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Sienna Radha Craig

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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Departments and Programs

  • Anthropology

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Contact Information

Email: sienna.r.craig@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-9356
Office: 6047 Silsby Hall

Education

B.A. Brown University; M.A. Cornell University; Ph.D. Cornell University

Areas of Expertise

Medical anthropology; social studies of science; international development studies; applied and action research; professionalization, expertise, and modes of knowledge transmission; nationalism, ethnicity, and identity; diaspora, exile, and displacement; South and East Asia (focusing on Nepal, greater Himalaya, Tibetan areas of China); writing across the disciplines

Selected Works

  • "A Crisis of Confidence: A Comparison Between Tibetan Medical Education in Nepal and Tibet," in Tibetan Medicine: Proceedings from the 10th International Association of Tibetan Studies Meetings, M Schrempf (ed.) (2006).
  • "Challenges of Clinical Research in a Cross-Cultural Setting: Case Studies from Lhasa, Tibet," with V Adams, S Miller, and M Varner, Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 19:3 (2005) 267-289.
  • "A Tale of Two Temples: Culture, Capital, and Community in Mustang, Nepal," European Bulletin of Himalayan Research, 27 (2005) 11-36.
  • "Having a 'Safe' Delivery: Conflicting Views from Tibet," with V Adams, S Miller, J Chertow, A Samen, and M Varner, Health Care for Women International, 26:9 (2005) 821-851.
  • Tibetan Medicine in Contemporary Tibet: Health and Health Care, vol. 2, (2004).

Current Projects

Medicine Between Religion and Science: Explorations on Tibetan Grounds; Himalayan Healers in Transition: Professionalization, Identity, and Engagements with Conservation and Development among Tibetan Medicine Practitioners in Nepal; "Informed Consent in Cross Cultural Perspective: The Case of Clinical Research in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), PRC;" "Global Pharmna in the Land of Snows: Tibetan Medicines and Identity Politics Across Nations;" "The Many Faces of a Teacher: A Portrait of Tshampa Ngawang"