Proceedings of the third International Hindu Kush Cultural Conference /

Proceedings of the third International Hindu Kush Cultural Conference /

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Meeting name:International Hindukush Cultural Conference (3rd : 1995 : Chitrāl, Pakistan)
Imprint:Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:xviii, 540 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Hindu Kush Mountains Region (Afghanistan and Pakistan) -- Congresses.
Asia -- Hindu Kush Mountains Region.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7532059
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Varying Form of Title:Hindu Kush
Other authors / contributors:Israr-ud-Din.
Anjuman-i Taraqqi-yi Khuvar Citral
ISBN:0195798899
9780195798890
Notes:"The third International Hindu Kush Cultural Conference was held in Chitral town on 26-30 August, 1995, under the aegis of the Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Khowar."--P. xv.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
committed to retain 20170930 20421213 HathiTrust
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • List of Photographs
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Note on Khowar Transcription
  • Introduction
  • Section I. Environmental Issues
  • 2. Change of Climate in the Hindu Kush Region-Facts, Trends, and Necessary Observations of the Environment
  • 3. Protected Mountain Areas in Pakistan: The Case of the National Parks
  • 4. Juniper-An Endangered Plant of the Hindu Kush Region
  • 5. The Conifer Forests of the Hindu Kush in Eastern Afghanistan: The Challenge of their Conservation
  • 6. Resource Utilization and Environmental Degradation in Swat Valley, Northern Pakistan
  • 7. Solar Water Heater (AB Josh)
  • Section II. Economic and Cultural Geography
  • 8. Animal Husbandry and Utilization of Alpine Pastures in the Nanga Parbat Region of Northern Pakistan: Comparison of Raikot and Rupal Valleys
  • 9. A Geographic Perspective on Land Resources and Land Use of Malakand Division
  • 10. The Impact of the KKH on Land Use in the Northern Areas
  • 11. Sustainability-Indigenous Knowledge System-Traditional Land Uses in the Northern Areas of Pakistan as an Example
  • Section III. Cultural Anthropology
  • 12. Status Imagery of the Kalasha: Some Notes on Culture Change
  • 13. No People Are an Island
  • 14. The Phoenix and Khowar Music
  • 15. Dont Cry My Daughter: Lullabies as a Keyhole into Kalasha Culture
  • 16. Traditional Dance of Chitral and Gilgit
  • 17. The Longing for a Paradise on Earth: Ethnic Tourism to the Kalasha
  • Section IV. Development Issues
  • 18. Chitral District: A Brief Survey of Resources, Problems, Constraints and Future Development
  • 19. Development and Self-determination: A Kalasha Point of View
  • 20. Gender and Development: A Lesson from AKRSP Chitral
  • 21. Mountain Tourism in Northern Pakistan-Tourist Regions and Problems of Further Development
  • Section V. Socio-economic Issues
  • 22. Trade in Chitral in the Early Twentieth Century: A Brief Review
  • 23. The Changing Position of Women in Northern Pakistan: From Agricultural Producers to Off-farm Employees
  • 24. Hindu Kush or Mardum Kush (Human Killer)
  • 25. Punial: A Mountainous Transit Valley in a Changing Regional Context
  • Section VI. Languages and Literature
  • 26. Indicators of Attitudes toward Shina Dialects
  • 27. Some Areal Phonological Isoglosses in the Transit Zone between South and Central Asia
  • 28. The Tones of Kalam Kohistani (Garwi, Bashkarik)
  • 29. The Mirror of Writing
  • 30. Some Observations on the Variation in the Pronunciation of Kalashamon as Spoken inside and outside Present-Day Kalasha Society
  • 31. Major Themes in Modern Khowar Poetry
  • Section VII. History (Political, Social, and Economic)
  • 32. Trade Links in the Eastern Hindu Kush: The Chitral Route
  • 33. Relations between Chitral and Baltistan
  • 34. The Turbulent Periods-An Account of Mass Movements in Chitral (1917-53)
  • 35. Prince Sher Afzal Khan: The Ill-Fated Adventurer of Chitral
  • 36. One Hundred Years after the Siege of Chitral: An Analysis of the Campaign
  • 37. Maulana Noor Shahidin (1887-1967): His Political Role in the History of Chitral
  • 38. Siege of Chitral: Socio-Political Impacts of the British Influence (1895-1995)
  • 39. A Minority Perspective on the History of Chitral: Katore Rule in Kalasha Tradition
  • 40. Evaluation of the Legal System in Chitral
  • 41. Administrative Evolution of Chitral District
  • Section VIII. Cultural Anthropology and Cultural History
  • 42. The Dameli of Southern Chitral: An Ethnographic Inquiry
  • 43. The Palula of Southern Chitral: An Ethnographic Inquiry
  • 44. Shaikh Abdulla-h Kha-n: A Most Remarkable Man from Bumboret Shaikhanandeh
  • 45. Wazir Ali Shah: Life and Works
  • 46. Baltistan as a Contact Zone: The Use of Space in the Negotiation of Identity
  • 47. Use of Photographs in an Analysis of Socio-cultural Change for the Burusho of Hunza: 1930s-90s
  • 48. Verbal Plurality and the Notion of Multiple-Event in Yasin Burushaski
  • 49. Photographing Kalasha Culture: Reality-Concealed or Revealed
  • 50. The Exploiters
  • 51. The Traditional Polo of the Northern Areas: A Cultural Heritage
  • Appendix A. Volume Contributors and Other Participants
  • Appendix B. Conference Programme
  • Appendix C. Resolutions of the Third International Hindu Kush Cultural Conference
  • Appendix D. Hindu Kush Research Centre Chitral: Concept Paper
  • Appendix E. Committees
  • Index

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