of museology, anthropology and contemporary art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/28c455ef-a9ba-4c4e-88da-e619f67df339/Shristi_photo.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Shristi Shrestha is an artist based in Kathmandu. She is a programs coordinator at photo.circle, and is the coordinator and co-curator of Kathmandu Valley Urban History Project, a public knowledge initiative by Nepal Picture Library. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/8212188e-c50b-43fc-a647-86cc3455a588/Emiline+Smith.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Emiline Smith is a research fellow in the Heritage as Placemaking project and a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. For the Urban Heritage Mining Summer School, she provides a provocation about the theft of cultural objects and the ethics around engaging with such objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/7db3dbfc-c01e-4280-a103-b21157ef8d03/alok.jpg Summer School Lecturers - Make it stand out Alok Tuladhar is an information technology entrepreneur who turned into a cultural preservation campaigner after he realized the value of heritage for a better future. 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Program & Schedule Click to access a digital version of the Heritage as Placemaking Summer School program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/5e12b827-2156-4a7b-b6b6-3620ff831178/SS+Portal+provocations+KAT0451_P_20211116_03.jpeg ARCHIVE: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School (Copy) - Provocations Click for access to Urban Heritage Mining’s prerecorded provocations: bite-sized lectures used in collaborative group work during the summer school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/a405adde-caa5-428a-9882-b90164d183bd/SS+Portal+teachers.jpeg ARCHIVE: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School (Copy) - Meet the Teachers An introduction to the lecturers, guides, and experts who will join us in the Urban Heritage Mining summer school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e4b1068e-0398-4a1a-ae65-dab7b680de13/Map.jpg ARCHIVE: 'Urban Heritage Mining' Summer School (Copy) - Interactive Map with Pins Click to view the map of all summer school meeting points. 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He is a PhD Student at the University of Heidelberg. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/56fc27f8-5b2d-46a9-b0fb-0cf62a67f8ee/Untitled.png Former Team Members - Andrea Revilla Santos Research Data Manager In addition to her work in research data management, Andrea Revilla Santos is pursuing a PhD in Film Studies, focusing on the representation of aging in cinema, with particular emphasis on intergenerational relationships, caregiving, and urbanism. Read More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/6e2dba7d-8fa8-43a2-84ad-0d53bdf19f18/emiline.png Former Team Members - Emiline Smith Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Emiline Smith is a Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow’s School of Social and Political Sciences. Her work within HaP looked at the illegal trafficking of cultural and natural resources from the Dolpa region. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/a8075a5b-4b71-4512-8ae8-09131ac4172a/Monalisa.jpg Former Team Members - Monalisa Maharjan Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Monalisa Maharjan holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Évora, which focused on the indigenous practice of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Her research for HaP looked at heritage activism and contestations centered around water architecture and infrastructures. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/9ebb6b9b-c6dd-4eef-8ff9-4f597924ac1b/FINAL_Darshana%2BAshoka%2BKumara.jpeg Former Team Members - Darshana Ashoka Kumara Research Assistant Dr. Darshana Ashoka Kumara holds a PhD from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/d3bbaad2-c3b9-4ba9-9d4c-3f68659ef8c5/Tara+Brahme+foto.jpg Former Team Members - Tara Brahme Student Assistant Tara Brahme is a student assistant for Heritage as Placemaking and a current M.A. student at the department for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg. She assists with literature research and supports the project’s data management. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/adc84aa3-6ebd-40cb-923c-a38e83da63fb/Monica.jpg Former Team Members - Monica Mottin Post-doctoral Research Fellow Dr. Monica Mottin was a Social Anthropologist and Research Fellow at the HCTS. Her project within Heritage as Placemaking studies how heritage performances make places in the Janakpur region and Kathmandu Valley. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/97bb0771-36d3-497b-9050-c2c70cf71829/Emily+Hyatt.jpeg Former Team Members - Emily hyatt Coordination Emily Hyatt worked in the coordination of the project Heritage as Placemaking, for which she handled administration, reporting, and the project’s website. She holds an MA in Transcultural Studies from Heidelberg University. