1. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Placement-6 months in China
What?- Working with small
community development projects
and eco-tourism businesses.
Why?-Fascination with China
since living in Xinjiang and cultural
diversity.
„Shangri-la‟, NW Yunnan, Deqing
Autonomous Prefecture.
2. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
James Hilton (1933)-Myth
of „Shangri-La‟
Shangri-La name
change (2001)-Example of
statecraft
Increase in tourism-
domestic and international tourists
3. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
SACP- Dakpa‟s story
Aims
Thangka Academy
Eco-lodge – Dara
village, ownership
Tasks-Writing tour
itineraries, learning about cultural
traditions/myths and interviewing
villagers.
Dakpa Kelden-founder of
SACP
4. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Carter Malik (founder), staff, students, friends and pregnant
cat at YMHF (2011)
5. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Tse Rang- music
Tourists-
singing, playing music
Cds-lyric book
Tse Rang- Tibetan Musician and founder of
Shangri-La Folk Music Preservation Association
6. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
CP Advantages
Provides
opportunities
Training and
education
Integration
Educating
domestic/internati-
onal tourists
7. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
CP
Disadvantages
Sustainability?
„new‟ culture?
Back/front
stage
Change-no use
Sad to be the
same
8. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Old generation VS New generation
What do the people want?
Dakpa‟s story “sofa” and his mother
9. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Anicent Tea horse road
Jeff Fuchs (2010)
Journey
Awareness and retelling
of life stories
www.jefffuchs.com
10. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Thank you! :D
„Kadinchey‟by Pogo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCc4abTuaE
11. Cultural Preservation and
„The Ancient Tea Horse Road‟
Contact Info:
Name: Tess Sadatian
Email:
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