Project Outputs

During the project, this page will be updated with various written and audiovisual research outputs.

Policy brief

Community Involvement in Conservation and Livelihood Initiatives in the Eastern Himalayas is a critical reflection written by academic and societal partners included in the Futuring Heritage project consortium, published by the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI) in cooperation with the North East Centre for Social Science Research (NESRC).

>> Read the policy brief here. 

Articles and blogposts

Shillong Times Nokmarangni bilko rakkina Leiden University baksa soi ka·a, 18 June 2026.

Anna Notsu Accompanying the Departure: Niamtre Preparations for Mourning in Shangpung Pohshnong, 30 May 2026. 

Anna Notsu Love, Care and Fear: Ritual and Emotion among the Niamtre Pnar, 15 April 2026. 

Anna Notsu Always with Women: Lakadong’s Prosperity in Shangpung Pohshnong, 10 March 2026.

Erik de Maaker Why Garo Village Heads Matter, 7 March 2026.

Erik de Maaker Christmas at Midnight: Celebrations of Community in Garo Hills, 29 December 2025.

(also published in Garo as: de Maaker, Erik. A·chik a·songo ‘Krismas’ maniani, Salanti Janera, 19-02-2026) 

Anna Notsu Telling Together to Know Together: From Saipung to Shillong, and Beyond, 25 November 2025.

Anna Notsu Religion, Culture and the Question of Indigeneity in Meghalaya, 13 September 2025.

Shillong Times Futuring Heritage’ research project gets off to a good start, 15 January 2025.

Anna Notsu Conservation in question: When Anthropology meets ‘nature’, 21 January 2025.

Anna Notsu To be or not to be: Questioning indigeneity, 11 September 2025.

Erik de Maaker Futuring Heritage: Conservation, Community and Contestation, 17 September 2025. 

Anna Notsu and Abhimanyu Chettri Futuring Heritage: More-than-human Tensions, Negotiations and Place-making in the Eastern Himalayas, 14 October 2025.

Martens, Wilke (2026), De jonge wetenschapper: Abhimanyu Chettri. Leidraad 2026 35(1):32-33. 

Notsu, Anna. 2026. “Held in a Story: Relatability Across Plates and Places.” Anthropology and Humanism 51(1): e70080

Erik de Maaker Thapana Thianglai at Nulding Kut 2025!, 17 January 2025.