Man Bahadur Khattri
Biographic Data
| ID | 251842 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Man Bahadur Khattri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Man Bahadur |
| FAMILY NAME | Khattri |
| SIGNATURE | KHATTRI M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tribhuvan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4291-7920 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 28 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Climate Change Hazards
This paper examines climate change-induced hazards, socio-economic vulnerabilities, and traditional indigenous resilience practices in the Lower Karnali Watershed Region (LKWR), Nepal. Specifically, it focuses on Geruwa and Madhuwan among marginalized and under-represented minorities such as women, Dalits, and other indigenous ethnic groups who are highly affected by climate-related hazards and stresses. This study employs a “mixed method” approa…
Interview with Professor Sara Parker
Professor Dr. Sara Parker is a well-known academic at Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, where she serves as Professor of Collaborative Action Research. Her career spans more than three decades of engagement with Nepal, focusing on issues of gender, education, and social justice. She has led significant international projects such as Dignity Without Danger, which explored menstrual stigma and taboos in Nepal. Fluent in Nepali, she has co…
Navigating Plagiarism in Social Science Research
Social science research is an intricate culmination of knowledge construction. Because the research fields of the social sciences are human, their relations, behaviors, and methodologies are notably unique compared to those of the natural sciences, and so are ethical issues. Publishing novel ideas or information is a primary focus of any academic institution and publisher. However, social scientists often face the dilemma of ethical conduct in re…
Authorship and Contributorship in Publication Ethics and Guidelines
Authorship and contributorship are among the most important, sensitive, and complex areas of academia and thus demand critical awareness among the authors, editors, and readers
Interview with Dr. Prem Bhandari
Dr. Prem Bhandari is a distinguished social scientist and a member of the International Advisory Board of Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (DJSA). Dr. Bhandari was born and raised in rural Nepal, where he began his academic pursuits. His educational journey continued across Kathmandu, Chitwan, Thailand, and the USA, covering diverse fields of study including biology, agricultural economics, rural development planning, and rural so…
Interview with Professor Samira Luitel
Born on March 7, 1952, into an educated and socially active family, Professor Samira Luitel is a distinguished sociologist and education consultant based in Kathmandu, Nepal. With a professional career spanning over four decades, she has made substantial contributions to the fields of education, gender studies, and social inclusion. Since her retirement in 2013, she has continued her work as a freelance consultant. Professor Luitel has held signi…
Interview with Professor Jeremy Spoon
Professor Jeremy Spoon is a distinguished cultural anthropologist with deep familial roots in Ashkenazic Judaism and more distant Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Since 2006, he has conducted fieldwork in Nepal for his PhD and collaborated with the Central Department of Anthropology at Tribhuvan University, undertaking an in-depth study of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Prof. Spoon engages closely with community members and government agencies at various …
Ethical Dilemmas in Visual Anthropology and Sociology in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Scholars worldwide are in dialogue about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various fields of research. It has supported enhancing work efficiency, including social science research. Although ethical use of AI is still fuzzy, the use of AI in visual anthropological and sociological research that entails the Interpretive Approach raises several questions. This editorial highlights three key questions: Are researchers satisfied with the interpre…
The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Academic Writing and Publishing Papers
Use of AI
Interview with Professor Jeevan R. Sharma
Professor Jeevan R. Sharma
Interview with Professor Laya Prasad Uprety
Prof. Dr. Laya Prasad Uprety
Interview with Professor Ram Bahadur Chhetri
Professor Ram Bahadur Chhetri was born in Dehradun, India, on April 4, 1952. He comes from a military and peasant socio-cultural background. After completing his high school education in Nagaland, India, he received his Intermediate and Bachelor's degrees at Prithvi Narayan Campus in Pokhara, Nepal. He was initially enrolled in the Master's in Political Science program at the Central Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University, Kirtip…
Knowledge Devotee Gregory G. Maskarinec
This paper focuses on my perception and memories of Professor Gregory Maskarinec, who passed away on June 16, 2022, at 71. Professor Maskarinec was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. He was also an author, reviewer, and financial endower. This paper discusses how Professor Maskarinec contributed to promoting journal publication and knowledge dissemination in the field of social sc…
Indigenous institutions as adaptive measures to environmental dynamics
This paper investigates how different institutions of Loba communities of the Upper Mustang work together and facilitate the community to cope with the environmental dynamics in the region. The indigenous institutions are place-based, and their evolution is concerned with reducing vulnerability and enhancing the resilience capacity of place-based communities to cope with and adapt to local natural and socio-cultural environmental dynamics. The pa…
Interview with Professor Edwin van Teijlingen
