I've been traveling around Western China a bit recently. It means there's much to write,and much less time in which to write it as I continually play catch up. Please bear with me. For now, feel free to go to the media page and click the link entitled "T!betan chess," where I watch a group of (mostly) old men sit on the sidewalk playing this game that looks like "Go" (but isn't) and is exclusive to A mdo (as far as I can tell... my father in law had never seen it before). I hope you enjoy.
I've recently come to the realization that many people digitally alter their photos before putting them online. I'm too much of a luddite, and too busy (perhaps I should have written lazy) to do this really. If you like the photos, take comfort in recognizing that what you see is what I saw exactly. Personally, I don't think photos on the plateau need any alteration. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I don't see why half of them have to be "I cropped this photo, and add a sepia tone layer," etc.
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About TimAs you can see elsewhere on this webpage, I conduct research on ethnic minorities in western China. This blog offers semi-academic musings on the minutiae of daily life out here--the sort of information otherwise destined for footnotes. Categories |