Nepali Diaspora, Cosmopolitanism, and Transnational Migrant Labor

NEPALI DIASPORA, COSMOPOLITANISM, AND TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANT LABOR IN THE 21ST CENTURY: MOVING BEYOND THE GURKHA MODEL

Panel A
Session #4 | 9am - 10:30am | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 190

Heather Hindman, University of Texas at Austin
Robert Oppenheim, University of Texas at Austin
Nepali Students, Laborers and Restaurateurs in 'Multicultural' Korea

Premila van Ommen, London College of Fashion, University of Arts London
Korean Faces, Mongolian Races: Homeland Identity Politics in England’s Nepali Youth Fashion

Andrew Nelson, University of North Texas
South Asia to South America: Tales of Nepali Living and Laboring in Ecuador and Chile

Panel B
Session #5 | 11am - 12:30pm | Sunday, Sept 3 | HUMN 190

Benjamin Linder, University of Illinois at Chicago
A Global Sense of Thamel: The Production of Nepali Cosmopolitanism between London, Hong Kong, and Kathmandu

Chura Thapa, The University of Hong Kong
Language, Ethnicity and Identity: Linguistic Ethnography of Second Generation Nepali Diaspora in Hong Kong

Tshewang Lama, Himalayan Studies, Conservation, and Sustainable Development
Nabraj Lama, Energy on the Move, Durham University
The transnational livelihood strategies of Himalayan people: A comparative case study of Limi and Rasuwa

Organizer: Andrew Nelson, University of North Texas