Denise M. Glover is a cultural and environmental anthropologist, and an ethnobiologist. Her research is centered in Southwest China with doctors and knowledge holders of traditional Tibetan medicine, with a focus on the linkages between place, identity, healing, and medicine production. She is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Washington (Seattle). She is also a Course Facilitator for Cornell University's eCornell Medicinal Plants Program. She was a professor of anthropology and Asian Studies at the University of Puget Sound from 2008-2020, and a visiting professor in anthropology at Pacific Lutheran University from 2021-2022.
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
This article is an overview of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang (rGyal thang), focusing mainly on th... more This article is an overview of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang (rGyal thang), focusing mainly on the significance of ethnicity in the practice and use of Tibetan medicine in the area. I begin the article by discussing how the discourse on ‘traditional’ and ‘ethnic’ medicine is effectively linked to ethnic discourse in the contemporary PRC. Next, in order to provide ethnographic detail of the current practice of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang, I move on to give brief profiles of the doctors with whom I studied in the area and to discuss the basic training and certification of a Tibetan doctor. Lastly I offer a brief introduction to the natural environment of Gyalthang, which allows for abundance of medicinal plants; because of this natural wealth, the area has much significance in terms of material resources, the access to which has become an area of increasing contestation. Much of this contestation takes the form of ethnic identity politics and provides another example of the link between ethnicity and medicine in Gyalthang
The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American explorat... more The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American exploration of late imperial and Republican China range from botanists to ethnographers to missionaries. Although a diverse lot, all believed in objective, progressive, and universally valid science; a close association between scientific and humanistic knowledge; a lack of conflict between science and faith; and the union of the natural world and the world of nature people. Explorers and Scientists in China\u27s Borderlands examines their cultural and personal assumptions while emphasizing their remarkable lives, and considers their contributions to a body of knowledge that has important contemporary significance.Essays are devoted to D. C. Graham, Joseph Rock, Reginald Farrer and George Forrest, Ernest Henry Wilson, Paul Vial, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, and Friedrich Weiss and Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, this collection reveals the extraordinary lives and times of these remarkable people. Denise M. Glover is visiting assistant professor of anthropology, University of Puget Sound; Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology, University of Washington; Charles F. McKhann is professor of anthropology, Whitman College; Margaret Byrne Swain is associate adjunct professor of women and gender studies, University of California, Davis. The other contributors are Magnus Fiskesjo, Paul Harris, He Jiangyu, Geng Jing, Jeff Kyong-McClain, Erk Mueggler, Alan Waxman, Paul Weissich, Tamara Wyss, and Alvin Yoshinaga --Provided by publisher. Profiles pioneering Euro-American scientists and explorers in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China --Provided by publisher
While many anthropologists and other scholars undertake fieldwork together with their families, t... more While many anthropologists and other scholars undertake fieldwork together with their families, this is often not mentioned even though children can have a major impact on their work. This volume explores the many issues of conducting fieldwork with children, offering a wide range of experiences that question and reflect on methodological issue. [from description of book
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
This article is an overview of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang (rGyal thang), focusing mainly on th... more This article is an overview of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang (rGyal thang), focusing mainly on the significance of ethnicity in the practice and use of Tibetan medicine in the area. I begin the article by discussing how the discourse on ‘traditional’ and ‘ethnic’ medicine is effectively linked to ethnic discourse in the contemporary PRC. Next, in order to provide ethnographic detail of the current practice of Tibetan medicine in Gyalthang, I move on to give brief profiles of the doctors with whom I studied in the area and to discuss the basic training and certification of a Tibetan doctor. Lastly I offer a brief introduction to the natural environment of Gyalthang, which allows for abundance of medicinal plants; because of this natural wealth, the area has much significance in terms of material resources, the access to which has become an area of increasing contestation. Much of this contestation takes the form of ethnic identity politics and provides another example of the link between ethnicity and medicine in Gyalthang
The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American explorat... more The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American exploration of late imperial and Republican China range from botanists to ethnographers to missionaries. Although a diverse lot, all believed in objective, progressive, and universally valid science; a close association between scientific and humanistic knowledge; a lack of conflict between science and faith; and the union of the natural world and the world of nature people. Explorers and Scientists in China\u27s Borderlands examines their cultural and personal assumptions while emphasizing their remarkable lives, and considers their contributions to a body of knowledge that has important contemporary significance.Essays are devoted to D. C. Graham, Joseph Rock, Reginald Farrer and George Forrest, Ernest Henry Wilson, Paul Vial, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, and Friedrich Weiss and Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, this collection reveals the extraordinary lives and times of these remarkable people. Denise M. Glover is visiting assistant professor of anthropology, University of Puget Sound; Stevan Harrell is professor of anthropology, University of Washington; Charles F. McKhann is professor of anthropology, Whitman College; Margaret Byrne Swain is associate adjunct professor of women and gender studies, University of California, Davis. The other contributors are Magnus Fiskesjo, Paul Harris, He Jiangyu, Geng Jing, Jeff Kyong-McClain, Erk Mueggler, Alan Waxman, Paul Weissich, Tamara Wyss, and Alvin Yoshinaga --Provided by publisher. Profiles pioneering Euro-American scientists and explorers in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century China --Provided by publisher
While many anthropologists and other scholars undertake fieldwork together with their families, t... more While many anthropologists and other scholars undertake fieldwork together with their families, this is often not mentioned even though children can have a major impact on their work. This volume explores the many issues of conducting fieldwork with children, offering a wide range of experiences that question and reflect on methodological issue. [from description of book
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine a... more I discuss the long-standing practice of ingredient substitution in traditional Tibetan medicine as an adaptive resource management strategy that has enabled resilience in the larger socio-ecological world of medicinal resources, cultural knowledge, and ecological stewardship. Given that there are increasing pressures on and threats to the natural resources utilized in Tibetan (and other) traditional medicines, this flexible strategy should be supported and further accommodated in the growing industry of medicine production. Current industrialized pharmaceutical standardization suffers from a rigidity that partially threatens a sustainable resource management strategy. The theoretical orientation I utilize draws from Resilience Theory literature and discusses adaptive cycles, panarchy, and rigidity traps in the sphere of traditional Tibetan medical knowledge, medicine production, and resource management.
... area under study comprises the Tibetan autonomous areas that lie out-side what is known in Ch... more ... area under study comprises the Tibetan autonomous areas that lie out-side what is known in China as the Tibet Autonomous Region ... current debates on Tibetan culture, in this book we concentrate on the revival of monastic life in Tibetan monasteries, the teaching of Tibetan ...
Denise Glover review of Environmental Education in China (McBeath and Huang McBeath), Pacific Aff... more Denise Glover review of Environmental Education in China (McBeath and Huang McBeath), Pacific Affairs 2016
Book review of Laurent Pordié and Stephan Kloos, eds. Healing at the Periphery: Ethnographies of ... more Book review of Laurent Pordié and Stephan Kloos, eds. Healing at the Periphery: Ethnographies of Tibetan Medicine in India (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002)
Book review of Gerke, Barbara. 2021.Taming the poisonous: Mercury, toxicity, and safety in Tibeta... more Book review of Gerke, Barbara. 2021.Taming the poisonous: Mercury, toxicity, and safety in Tibetan medical practice. Heidelberg, Germany: Heidelberg University Publishing
Book review of Stephan Kloos and Calum Blaikie, eds., (2022) Asian Medical Industries: Contempora... more Book review of Stephan Kloos and Calum Blaikie, eds., (2022) Asian Medical Industries: Contemporary Perspectives on Traditional Pharmaceuticals. New York: Routledge.
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