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SUMMARY:Under Fedchenko’s teeth: knowing glaciers in the Pamir Mountains
  - Professor Christine Bichsel ( Department of Geosciences\, University of
  Fribourg)
DTSTART:20251009T093000Z
DTEND:20251009T110000Z
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CONTACT:Ben Weissenbach
DESCRIPTION:This talk presents results from a two-week fieldwork in the Pa
 mir Mountains of Tajikistan in summer 2025. The aim of the fieldwork was t
 o explore the oral history and local knowledge of glaciers in Poi Mazor\, 
 a village in Vanj Valley. The people of Poi Mazor live in proximity of two
  surge glaciers: Bear Glacier and Hanging Ice Glacier. In local understand
 ings\, these two glaciers are “teeth” of the Fedchenko Glacier - one o
 f the largest glaciers outside the polar and circumpolar areas - that rema
 ins hidden from sight behind the towering Academy of Science Range. The ta
 lk will focus on how these two glaciers are embedded in a geography shaped
  by vibrant historical\, spiritual and mythical imaginations\, however exp
 licitly outside such interpretations. It will discuss this finding in rela
 tion to a Eurocentric history\, colonial encounters and exoticising narrat
 ives of glaciers.
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, Seminar Room
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