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Sara
Shneiderman holds degrees in both Anthropology and Religious Studies
from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
She first visited Nepal as a student in 1994, and then lived
in Nepal full-time for over three years from 1997-2000. During
this
time she worked as coordinator for educational travel programs
such as Sojourn
Nepal and Where
There Be Dragons, leading student groups throughout the Himalayan
region.
She
has also conducted research with Buddhist and Bon women in Himalayan
areas such as Mustang and Dolakha, and is currently on the advisory
board of Drokpa,
an NGO devoted to sustainable development in high altitude areas.
As
a Fulbright Scholar in Nepal in 1999-2000, Shneiderman conducted
ethnographic research with the Thangmi, a little-known ethnic
group indigenous to the eastern districts of Dolakha and Sindhupalcok.
Photography plays a central role in her work, and in September
2000 she held her first photo exhibition, THANGMI,
in Kathmandu. She seeks to integrate visual and social anthropology
by developing multimedia resources such as Digital Himalaya.
Shneiderman is at present pursuing graduate research in the
Department
of Anthropology at Cornell
University.
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