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🧵Four by @ChawlaSwati
1/ 🚨🚨Who is a #Tibetan?🚨🚨
Relatedly,
❓Where is #Tibet?
❓Are all Tibetans #Buddhist?
❓Do all of them revere @DalaiLama?
❓Are there Tibetans (other than #exiled pop"n) outside Tibet?
❓Do all #Tibetans identify as... erm ..Tibetan?
#TweetHistorians
1/ 🚨🚨Who is a #Tibetan?🚨🚨
Relatedly,
❓Where is #Tibet?
❓Are all Tibetans #Buddhist?
❓Do all of them revere @DalaiLama?
❓Are there Tibetans (other than #exiled pop"n) outside Tibet?
❓Do all #Tibetans identify as... erm ..Tibetan?
#TweetHistorians
2/ The 11th Zurmang Trungpa (1939-87) said #Tibetan 'insiders' (ནང་པ་) share these common features:
☑️speaking some variant of Tibetan lang
☑️following #Buddhist faith
☑️eating tsampa (roasted barley flour)
Who was he?
treasuryoflives.org/biographies/vi…
A handy definition, but...
~SC
☑️speaking some variant of Tibetan lang
☑️following #Buddhist faith
☑️eating tsampa (roasted barley flour)
Who was he?
treasuryoflives.org/biographies/vi…
A handy definition, but...
~SC
3/ Let's tackle the big one first: #Tibet has long been identified as a pristine Buddhist #Shangrila.
But,
❌Not Tibetans are Buddhist.
❌Not all Tibetan Buddhists revere the @DalaiLama in the same way.
See #himalayanhistories 🧵on #Shangrila:
~SC
But,
❌Not Tibetans are Buddhist.
❌Not all Tibetan Buddhists revere the @DalaiLama in the same way.
See #himalayanhistories 🧵on #Shangrila:
~SC
🧵 What happened to #Amdo region of Tibet during its early phase of “liberation” by the #PRC?
How did the collapse of #Qing dynasty transform the legacy of #Buddhist tradition in #Mongolia?
What did they have in common?
How did the collapse of #Qing dynasty transform the legacy of #Buddhist tradition in #Mongolia?
What did they have in common?
1/ To answer these questions, this thread uses @BennoWeiner's THE CHINESE REVOLUTION ON THE TIBETAN FRONTIER and Matt King's OCEAN OF MILK, OCEAN OF BLOOD to analyze their key ideas and significance.
@DavidGAtwill @prchistory @PSUHistory @NewBooksEAsia
@DavidGAtwill @prchistory @PSUHistory @NewBooksEAsia
2/ With #CentralTibet & #Lhasa at the core of most mainstream Anglophone works of modern Tibetan history, #Amdo’s role is often overlooked & underemphasized. Weiner’s book is a long-overdue scholarship that amplifies the role of #Amdo
@CornellPress @CMUHistory @eandreweditor
@CornellPress @CMUHistory @eandreweditor
#Hydronomastics is the study of #hydronyms, the proper names of bodies of water.
It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
French / Luxembourghish sign:
It's a branch of #toponomastics, the study of #toponyms (the proper names of places), which in turn is a branch of #onomastics, the study of #orthonyms (proper names).
French / Luxembourghish sign:
#Hydronym and #hydronomastics both derive from Ancient #Greek ὕδωρ / húdōr (water) + ὄνομα / ónoma (name).
#Hydronyms tend to outlast other #toponyms, even when new #languages and cultures displace earlier ones.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
#England, #EastAnglia, #Essex, and #Sussex are named for the #Angles and #Saxons; but #Trent, #Ouse, #Thames, #Severn, and #Avon are older #Celtic and #RomanoBritish names.
(1)
The #Uighurs are predominantly #Muslim Turkish-speaking ethnic group, primarily from #China north-western region of Xingjang. The have been Subject to religions and ethnic presecution by Chinese authorities
#UighurGenocide
#ChinaMustPay
The #Uighurs are predominantly #Muslim Turkish-speaking ethnic group, primarily from #China north-western region of Xingjang. The have been Subject to religions and ethnic presecution by Chinese authorities
#UighurGenocide
#ChinaMustPay
(2)
Thousands of Mosques in #Xinjiang have been damaged or destroyed in just 3 years, leaving fewer in the region than at any time since cultural revolution, according to report on #Chinese oppression of #Muslim #minorities
#ChinaStory #uighurlivesmatter
Thousands of Mosques in #Xinjiang have been damaged or destroyed in just 3 years, leaving fewer in the region than at any time since cultural revolution, according to report on #Chinese oppression of #Muslim #minorities
#ChinaStory #uighurlivesmatter
(3)
Around 2/3rd of the area's mosque were affected, and around 50% of the protected cultural sites have been damaged or destroyed, including destruction of Ordam Majar(shrine), an ancient site of pilgrimage dating back to 10th century.
#mosquee
#ChinaStory
Around 2/3rd of the area's mosque were affected, and around 50% of the protected cultural sites have been damaged or destroyed, including destruction of Ordam Majar(shrine), an ancient site of pilgrimage dating back to 10th century.
#mosquee
#ChinaStory
****Linguistic diversity in a time of crisis****
Special issue of Multilingua addresses #language challenges of #COVID19 pandemic
Out now. All papers free access, thanks to publisher @dg_mouton
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
Special issue of Multilingua addresses #language challenges of #COVID19 pandemic
Out now. All papers free access, thanks to publisher @dg_mouton
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
Global public health #communication is characterized by the large-scale exclusion of linguistic minorities from timely high-quality #information #COVID19
What are the #language regimes behind these exclusions and what can sociolinguists do?
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
What are the #language regimes behind these exclusions and what can sociolinguists do?
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
#Translation is an important means of enabling access to #information in disaster response
How did volunteer translators in #Wuhan go about procuring medical supplies in the initial stages of the #Covid_19 emergency?
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
How did volunteer translators in #Wuhan go about procuring medical supplies in the initial stages of the #Covid_19 emergency?
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
The 1st 2 articles of the #Multilingua @dg_mouton special issue devoted to #language challenges of #COVID19 have been published online ahead of print (full issue to come out over the next 4 weeks) - free access!
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
First up: the recontextualization of traditional #Mongolian verbal art khuuriin ülger (‘fiddle story’) by Mongolian folk singers in the context of the spread of #COVID19 in Inner Mongolia #China, @gegentuul
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
Next: volunteer-driven crowdsourced #translation efforts in donation and procurement of medical supplies to and from #Wuhan. Highlights need to integrate information and #communication technologies with #multilingual resources for disaster relief
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
degruyter.com/view/journals/…
Weekend readings on #language aspects of the #COVIDー19 pandemic from Australia, China, Germany, Mexico, Qatar, and South Africa
languageonthemove.com/tag/covid-19/
languageonthemove.com/tag/covid-19/
How can public #health messages related to #COVIDー19 in #multilingual #Australia be improved? by @Alex_Grey_ @SydneyLawSchool
languageonthemove.com/how-to-improve…
languageonthemove.com/how-to-improve…
What are the challenges faced by new arrival students who are still #learning the #language of their new home during the #COVIDー19 school closures? by @Barakos_E and @simone_carolin @unihh
languageonthemove.com/recent-arrival…
languageonthemove.com/recent-arrival…