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/758371a4-040c-49e2-a18e-3ba9371276f5/Binita+Magaiya+-1.jpg Former Team Members - Binita Magaiya Research Assistant Binita Magaiya worked as a research assistant for the project Heritage as Placemaking. She is an architect specializing in the conservation of Monuments and Heritage structures. She completed her master’s from KU Leuven with a degree in Conservation of Monuments and Sites. Read more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/b6cafbec-1bf8-4a02-94d6-bc3e3fead0c4/Thirangie.jpg Former Team Members - Thirangie Jayatilake Research Assistant Thirangie Jayatilake is experienced in online reserach and creative writing. Read more https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/c61a8069-5b0d-4e73-94f7-b98dda895be0/Julia+Meckl.jpg Former Team Members - Julia Shrestha Research Data Manager Julia Shrestha worked as Research Data Manager for Heritage as Placemaking, for which she established the project’s partnerships with Heidelberg University’s HeidICON and Fachinformationsdienst Südasian. 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Read more https://heritageasplacemaking.com/press daily 0.75 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1655551675066-GUIBTY7C9CMRYUXIAREL/IMG-20220618-WA0004.jpg Press https://heritageasplacemaking.com/summer-school-2022 daily 0.75 2023-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/1671472206096-EKKX7L692Z1QPA341D2E/Summer+School+tile.jpeg Summer School 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/d1dd6028-e5f6-44b1-8aca-a3a2be4ce55e/IMG_5867.jpg Summer School 2022 Participant Julia Shrestha observing green heritage in Kirtipur. Photo © Corinna Mascherin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/9c2d7ce7-9c80-4283-8c67-03c4eccb7bb5/Taragaon+group.jpg Summer School 2022 - Make it stand out Dr. Stefanie Lotter and Swaraj Chitrakar lead participants in a discussion on critical approaches to the archive. Taragaon Museum, Kathmandu. Photo © Monalisa Maharjan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/eb2da19d-9a62-4422-923b-d6d0749fecd5/Group+photo+phalca.jpeg Summer School 2022 - Make it stand out Padma Maharjan (far left) and Sabina Tandukar (front row, fourth from left) lead the HaP team and summer school participants in a workshop on heritage activism in Sunaguthi, including efforts to compat road-widening initiatives. Photo: © Monalisa Maharjan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/0f7d8e4e-62e9-4efe-9f24-0432479532d9/Kirtipur+presentation.jpg Summer School 2022 - Make it stand out In Kirtipur, the Urban Heritage Mining Summer School participants were introduced to the long history of performance heritage in the city, including the Dāphā music tradition and its re-invigoration via a new generation of musicians and artists (such as the Tahnani Dāphā Khalah). These presentations in Kirtipur were led by Pushpa Pananchoke (front row, second from right), and Bharat Maharjan (far left, upper-left-hand corner). Photo © Monalisa Maharjan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/05b5df70-5920-49d5-b056-36b434b76e7c/*_MG_9074.JPG Summer School 2022 - Participant Blog As a culminating assignment of the summer school, all participants were asked to identify and write a blog post exploring a ‘gem’: an aspect of the urban heritage of the Kathmandu Valley that they personally valued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/70086486-f617-461d-8329-683519a575a3/Meet+the+teachers.JPG Summer School 2022 - Meet the Teachers An introduction to the lecturers, guides, and experts who contributed to the Urban Heritage Mining Summer School. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/f35644ec-5f28-412b-aaf7-fb173b9099f5/*_MG_9117.JPG Summer School 2022 - Program Highlights Click to view a digital version of the Urban Heritage Mining Summer School’s activities, excursions, and lectures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/bf6ff734-234a-42ce-a38c-2ead7159e983/Mapping.JPG Summer School 2022 - Interactive Map Click to view the map of all summer school locations. 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For HaP, Binita’s research project looks at Mukundapur, a historic, ‘forgotten’ ruin that is geographically located in the inner plains of Nepal between Lumbini and Kathmandu, with strong art historical ties to India. She is an organizer of the HaP Spring School. Binita completed her master’s from KU Leuven with a degree in Conservation of Monuments and Sites. She recently finished the project to reconstruct Kasthamandap, a city icon in itself. A former heritage activist, Binita is now engaged in the preservation of intangible heritage via her work as a storybook writer for children. She is also a co-founder of Baakhan Nyane Waa (Come, Listen to Stories!), a non-profit organization that documents and converts oral histories and stories into illustrated children’s books. