Pearly Wong
Credentials: Anthropology, Environment and Resources (Nelson Institute)
Position title: PhD Student
| Previous Institution(s) | |
| UNESCO, United Nations University | |
| Areas of Research Interest | |
| Development, Environment, Sustainability, Nepal, Intersectionality | |
| Areas of General Interest | |
| Decolonizing knowledge, Cultural Politics, Postcolonial studies | |
| List of published and non-published works | |
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Wong, P. (Accepted book chapter, in press). Achieving Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Global South. In Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Cambridge University Press. Wong, P. (2020). The Vulnerable State and Technical Fixes: An Analysis of Climate Change Policy and Adaptation Strategy in Nepal. Himalaya 39 (2). Available at:https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol39/iss2/5 Wong, P. (Oct 18, 2018). Water Justice vs. Western Development in Nepal. Edge Effects. Wong P. and Clammer J. (2017). Performance and Development: Theatre for Social Change. In: Clammer J., Giri A. (eds) The Aesthetics of Development. Palgrave Macmillan: New York. Wong, P. and Herath, S. (2014). Equity in Bulk Water Allocation: The Case of the Mahaweli Ganga Development Project in Sri Lanka. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30(4), 635–648. http://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2014.882196 Wong, P. (2013). ‘Local Ownership’ in Peacebuilding – a Premature Rhetoric?’ United Nations Peace and Progress 1(1), 47-57 Pearly Wong
Latest Publication: Wong, Pearly. 2020. The Vulnerable State and Technical Fixes: An Analysis of Official Climate Change Discourses in Nepal. HIMALAYA 39(2). Available at: https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/himalaya/vol39/iss2/5 Please support my fundraising campaign for a community in Nepal! Have a look at their awesome work: https://fundly.com/shikharapur-agricultural-colleg |
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| Favorite part about CSA | |
| I love the amazing community of scholars and friends, as well as the myriad opportunities for language study, collaboration, and samosas! | |
| Hobbies | |
| read, sing, dance, eat | |
| Favorite part of living in Madison | |
| The lake, the four seasons, the right size |