
- 210 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Rendering Houses in Ladakh
About this book
Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.A handful of in-depth 'house portraits' are selected for the insight they provide into major regional developments, based on the author's extended engagement since 1981. Most of these houses are Buddhist and associated with the town of Leh. Drawing on both image and text, collaborative methods for assembling material show the intricate relationships between people and places over the life course. Innovative methods for recording and archiving such as 'storyboards' are developed to frame different views of the house. This approach raises analytical questions about the composition of life within and beyond storyboards, offering new ways to understand a region that intrigues specialists and non-specialists alike.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Authorship and acknowledgements
- Spelling
- 1 Ladakh’s houses
- 2 Ritual houses
- 3 “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change”
- 4 Once the wealthiest tent in Kharnak
- 5 Making a photobook with Deen Khan
- 6 An empty house?
- 7 Nyarma: The nuns’ house
- 8 Going it alone: Angmo’s Leh house
- 9 The Skarra chorten
- Glossary of frequently used words
- References
- Index