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The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills (2012)
Journal Article
Miles-Watson, J. (2012). The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills. Suomen Antropologi, 37(4), 30-46

This paper engages Lévi-Strauss’ notion of implicit myth with data drawn from extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Shimla. Shimla is located in the Indian Himalayas and today exists in an obvious relationship with its past, when it was known as Simla,... Read More about The Cathedral on the Ridge and the Implicit Mythology of the Shimla Hills.

The Cathedral on the Ridge: Implicit Myth in the Shimla Hills (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Miles-Watson, J. (2011, December). The Cathedral on the Ridge: Implicit Myth in the Shimla Hills. Paper presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, Santa Fe, USA

Conflicts and Connections in the Landscape of the Manimahesh Pilgrimage. (2011)
Journal Article
Miles-Watson, J., & Miles-Watson, S. B. (2011). Conflicts and Connections in the Landscape of the Manimahesh Pilgrimage. Tourism (Zagreb), 59(3), 319-333

There is a significant, established, record of academic discussion of Himalayan pilgrimages, which when taken together, direct understandings of pilgrimage in this region in a way that draws attention to some aspects of the landscape of Himalayan pil... Read More about Conflicts and Connections in the Landscape of the Manimahesh Pilgrimage..

Ethnographic Insights into Happiness (2010)
Book Chapter
Miles-Watson, J. (2010). Ethnographic Insights into Happiness. In J. Steedman, J. Atherton, & E. Graham (Eds.), Political Economy, Religion and Wellbeing: The Practices of Happiness. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group