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Sara Shneiderman

@sshneiderman.bsky.social
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Anthropologist of South Asia and Himalayas (Nepal, India, Tibet), now thinking about BC, Canada - disaster aftermath <> preparedness <> transformation here, there, everywhere. Ivan Head North-South IDRC Chair @UBCAnth @ubcSPPGA shneiderman.arts.ubc.ca

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Wen Stephenson @learning2live.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Important analysis here by scholars with the Sajag-Nepal collaborative www.sajag-nepal.org "Relocation away from hazards like landslides and floods may reduce exposure, but it doesn’t address ... economic precarity and inequality." @theconversation.com theconversation.com/nepal-could-...
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Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster
Development in known hazard zones is creating untenable risks for communities around the world. Here’s how Nepal and the global community can build back differently.
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Sara Shneiderman @sshneiderman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I write with Amy Leigh Johnson in @ca.theconversation.com "Nepal can build back differently by ... prioritizing communities’ autonomy over their futures." Thanks to Usha Titikshu for the lead photo which shows us so much: Buddhist monks conducting death rituals in the Trishuli river valley
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UBC Centre for Migration Studies @migration.ubc.ca · 11/09/2026
⚡️New Research Brief! After the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, a government program relocated “at risk” communities to safer, integrated settlements. This brief outlines how shortcomings in addressing economic and cultural values led to “circular resettlement.” Read the brief: tinyurl.com/3spfm8x6
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UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca · 04/06/2026
New report: Learning from Disasters in Scholarship & Practice explores disaster resilience through collaboration between Nepal and BC. Includes contributions from SPPGA members, including MPPGA students Salina Dolmo Lama and Yi Yi Wang. 🔗 drrn.ubc.ca/learning-disasters-scho…
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UBC SPPGA @sppga.ubc.ca · 01/04/2026
Gen-Z protests are reshaping Nepal’s political future @currenthistory1.bsky.social essay by @sshneiderman.bsky.social & Salina Lama f.mtr.cool/geauwqcsgs
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Sara Shneiderman @sshneiderman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Finally got here!
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