Edwin van Teijlingen is Dutch by birth and a Professor of Reproductive Health at Bournemouth University in the south of England. He has achieved a PhD in Medical Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen connected with Nepal while supervising Nepali PhD scholars in UK, and he has been a frequent visitor to Nepal since 2006. He has supervised more than 35 PhDs, among which 13 are Nepali. He has examined more than 50 P…
Interview with Professor Dilli Ram Dahal
An eminent anthropologist, Professor Dilli Ram Dahal (10 March, 1946) was born in eastern Nepal. He was educated in Nepal, India, and the USA. He has contributed over 100 national and international journal articles and a dozen books. He has participated in several national and international seminars and conferences and supervised M.A., MPhil, and PhD theses. Prof. David Holmberg, an Anthropologist at Cornell University, had said, 'He (Prof. Dahal…
Interview with Gregory G. Maskarinec
Professor Gregory G. Maskarinec (May 16, 1951-June 16, 2022) was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology and Professor and Director at the Office of Global Health and International Medicine, Departments of Native Hawaiian Health and Family Medicine and Community Health John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i. He came to Nepal, in 1977, as a Peace Corps Volunteer and serv…
Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the trans-Himalaya
This paper presents community interference on agricultural ecology against climate change impacts in Lo-manthang, Upper-Mustang, Nepal. The peoples' response strategies are based on traditional agroecological knowledge. This study applied the human ecological approach (Cause ➔ Effect ➔ Response) to analyze continuity and change in the agricultural practice of the indigenousLobacommunity of the Trans-Himalaya. Data were generated through anthropol…
Interview with Professor Om Gurung
Professor Om Gurung is a senior anthropologist, an influencing intellectual, and a prominent public leader in Nepal. He served Tribhuvan University as a professor of anthropology for 36 years and headed the Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology for 13 years. Professor Gurung did his M. A. in History from Tribhuvan University in 1975, M. A. in anthropology from the University of Poona in 1980, and Ph. D. in Anthropology from Cornell Univers…
Interview with Professor Chaitanya Mishra
Professor Chaitanya Mishra teaches Sociology to MPhil/PhD students at Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal. His research focuses on macrosociology, politics, social change, and social stratification. He is an author/co-author, and co-editor of 10 books and about 250 articles. He believes that all sciences should contribute to public education, and frequently contributes to public debates through the media. He started his career in 1978 as a researche…
Professor Gunnar Haaland, University of Bergen, Norway
Interview
Human Ecological Analysis of the Life of Pi
In this article, I have discussed how can we analyze an adventurous and fantasy Novel like 'Life of Pi' from human ecological perspective. Knowledge is generated and applied in diverse spatial and temporal contexts, which has varied implication to individuals, households, communities, and human kind as a whole. The implication confines not only to human being would be equally implicate to the surrounding of biotic and abiotic elements. The human …
Climate Change, Millet and Ritual Relationship with the Magars of Argal, Baglung, Nepal
This paper focuses on cultural analysis and how people are coping with new situation created by climate change in production of millet. Changes relating to climate change are observed; perceived and understood on a local level. This is an important area of study for anthropologists and it is interest of climate scientists as well. This paper is based on anthropological analysis on climate change effects on finger millet production in Argal VDC of…
Writing, Editing and Publishing an Article in a Scientific Journal
The purpose of this article is to discuss some important aspects involved while writing an article to publish in a scientific journal. This is a review article. I argue that writing an article is technical as well as creative art of an author which facilitates acceptance of article for publication in a scientific journal. Academicians are obliged to conduct research and publish articles to demonstrate their job efficiency. To publish an article i…
Changes in Ecological Relationships of Argali Magars
In this article I have looked the relationships of inter-ethnic and inter-ecological gradients, which mediated by social-cultural mechanism i.e. ista mitra (fictive kin relationship). Ista has played role to with local production and different socio-cultural of two different ecological setting. It tries to demonstrate how socio-cultural processes transform when rice gets closer market access. The ethnographic data suggest to argue that fictive ki…
Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the trans-Himalaya
This paper presents community interference on agricultural ecology against climate change impacts in Lo-manthang, Upper-Mustang, Nepal. The peoples' response strategies are based on traditional agroecological knowledge. This study applied the human ecological approach (Cause ➔ Effect ➔ Response) to analyze continuity and change in the agricultural practice of the indigenousLobacommunity of the Trans-Himalaya. Data were generated through anthropol…
Indigenous institutions as adaptive measures to environmental dynamics
This paper investigates how different institutions of Loba communities of the Upper Mustang work together and facilitate the community to cope with the environmental dynamics in the region. The indigenous institutions are place-based, and their evolution is concerned with reducing vulnerability and enhancing the resilience capacity of place-based communities to cope with and adapt to local natural and socio-cultural environmental dynamics. The pa…
Interview with Gregory G. Maskarinec
