Episode Synopsis "Pokhara in 1993 and preparing for the fieldwork"

Filmed by Alan Macfarlane

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• Clothing - adapting to wearing local clothes in the Himalayas
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• Driving to the Manaslu hotel in Kathmandu in 1993
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• Eating local food in the Himalayas
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• Fieldwork 1: Arriving
• Fieldwork diary - how it was kept in a Himalayan village
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• Film and fieldwork in the Himalayas - 1993
• Film-making among the Gurungs of central Nepal - Alan Macfarlane
• Flying from England and landing in Kathmandu in 1993
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• Gurung cultural centre - participating in its development in Pokhara
• Harvesting in a Himalayan village - participating
• Health and illness in a Himalayan village - reciprocating
• Hindu ritual - participating in one in a Himalayan community
• House and privacy - where one lives in a Himalayan community
• Housework in a Himalayan community - participating
• Interview of Bhuwansing Gurung - 1991
• Interview of Manu Gurung
• Leaving Pokhara - saying good-bye to family
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• Meeting up with family - Gurung family in Pokhara in the 1990's
• Multimedia book - the new potentials for combining film and text
• Mutual grooming in a Himalayan village - Gurungs and anthropologists
• Observing rituals in a Himalayan community
• Observing work in a Himalayan community
• Packing and going to Gatwick airport
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• Photographing in a Himalayan community
• Planting and ploughing - participation
• Playing with children in a Himalayan village
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• Premkumari and Sarah learning Gurung language
• Reflections on fieldwork among the Gurungs in 2014
• Reflections on fieldwork with the Gurungs in 2000 - Alan Macfarlane
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• Watching sports and television in a Himalayan community
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