Asian Highlands Perspectives
Asian Highlands Perspective s (AHP) is a trans-disciplinary journal focusing on the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding regions, including the Southeast Asian Massif, Himalayan Massif, the Extended Eastern Himalayas, the Mongolian Plateau, and other contiguous areas. The editors believe that cross-regional commonalities in history, culture, language, and socio-political context invite investigations of an interdisciplinary nature not served by current academic forums. AHP contributes to the regional research agendas of Sinologists, Tibetologists, Mongolists, and South and Southeast Asianists, while also forwarding theoretical discourse on grounded theory, interdisciplinary studies, and collaborative scholarship.
AHP publishes occasional monographs and essay collections both in hardcopy (ISSN 1835-7741) and online (ISSN 1925-6329). The online version is an open access source, freely available at: https://plateauculture.org/asian-highlands-perspectives. The print edition of the journal is available to libraries and individuals at-cost through print on demand publisher. The journal currently has a core editorial team of five members and a consultative editorial board of twenty-five experts from a variety of disciplines. All submissions to the journal are peer-reviewed by the editorial board and independent, anonymous assessors.
AHP welcomes submissions from a wide range of scholars with an interest in the area. Given the dearth of current knowledge on this culturally complex area, we encourage submissions that contain descriptive accounts of local realities – especially by authors from communities in the Asian Highlands – as well as theory-oriented articles. We publish items of irregular format – long articles, short monographs, photo essays, fiction, auto-ethnography, etc. Authors receive a PDF version of their published work. Potential contributors are encouraged to consult previous issues.
This online edition of Asian Highlands Perspectives is published through the University of Toronto Department for the Study of Religion
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 1
- A mdo Tibetan Tongue Twisters (7-51)
- An Amdo Tibetan Village New Year Trance Medium Ritual (53-64)
- Calling Back the Lost Namuyi Tibetan Soul (65-115)
- Dying Hunters, Poison Plants, and Mute Slaves-Nature and Tradition in Contemporary Nuosu Yi Poetry (117-158)
- The Ersu Shaba Pictographic Writing System (159-186)
- The Fourth Belmang-Bodhisattva, Estate Lord, Tibetan Militia Leader, and Chinese Government Official (187-211)
- The Horse With Two Saddles-Tamxhwe in Modern Golok (213-235)
- Seating, Money, and Food at an Amdo Village Funeral (237-294)
- The Sengze Village Mani (295-312)
- Tibetan Life and Tibetological Discourse-Differences and Recommendations (313-329)
- A Response to Ways and the Syntax of Noun Phrases in Qinghai Chinese Dialects (331-347)
- Lazi (Lab rtse) Construction in Karmatang (Skar ma thang) Village (349-366)
- Review-Wutun (367-371)
- Story-God Door (373-382)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 2A
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 2B
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 3
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 4
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 5
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 6
- The Brag 'go Wolf Begging Ritual (Spyang sprang) (007-22)
- Local History in A mdo: The Tsong kha Range (Ri rgyud) (023-97)
- Stag rig Tibetan Village: Hair Changing and Marriage (151-217)
- Sustainable Development of Monastic Tourism in Tibetan Areas (219-250)
- Matrilineal Marriage in Tibetan Areas In Western Sìchuān Province (251-280)
- Collecting Water From the Yellow River (281-296)
- Review-Hartley, L and P Schiaffini-Vedani (eds). Modern Tibetan Literature and Social Change. (297-301)
- Review-Wu Yazhi 吴雅芝. Zui hou de chuanshuo: elunchun zu wenhua yanjiu 最后的传说:鄂伦春族文化研 (The Final Legend: Research on Oroqen Culture). (303-306)
- Story-A Bleeding Watermelon (307-311)
- Folktale-The King of Seven Seeds (313-320)
- A New Investigation of the Geographic Position of the Báilán Capital of the Tŭyùhún (99-150)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 7
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 8
- Mongghul Memories and Lives (1-119)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 9
- A Ngawa Tibetan Nomad Childhood (1-154)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 10
- The A mdo Tibetan Lab rtse Ritual (009-040)
- Childbirth and Childcare in Rdo sbis Tibetan Township (041-072)
- Dmu rdo: A Powerful Hero and Mountain Deity (073-098)
- Echoes from Si gang lih: Burao Yilu's 'Moon Mountain' (099-128)
- The Failure of Vocational Training in Tibetan Areas of China (129-152)
- Fuel and Solar Cooker Impact in Ya na gdung Village, Gcan tsha County, Mtsho sngon (Qinghai) Province (153-175)
- "I, Ya ri a bsod, Am a Dog": The Life and Music of a Tibetan Mendicant Singer (177-230)
- Purity and Fortune in Phug sde Village Rituals (231-284)
- Rgyas bzang Tibetan Tribe Hunting Lore (285-315)
- sa.bə: A Tibetan Rite of Passage (317-336)
- Muulasan Mongghul (339-341)
- Story - Fate (343-346 )
- Story - A Stolen Journey (347-354)
- Story - Is It Karma? (355-365 )
- Folklore - Bear and Rabbit (I) (369-374)
- Folklore - Bear and Rabbit (II) (375-382)
- Folklore - The Frog Boy and His Family (383-390)
- Folklore - Mchig nges and Repaying a Debt of Gratitude (391-401)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 11
- A Mang rdzong Tibetan Life (1-252)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 12
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 13
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 14
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 15
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 16
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 17
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 18
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 19
- A Nomad Girl's Changing Worlds (1-163)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 20
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 21
- A Space for the Possible: Globalization and English Language Learning for Tibetan Students in China (007-032)
- An A mdo Tibetan Pastoralist Family's Lo sar in Stong skor Village (033-069)
- Hail Prevention Rituals and Ritual Practitioners in Northeast Amdo (071-111)
- Pyramid Schemes on the Tibetan Plateau (113-140)
- Tibetans and Muslims in Northwest China: Economic and Political Aspects of a Complex Historical Relationship (141-186)
- Sacred Dairies, Dairymen, and Buffaloes of the Nilgiri Mountains in South India (187-256)
- An A mdo Family's Income and Expenditure (257-283)
- Architecture in The bo, 'Brug chu, and Co ne Counties, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu (285-333)
- Change, Reputation, and Hair: A Female Rite of Passage in Mtha' ba Village (335-364)
- A College Student (367-386)
- Set Free by Tragedy (387-395)
- Who is to Blame? (397-408)
- Young Love (409-419)
- Silent as a Winter Cuckoo (421-426)
- QQ Destiny (427-434)
- Review - China's Last Imperial Frontier and The Sichuan Frontier and Tibet (437-442)
- Review - Harnessing Fortune (443-448)
- Review - Inter-Ethnic Dynamics in Asia (449-453)
- Review - Spirits of the Place (455-459)
- Review - Moving Mountains (461-469)
- Review - The Complete Works of Zhuang Xueben (471-476)
- Review - Religious Revival in the Tibetan Borderlands (477-480)
- Review - The Sun Rises (481-485 )
- Review - Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China (Chinese Edition) (487-495)
- Review - Labrang Monastery (497-500)
- Asian Highlands Perspectives 21 - All Papers (001-500)
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 22
Asian Highlands Perspectives Vol. 23
- A Tewo Tibetan Childhood (1-150)