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/beab4149-6e1e-4667-b88b-1940b31d79a1/Deepak+Thapa+-Oct-2019_pp.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Deepak Thapa serves as the Director at Social Science Baha, one of the four core partner instituions of the Heritage as Placemaking project. Deepak is actively engaged in discussing and analyzing Nepal's current social and political landscape through his regular writings. Additionally, he has contributed significantly as an author and editor to various publications, with his latest work being "The Politics of Change: Reflections on Contemporary Nepal" (edited), published by Himal Books, Kathmandu, in 2019. Since 2009, he has been a biweekly columnist for The Kathmandu Post. Deepak welcomes the HaP Spring School participants on behalf of Social Science Baha. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/9d886897-4852-462e-9ab9-ab933acfd233/Swosti.jpg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Swosti Rajbhandari Kayastha is a cultural heritage scholar and a museum and gallery professional working with Nepal Art Council as curator and PR officer. She works as lecturer at Lumbini Buddhist University, Kathmandu. She enjoys curating exhibitions and making educational programs for exhibitions, and writes articles related to Nepali art and culture. For the HaP Spring School, Swosti speaks on the repatriation of tangible heritage and leads the guided visit to the National Museum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/9d6161e4-d027-4b40-9634-c49c1b59a79f/e_sabina+maharjan+from+web.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Sabina Maharjan is First Vice President of the Jyapu Samaj. In the HaP Spring School, she takes participants on a guided tour of the Jyapu Community Museum and facilitates the use of the Jyapu Samaj sapce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/3d5aa116-a3e5-44bf-bcdd-9ee47cbd9cd9/Ajjesh+Chitrakar.jpg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Ajesh Chitrakar is a freelance artist and photographer. He has been capturing photographs of Jatra and heritage of Kathmandu Valley since 2016. He is also pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at Sirjana College of Fine Arts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/a4c32242-084a-41de-a383-3d11e4617057/Ananda+Muni+Bajcharya+maybe+from+web+.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Ananda Muni Bajracharya is engaged in promoting and uplifting Nepal Bhasha (his mother language). He is editor of the journal BULUMI, published by the then-students forum of Nepal Adarsha Secondary School in 1983. Professionally, he is a finance and administrative manager and has served a number of National and International Non-Government Organizations for more than 30 year at Habitat for Humanity International (HFHI USA), International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ USA), Shapla Neer (Japan), IIDS, New ERA, etc. He has also been involved in Asha Saphu Kuthi (Nepalese Manuscript Library) for more than 5 years, contributing to its documentation, preservation and library management. He received a primary Buddhism education in his own home and venerable Bhikchhu from Theravada monastery in Kathmandu. Currently, he has been learning from the venerable guru Mr. Yagyaman Pati Bajracharya, Bauddha Darshan Adhyayan Puchaa since 2015. Ananda Muni Bajracharya is the program moderator for the HaP Spring School Session on Charya dance at Shreekhanda Tarumul Mahavihar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/6ec86798-7d73-4fa0-8ab6-3c41a49c7595/Manju+Ale+from+binita.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Manju Ale has a Master’s degree in Humanities (dance) and is also pursuing her second Masters’ degree in Buddhist studies. She specializes in Carya, Kathak and Nepalese cultural dances. Currently, she is a faculty member in Srijana college of Fine arts and Anandakuti Vidyapeeth School. Manju Ale will guilde the Spring School participants on Day 3: “Understanding Charya as a Way of Life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/940026d7-ac33-435b-8987-6c2be482b71a/Monica+Mottin.jpg Spring School Lecturers Dr. Monica Mottin is a social anthropologist and a research fellow at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, Heidelberg University. Her project within Heritage as Placemaking studies how heritage performances make ‘places’ both in the Kathmandu Valley and in the Janakpur area. She is an organizer of the HaP Spring School. Previously, Monica taught at London Metropolitan University and Ruskin College, Oxford (UK). She holds a degree in Philosophy/Modern Languages from the University of Padua (Italy). Monica completed both her MA in Anthropology of Development and a PhD in Social Anthropology (2010) at SOAS University of London, focusing on how the arts, and theatre in particular, can create spaces for social transformation in social and political movements as well as through international development projects. Monica has published on theatre and on political-cultural work in Nepal, including the monograph Rehearsing for life: theatre for social change in Nepal (Cambridge University Press 2018). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/034b3091-2d69-401c-bd0c-aeb439887cfb/Abhi-Subedi-from+web.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Professor Abhi Subedi is a scholar, a translator, an essayist, a linguist, a critic, a poet and a playwright. He studied both in Nepal and Britain. He was head of the Central Department of English at Tribhuvan University, where he taught for 45 years. He has written dozens of books and ten plays performed by various groups both within Nepal and abroad, was vice President of the Nepal Folklore Society, and the founding former president of the International Theatre Institute (2000-2008). His articles on culture, the arts, education, and politics are often published on newspapers, and he recently published a collection of poems titled Forever Arriving (2024). Prof. Subedi gives one of two keynote lectures in the HaP Spring School, on performance and place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/8212188e-c50b-43fc-a647-86cc3455a588/Emiline+Smith.jpg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Emiline Smith is a research fellow in the Heritage as Placemaking project and a lecturer in Criminology at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. For the HaP Spring School, Emiline speaks about her research regarding the theft of cultural objects and the ethics around engaging with such objects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/ab3e2e7c-dea4-417e-ba39-bcd653168735/Day+2+-+Audio+Workshop_RajanShr.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Min Ratna Bajracharya is one of Nepal’s pioneer photojournalists. Bajracharya has been on the front lines of various political movements and economic developments in the country. Bajracharya spent years following Ganesh Man Singh, the leader of the democratic movement of 1990s. He has worked for Himal Magazine. Min Ratna Bajracharya will engage HaP Spring School participants in methodology and best practices for documenting living cultural heritage and performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/2dd52a0b-0da8-48fb-bddb-552e8f73ce04/PS+Joshi.jpg Spring School Lecturers Padma Sundar Joshi has recently joined Madan Bhandari University of Science and Technology (MBUST) as Vice President of the University responsible for Administration and Finance. He is also appointed as advisor to Lalitpur Metropolitan City. He led the UN-Habitat Nepal Office from 2010-2021. Before joining UN, he was an Associate Professor at the Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University. His area of work is Urban Planning and Environment. Mr. Joshi has published books and a series of articles in urban development-related fields. His most recent book, in Nepali, explores the water management system of Kathmandu Valley. Apart from the university, he is also supporting Lalitpur Metropolitan City in reviving its traditional water system. In the HaP Spring School, Mr. Joshi will give a public lecture about Newar Towns and placemaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/61bed505-f3ca-4963-a1f3-83b0584ea4e3/keshab+bajracharya+maybe+from+linkedin.jpg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Keshab Bajracharya has a Master’s Degree in Mahayana Buddhism from Sugat Buddhist Collage, Lumbini University. He is involved in various discourse programs and spiritual Buddhist rituals under supervision of Guru Bajracharya Yagyaman Pati and has been practicing vajrayana rituals and charygeet as a member of Bauddha Darshan Adhyayan Puchaa since 2015. He is also a retired Electrical Engineer from Nepal Electricity Authority. Keshab Bajracharya will be present as a teacher and guide on the third day of the Spring School: “Understanding Charya as a Way of Life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/eec311ef-afab-43f9-a470-a106fe262f6f/Padmaraj+Bajracharya+from+Binita.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Padmaraj Bajracharya is a Charya master and Vajrayana priest based in Patan. He is a ritual Charya practitioner with most of his works in Charya mudras in daily ritual based initiations. He will be one of the guides on the third day of the HaP Spring School: “Understanding Charya as a Way of Life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e23375bc-663c-46b4-ae68-9f6a14bc218f/Monalisa.jpg Spring School Lecturers Dr. Monalisa Maharjan is a research fellow at Social Science Baha under the Heritage at Placemaking project funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond. Her research is about heritage activism with a focus on ancient stone spouts in Kathmandu Valley. Monalisa is an organizer of the HaP Spring School. Monalisa is also a consultant at the Nepal Heritage Documentation Project (NHDP) run collaboratively by the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies (HCTS). Her research on the Anthropology of Inscriptions, studies how the local communities give continuity to ancient practices and their relation to ancient inscriptions. She is also a Facilitator in UNESCO's 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of ICH and an executive member of ICOMOS Nepal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/128b3cf5-f0a4-443b-b58e-d5a0f9f8a162/tulasi-diwasa+from+web.