Papers by Denise M Glover
Human Ecology, Jan 7, 2021
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.
Journal of Ethnobiology, Dec 21, 2018
Journal of Ethnobiology, Mar 1, 2018
University of Washington Press eBooks, 2012
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
This is a PhD Dissertation presented at the University of Washington
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
Journal of Ethnobiology, 2018
principles that Berlin and others set forth and to continue to discuss the significance of studyi... more principles that Berlin and others set forth and to continue to discuss the significance of studying natural-kind classification systems. An important vein of inquiry in ethnobiological studies of classification has included attention to change within classificatory systems, history, and context. Brent Berlin (1992) and Cecil Brown (1984), in particular, consider developmental stages of inclusive hierarchy, most convincingly related to modes of economy and social structure, where particular categories and naming patterns are identified cross-culturally through an evolutionary paradigm. Roy Ellen and David Reason (1979) point to the significance of social context in understanding systems of natural-kind classification, arguing that classification systems are not abstracted from real-world situations but embedded in socio-cultural processes. Other historical works, such as the ornithological study by Tim Birkhead (2008), trace the connections between categories of natural kinds, as identified by
Journal of Ethnobiology, 2018
Human Ecology, 2021
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.
Asian Medicine, 2009
This special issue of Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity emerges from the Seventh Internatio... more This special issue of Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity emerges from the Seventh International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM), which was held in Thimphu, Bhutan, from 7-11 September 2009. As readers of this journal may be aware, IASTAM's unique vision aspires to bring academics and practitioners of Asian medical traditions into dialogue with each other, to promote the study and cross-cultural understanding of Asian medicines from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and to do so in a way that honours and embraces the sometimes difficult task of reckoning the world of reflection and critique with that of engagement and practice. This Seventh Congress in Thimphu brought together scholars, practitioners and students of Himalayan, East Asian and South Asian healing systems, as well as social entrepreneurs, civil servants, and representatives of global businesses engaged in the commercial sale of Asia-derived medicinal products. This mélange of perspectives owed a lot to the theme of this Congress: Cultivating Traditions and the Challenges of Globalization.
Effective Approaches to Human Ecology, 2021
Human Ecology, 2021
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.
Journal of Ethnobiology, 2018
Doing Fieldwork in China—with Kids! The Dynamics of Accompanied Research in the PRC (Cornett & Blumenfield, editors), NIAS Press, 2016
Uploads
Papers by Denise M Glover