

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The World in Sand - Anthropology Seminar Series
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This seminar, held in collaboration with the Department of Middle Eastern and Asian Languages and Cultures, will be presented by Professor Yun Tang.

Date and Time: Wednesday, 18th February, from 12:00 to 14:00
Location: VC101, IT Services, Msida Campus


The World in Sand: Desertification and Resilience in Pastoral Lifeworlds across Alpine Wetlands and Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau.

Abstract:
In the alpine wetlands and grasslands along the eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, desertification was not historically a familiar environmental category for local residents. Since the 1990s, however, it has come to be widely framed by state and scientific institutions as a major ecological threat. Beginning in the mid-1990s, a series of state-sponsored intervention projects introduced intensified investment and a range of biophysical strategies aimed at restoring degraded grasslands.

Bio: Professor Yun Tang is a cultural anthropologist whose research focuses on disaster, landscape, memory, religion, and heritage, with particular attention to social transformation and cultural adaptation over time, drawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork in Southwest China.
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- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Msida
- **state**: MA
- **country**: Malta
- **location**: University of Malta, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta
- **lat**: 35.90076
- **long**: 14.47586
- **full address**: University of Malta, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, Malta

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- **organizer**: Anthropology at UM (https://allevents.in/org/anthropology-at-um/14649141)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 18 Feb, 2026 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** University of Malta, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta, University of Malta, Msida, MSD, Malta
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Anthropology at UM
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, fine-arts
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