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Professor Tulasi Diwasa is a scholar, a poet and a writer. He was a professor of Nepali literature at Trichanda College and Padmakanya Campus. He also served as a Cultural Secretary at the Nepalese Embassy in the US and taught as a visiting professor at various universities. He is the President of the Nepal Folklore Society and life member of the Nepali Academy, and has published dozens of books on literature, folk culture and folklore. He also co-wrote The intangible cultural heritage of Nepal: Future Directions for UNESCO and is an expert on heritage policy. Prof. Diwasa gives one of the keynote lectures on the Spring School’s first day, on folklore and heritage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/dc773c41-c087-4ff3-9e88-333a0c02b27d/Rajan+Shrestha+photo_02_prasiitsthapit.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Rajan Shrestha is a Kathmandu based interdisciplinary artist working primarily with music. Bassist/co-producer for a Kathmandu/France based progressive rock outfit, ‘Atomic Bush’, Shrestha is an ethnomusicologist by academics and produces music under the moniker of 'phatcowlee'. He is also one half of Anaasir, a collaborative project with Pakistani electronic musician Alien Panda Jury. One of the founding members of Fuzzscape, a platform for cultural documentation with primary focus on music, archival and storytelling through audiovisual medium, Shrestha is currently associated with a digital audio archive named Nepal Music Archive. Rajan trains the HaP Spring School participants in methodologies for documentation and audio/visual recording. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/e4d36515-12a0-4dc7-a301-b24ac792cb0c/Rajeela+Shrestha.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Rajeela Shrestha is a filmmaker based in Kathmandu. She is actively involved in filmmaking since 2014 and graduate from Oscar International College in Screenplay writing and Direction. She believes that visual storytelling helps people understand the complexities of the world a bit better. She is currently developing her first feature documentary. She is a 2023 Global Media Makers fellow at Film Independent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/55ea8fc4-13e3-4ac1-b3a1-4452a43f549d/Yagya+Man+Pati+Bajrcharya.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Yagya Man Pati Bajracharya is a Charya master, a Buddhist priest, and an intangible heritage conservationist. He is retired as the financial Comptroller General from the government of Nepal and also the Past President of Dharmodaya Sabha. He had also founded Mahendra Ratna Public College and taught economics. He is now actively engaged in Vajrayana ritual practices and has over 100 disciples around the world, teaching Vajrayan as well as Charya songs and dance. He now heads the Baudha Darshan Adhyaan Pucha and is founder president of Lilavajra Pragya Pratisthan. For the HaP Spring School, Yagya Man Pati Bajracharya is the keynote figure and mentor for the session on Charya dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/d3f28a04-2e8d-4763-87b4-cc8bb349813e/Rajeev+Bajracharya+from+Binita.jpeg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Rajeev Bajracharya is a Vajrayana master and Charya practitioner as a member of Bauddha Darshan Adhyayan Puchaa since 2015. He is also an astrologer and spiritual healer. He will provide inputs to the students on the Spring School’s third day: “Understanding Charya as a Way of Life.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61f67be72ecfd876bf8b44fa/28c6df08-732b-46fd-83c7-828edc9b6f44/jd4.jpg Spring School Lecturers - Make it stand out Mithileshwar Jhijhiya Mithileshwar Jhijhiya is a cultural team from Mithileshwar Mauwahi village, Dhanusha district, Nepal. Besides performing in their own village during Dashain, the group has been performing in Janakpurdham, the capital city of Madhesh Province in Nepal and at several other cultural celebrations throughout the same area. The group perform regularly at the Cultural Village. Managed by Incredible Mithila Pvt. Ltd. and located at Puranda village, Mithila Bihari Municipality-3, the Cultural Village is a live museum providing accommodation, food, and cultural tour services to preserve the intangible heritage of Maithili region in Nepal and creating business opportunities for the native community. Every members of the team is from the same locality. The Jhjhiya performance has created a sustainable source of income for at least 15 households. 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