Tshebe (Caibei) received her聽PhD in 2010 from聽Minzu University of China in Beijing.聽She studies Tibetan cultural聽history and conducts research聽on the Tibetan landscape and Holy Land. Her聽doctoral dissertation explored聽a very old Mountain Spirit or Local Deity called 鈥楢-Myes-Rma-Chen鈥�, particularly its role and symbolic significance in Tibetan society in the pre-Buddhist period. Tshebe currently focuses on landscape transformation聽in Himalayan areas, and聽has an interest in Tibetan film from an anthropological聽perspective. She is聽an Associate Professor of聽Tibetan Buddhism at Qinghai Minzu University and associated with the聽Himalayan Research Center. She is currently a聽Visiting Scholar at the 麻豆视频 with the Department of Geography and the Center for Asian Studies.