Fellowship Year:
2026
Degree:
MESc
Research Country:
China
Research Continent:
Asia
Project Title:
Inseparable Bonds: Exploring different contributions that nomadic cosmologies and boarding school system in shaping the environmental worldview of young generation in Inner Mongolia (IMAR), China
Abstract:
This research explores livelihoods, Traditional Ecological Knowledge and contemporary educational systems within China’s last nomadic society in Talinhua Gacha, Ar Horqin Banner, Inner Mongolia. The project examines the ecological and social challenges facing grasslands and nomadic communities under modernization, with a particular focus on younger herders and their educational pathways. The study aims to address a significant gap in scholarship on how modernization is reshaping nomadic life and knowledge systems.