Mapping Amdo: dynamics of change

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Introduction : mapping Amdo : people and places in an ongoing transition /Emilia Róża Sulek and Jarmila Ptáčková --Ecological change on the Tibetan plateau and the human interface : pastoralists as agents and victims of environmental impact /Andreas Gruschke --Mapping tertiary graduate student trends and advertised public sector recruitment in the Amdo and Kham Tibetan regions /Adrian Senz --The abstract state : dilemmas of sovereignty and scale among Tibetans in China /Charlene Makley --The warrior in the mountain and his people : Labtse mountain cult and its social significance in an Amdo Tibetan village /Rahel Tsering --Understanding Tibetan attitudes toward sacred natural sites in the Gato Jowo (Sga stod jo bo) sacred mountains, in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve /Awang Jimed --Descent and houses in Rebong (Reb gong) : group formation and rules of recruitment among eastern Tibetan Tsho ba /Reinier Langelaar --Gtsang A rig : a Tibetan tribe classified as Mongol /Ute Wallenböck --The Nyen Collection (Gnyan 'bum) and Shenrab Miwo of Nam /Daniel Berounský