Knowledge production is a collaborative process.

I examine human dimension of climate change in the high Himalaya from an Indigenous perspective.

My current research applies community-based approach to exploring the possibilities of collective survival on warming planet. It builds on my nearly two decades of climate change study in the Himalayas and long-term ethnographic study of the Sherpa community at home in the mountains and in the diaspora.

I use ethnographic methods to study everyday concerns of Himalayan people in order to normalize our experiences and represent us as equal partners in decision-making spaces. I use multidisciplinary approach in my research projects, and consider plural epistemologies as a necessity, not a choice, in addressing contemporary human problems.

Some of the socio-economic and environmental forces that shape our everyday concerns include mountaineering, conservation and development, climate change, migration, and transnationalism. These topics are interrelated and inform us about the everyday concerns of mountain people from the Himalayas.

I believe that our sustainability as a Sherpa people in the wake of climate change depends on keeping our songs and stories about people, places and things alive for the next generation.

In picture: Declan, Maicen and Pasang in front of sacred Gokyo Lake, May 2023.