لایب سان

Author(s): Emilia Roza Sulek

Series: Global Asia 10

Publisher: Amsterdam University Press, Year: 2019

ISBN: 9789462985261,9789048536290

Table of Contents Acknowledgements 9 Notes on Transliteration 12 List of Abbreviations 13 List of Units of Measurement and Currency 14 Introduction 15 Aim of this Book 16 Development and Modernity 20 Some Important Notes from the Author 29 The State of the Research 32 Structure of the Book 34 1 Golok: People and Places 37 Golok is Heaven and Earth 37 Weather 39 Administration and Travel 41 The People 45 Research Locations 49 2 Digging 55 Diggers 56 Time and Tools 57 Does Everyone go Digging? 61 Women and Men 63 3 Fungus, Medicine, Commodity 67 Medicine 68 Domestic Uses 73 Trade 76 The Boom 81 Caterpillar Fungus Production in Qinghai and Golok 83 Commodity 86 4 Market and Traders 91 Traders’ Official Status 96 The Informal Economy 99 Tibetans and Others 102 The Multilayered World of Caterpillar Fungus Traders 105 Traders and their Suppliers 109 Does Ethnicity Matter? 111 From Hand to Hand 115 5 Market Operations 119 Quality and Prices 122 Bargaining 128 Market Fluctuations 135 6 The Law in Action 141 The Open Door Starts to Close 142 Banishing the Licences: The Door Closes 147 A Checkpoint 152 The Pastoralists’ Opinions 157 The Law and Control 159 Legality and Licitness 162 7 Money 167 Money Talk 168 The Mystery of Spring 178 Sacred Mountains 182 Dangerous Money 186 8 Pastoral Life and the Market 193 Pastoral Products and the Pastoral Calendar 197 Pastoral Products and the Market 204 Growing Yak Herds 208 Disappearing Sheep 213 Lazy Nomads 219 9 Spending the Money 223 Crazy about Houses 224 Vehicles of Change 236 Consumer Months 245 List of Illustrations, Maps and Tables Illustrations Figure 1 Domkhok Township Seat 48 Figure 2 Soglung Valley in winter 50 Figure 3 Summer camp 50 Figure 4 Caterpillar fungus digging 56 Figure 5 Freshly dug caterpillar fungus 60 Figure 6 Dawu, view of the town from the direction of Domkhok 92 Figure 7 Koja, general view 93 Figure 8 Darlag Street, caterpillar fungus shop 94 Figure 9 Anywhere is good for business: street scene in Dawu 94 Figure 10 Gesar Square 95 Figure 11 Some traders go to pastoralists’ homes 123 Figure 12 Caterpillar fungus: three quality classes 124 Figure 13 Bargaining in a shop in Koja 129 Figure 14 Hand signs used in bargaining 130 Figure 15 Emotions run high: Aren’t these scales cheating? 131 Figure 16 Sumdo checkpoint 153 Figure 17 Caterpillar fungus records 171 Figure 18 In a pastoralist house: in-migrant diggers make notes on their harvests 177 Figure 19 Yak corral in front of the house: the women are collecting yak dung for fuel 194 Figure 20 Unusual sight: sheep taken for grazing 195 Figure 21 Black tent, an important family heritage 224 Conclusions 253 Afterword: A Note on Methodology 265 Appendix 277 Tibetan Word List 297 Bibliography 305 Index 325 Figure 22 A colony of houses; all buildings belong to only two households 226 Figure 23 In the old house 227 Figure 24 In the tent 228 Figure 25 In the new house 228 Figure 26 Parking lot in front of the monastery in Dawu 242 Figure 27 Pilgrimage around Amnye Machen; these days often done by car 242 Figure 28 Mobile phones are ubiquitous; a wedding party in Dawu 248 Figure 29 ‘Goloks like corals’ 250 Figure 30 The author with her informants 250 Maps Map 1 Golok TAP in Qinghai Province, China 42 Map 2 Administrative divisions within Golok 42 Map 3 Administrative divisions within Machen County 44 Map 4 Caterpillar fungus distribution zone 68 Tables Table 1 Caterpillar fungus quality classes and prices, Dawu town, May 2010 126 Table 2 Caterpillar fungus prices in four townships of Machen County, July 2010 127 Table 3 Changes in caterpillar fungus prices, Dawu town, May- July 2010 136 Table 4 Fluctuations of caterpillar fungus prices 2007-2010, Dawu town 138 Table 5 Legality and licitness of caterpillar fungus diggers 163 Table 6 Estimated livestock ownership, Domkhok Township 209 Table 7 Ownership of electrical and other appliances, Domkhok 2010 234

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