Guest post by Yeshi Samdrup, Norbuling Rigter College, Bhutan Between 2024 and 2026, I had the opportunity to work with Barbara Gerke on the Pandemic Narratives Project. We explored how communities in Bhutan understood and responded to COVID-19 through Buddhist beliefs, ritual practices, and more-than-human relationships. Together, we carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Phushar village […]
Category: Reflections
By Barbara Gerke As my fieldwork in Bhutan comes to an end, I would like to reflect on a topic that has become central to my work over the past several years: the ethics and practices of collaborating with Himalayan colleagues in anthropological research. At the 2025 ISTB Research Day on Ethics in Research (University […]