Professor Gregory G. Maskarinec (May 16, 1951-June 16, 2022) was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology and Professor and Director at the Office of Global Health and International Medicine, Departments of Native Hawaiian Health and Family Medicine and Community Health John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i. He came to Nepal, in 1977, as a Peace Corps Volunteer and serv…
Changes in Ecological Relationships of Argali Magars
In this article I have looked the relationships of inter-ethnic and inter-ecological gradients, which mediated by social-cultural mechanism i.e. ista mitra (fictive kin relationship). Ista has played role to with local production and different socio-cultural of two different ecological setting. It tries to demonstrate how socio-cultural processes transform when rice gets closer market access. The ethnographic data suggest to argue that fictive ki…
Rites of Passage
This paper aims to explore how gifts are connected with the sanskars, rites of transition or rite of passage. I have discussed how gifts are connected culturally in the context of rites of transitions, in order to systematically search for the different contexts that influence those who act out these events, where people are obliged to give gift as well as oblige to receive, if one does not receive it becomes insult of giver and develops conflict…
Writing, Editing and Publishing an Article in a Scientific Journal
The purpose of this article is to discuss some important aspects involved while writing an article to publish in a scientific journal. This is a review article. I argue that writing an article is technical as well as creative art of an author which facilitates acceptance of article for publication in a scientific journal. Academicians are obliged to conduct research and publish articles to demonstrate their job efficiency. To publish an article i…
Changes in Ecological Relationships of Argali Magars
In this article I have looked the relationships of inter-ethnic and inter-ecological gradients, which mediated by social-cultural mechanism i.e. ista mitra (fictive kin relationship). Ista has played role to with local production and different socio-cultural of two different ecological setting. It tries to demonstrate how socio-cultural processes transform when rice gets closer market access. The ethnographic data suggest to argue that fictive ki…
Agriculture and ritual landscape
The PDF of this file is 2,357 kbytes in size and therefore will take a long time to download if you click on the PDF link below. If you would like the file to be sent to you by email, please send a request to [email protected]. Please include the citation below in your request. DOI: 10.3126/opsa.v8i0.1123Occasional Papers in Sociology and Anthropology Vol.8 2003 p.88-104
Ethnicity, National Integrity and Monument in Argal
In Nepal, social inclusion, ethnic identity, positive discrimination and proportional representation being burning issues now. Ethnic identity is a vital element of discussion for social inclusion, positive discrimination and proportional representation. Assertion on ethnic identity, seeks recognition from concerned institutions, practices traditions and advocates their ethnic right on socio-economic and political power. These issues are intrinsi…
Rites of Passage
This paper aims to explore how gifts are connected with the sanskars, rites of transition or rite of passage. I have discussed how gifts are connected culturally in the context of rites of transitions, in order to systematically search for the different contexts that influence those who act out these events, where people are obliged to give gift as well as oblige to receive, if one does not receive it becomes insult of giver and develops conflict…
Climate Change, Millet and Ritual Relationship with the Magars of Argal, Baglung, Nepal
This paper focuses on cultural analysis and how people are coping with new situation created by climate change in production of millet. Changes relating to climate change are observed; perceived and understood on a local level. This is an important area of study for anthropologists and it is interest of climate scientists as well. This paper is based on anthropological analysis on climate change effects on finger millet production in Argal VDC of…
Human Ecological Analysis of the Life of Pi
In this article, I have discussed how can we analyze an adventurous and fantasy Novel like 'Life of Pi' from human ecological perspective. Knowledge is generated and applied in diverse spatial and temporal contexts, which has varied implication to individuals, households, communities, and human kind as a whole. The implication confines not only to human being would be equally implicate to the surrounding of biotic and abiotic elements. The human …
Professor Gunnar Haaland, University of Bergen, Norway
Interview
Agricultural adaptation to climate change in the trans-Himalaya
This paper presents community interference on agricultural ecology against climate change impacts in Lo-manthang, Upper-Mustang, Nepal. The peoples' response strategies are based on traditional agroecological knowledge. This study applied the human ecological approach (Cause ➔ Effect ➔ Response) to analyze continuity and change in the agricultural practice of the indigenousLobacommunity of the Trans-Himalaya. Data were generated through anthropol…
Interview with Professor Om Gurung
Professor Om Gurung is a senior anthropologist, an influencing intellectual, and a prominent public leader in Nepal. He served Tribhuvan University as a professor of anthropology for 36 years and headed the Central Department of Sociology/Anthropology for 13 years. Professor Gurung did his M. A. in History from Tribhuvan University in 1975, M. A. in anthropology from the University of Poona in 1980, and Ph. D. in Anthropology from Cornell Univers…
Interview with Professor Chaitanya Mishra
