PhD Candidate
Geography
Phurwa is a PhD candidate聽in Geography working with Dr. Emily Yeh. He is receiving graduate training in political ecology,聽critical development studies, and Indigenous geographies. His research examines聽intersecting questions of state-making,聽Indigeneity, and multispecies worldmaking;聽specifically, as they transpire in聽contestations over yartsa gunbu at the interface of inter/national conservation agendas, climate change, and Indigenous environmental governance聽in Dolpo, Nepal.