Phurwa Gurung Awarded Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
Phurwa Gurung was awarded a Wenner Gren Foundation Dissertation Fieldwork Grant for hisdissertation project, “Reordering highland territories: State-building, indigeneity and multispeciesworldmaking in the Himalaya.” It will support his ongoing field research in Dolpo, Nepal, which usescaterpillar fungus (yartsa gunbu) as a lens onto state building processes, indigenous territoriality,the political ecology of conservation, and non-human agency.”
He got the announcement of the award at the end of September.
