Sudden Encounters and Lasting Marks: An ethnography of those who live alongside wild animals in Bardiya National Park (south‑western Nepal)

Nolwen Vouiller’s dissertation examines ‘sudden encounters’ (jamkaa-bhet) between humans and wildlife in and around Bardiya National Park in south-western Nepal. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a region where very little research in social science has been conducted recently, it a...

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Auteur principal: Vouiller, Nolwen
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Langue:Anglais
Publié: European Bulletin of Himalayan Research 2026
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Résumé:Nolwen Vouiller’s dissertation examines ‘sudden encounters’ (jamkaa-bhet) between humans and wildlife in and around Bardiya National Park in south-western Nepal. Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic fieldwork in a region where very little research in social science has been conducted recently, it analyses the lived experiences of populations who cohabit with tigers, leopards, elephants, rhinoceroses, crocodiles and snakes in a context of intensive biodiversity protection. The setting up of t...