The Museum on the Roof of the World: My Take
I really enjoyed reading Clare Harris’s The Museum on the Roof of the World (2012). On finishing the first half of the book, which went into detailed analysis on the political life of… Read More
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The Art of (China’s) Colonialism: Constructing Invisibilities in (Tibetan) History and Geography
© 2012 Dlo08 (FOR READERS: I’ve defined the following terminologies to smooth out the read: Assumption: Representation. Invisibility: Erasure: Silences. Formation: as how things are formed Discourse: narrative: discursive: polemics: writings: texts: as… Read More
Fear of the Unknown
© 2012 Dlo08 For the past month, as the number of self-immolations climbed, my adviser and I sat down several times, trying to figure out activities we can do to highlight the situation… Read More
When Gyalthang became Shangri-La: a critical reading
© 2012 Dlo08 (Background on how to read the post: [as can be seen in the comments section w/ few edits] My post attempts to look at Hillman’s “academic” paper (who Journalists and… Read More
Pull My Spirits High Up
© 2012 Dlo08 Just when it felt like all news on Tibet was getting sadder, Shapaley dropped “Tsampa” this Wednesday on Lhakar. In the middle, he says: The Tibetan spirit will always remain.… Read More
How is a Truth Created in the First Place?
© 2012 Dlo08 (Background on how to read the post: [as can be seen in the comments section to a reader] I was hoping to highlight how certain false information, through propaganda and… Read More
Race & The Making of “Common Sense”
© 2012 Dlo08 ICT recently posted “Tibetans in the Chinese Communist Leadership” by Bhuchung K. Tsering on their blog. I became especially interested in this part of the blog-post:
Lhakar Diaries, Facebook, and How we communicate
It’s been about three weeks since I got back from my summer vacation/research in Dharamsala, India. After getting my laptop fixed from the monsoon woes, the first thing I did was to check… Read More
Work, Lhakar Academy, & PLAY!
© 2012 Dlo08 Sorry for the long long silence. My life’s been hectic but here’s a short update on what I’ve been up to. Work: After finals month at school, I flew off… Read More
How do you teach self-immolations in Tibet?
© 2012 Dlo08 Last Thursday, April 5th, I gave a talk on the self-immolations at my school, followed by a Q&A. I was a bit nervous. How does one begin to try to… Read More