Professor Chaitanya Mishra teaches Sociology to MPhil/PhD students at Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal. His research focuses on macrosociology, politics, social change, and social stratification. He is an author/co-author, and co-editor of 10 books and about 250 articles. He believes that all sciences should contribute to public education, and frequently contributes to public debates through the media. He started his career in 1978 as a researche…
Interview with Gregory G. Maskarinec
Professor Gregory G. Maskarinec (May 16, 1951-June 16, 2022) was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology and Professor and Director at the Office of Global Health and International Medicine, Departments of Native Hawaiian Health and Family Medicine and Community Health John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i. He came to Nepal, in 1977, as a Peace Corps Volunteer and serv…
Knowledge Devotee Gregory G. Maskarinec
This paper focuses on my perception and memories of Professor Gregory Maskarinec, who passed away on June 16, 2022, at 71. Professor Maskarinec was a member of the International Advisory Board of the Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology. He was also an author, reviewer, and financial endower. This paper discusses how Professor Maskarinec contributed to promoting journal publication and knowledge dissemination in the field of social sc…
Indigenous institutions as adaptive measures to environmental dynamics
This paper investigates how different institutions of Loba communities of the Upper Mustang work together and facilitate the community to cope with the environmental dynamics in the region. The indigenous institutions are place-based, and their evolution is concerned with reducing vulnerability and enhancing the resilience capacity of place-based communities to cope with and adapt to local natural and socio-cultural environmental dynamics. The pa…
Interview with Professor Edwin van Teijlingen
Edwin van Teijlingen is Dutch by birth and a Professor of Reproductive Health at Bournemouth University in the south of England. He has achieved a PhD in Medical Sociology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen connected with Nepal while supervising Nepali PhD scholars in UK, and he has been a frequent visitor to Nepal since 2006. He has supervised more than 35 PhDs, among which 13 are Nepali. He has examined more than 50 P…
Interview with Professor Dilli Ram Dahal
An eminent anthropologist, Professor Dilli Ram Dahal (10 March, 1946) was born in eastern Nepal. He was educated in Nepal, India, and the USA. He has contributed over 100 national and international journal articles and a dozen books. He has participated in several national and international seminars and conferences and supervised M.A., MPhil, and PhD theses. Prof. David Holmberg, an Anthropologist at Cornell University, had said, 'He (Prof. Dahal…
The Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Academic Writing and Publishing Papers
Use of AI
Interview with Professor Jeevan R. Sharma
Professor Jeevan R. Sharma
Interview with Professor Laya Prasad Uprety
Prof. Dr. Laya Prasad Uprety
Interview with Professor Ram Bahadur Chhetri
Professor Ram Bahadur Chhetri was born in Dehradun, India, on April 4, 1952. He comes from a military and peasant socio-cultural background. After completing his high school education in Nagaland, India, he received his Intermediate and Bachelor's degrees at Prithvi Narayan Campus in Pokhara, Nepal. He was initially enrolled in the Master's in Political Science program at the Central Department of Political Science at Tribhuvan University, Kirtip…
Authorship and Contributorship in Publication Ethics and Guidelines
Authorship and contributorship are among the most important, sensitive, and complex areas of academia and thus demand critical awareness among the authors, editors, and readers
Interview with Dr. Prem Bhandari
Dr. Prem Bhandari is a distinguished social scientist and a member of the International Advisory Board of Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (DJSA). Dr. Bhandari was born and raised in rural Nepal, where he began his academic pursuits. His educational journey continued across Kathmandu, Chitwan, Thailand, and the USA, covering diverse fields of study including biology, agricultural economics, rural development planning, and rural so…
Interview with Professor Samira Luitel
Born on March 7, 1952, into an educated and socially active family, Professor Samira Luitel is a distinguished sociologist and education consultant based in Kathmandu, Nepal. With a professional career spanning over four decades, she has made substantial contributions to the fields of education, gender studies, and social inclusion. Since her retirement in 2013, she has continued her work as a freelance consultant. Professor Luitel has held signi…
Interview with Professor Jeremy Spoon
Professor Jeremy Spoon is a distinguished cultural anthropologist with deep familial roots in Ashkenazic Judaism and more distant Sephardic Jewish ancestry. Since 2006, he has conducted fieldwork in Nepal for his PhD and collaborated with the Central Department of Anthropology at Tribhuvan University, undertaking an in-depth study of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Prof. Spoon engages closely with community members and government agencies at various …
Ethical Dilemmas in Visual Anthropology and Sociology in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
Scholars worldwide are in dialogue about using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in various fields of research. It has supported enhancing work efficiency, including social science research. Although ethical use of AI is still fuzzy, the use of AI in visual anthropological and sociological research that entails the Interpretive Approach raises several questions. This editorial highlights three key questions: Are researchers satisfied with the interpre…
Sociology (21 works) · Political science (17 works) · Law (10 works) · Media studies (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Anthropology (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Social science (7 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (6 works)