Field Notes

Mongolia Field Note #15  ‣  Author: Andrew Laurie Background The White-throated Dipper, or Гялаан омруут харзлай, (Cinclus cinclus) is distributed from Europe to China, including upland parts of Mongolia.    Andrew […]

Author: Kristen Pearson  |  Mongolia is one of the few places in the world with environmental conditions favorable to the long-term preservation of organic materials, such as textile, leather, and wood.

Author: Blake Epstein  |  Looking at the linguistic landscape of Mongolia enhances our knowledge about Mongolians’ use of language and literacy in their daily lives.

Author: Phillip Marzluf  |  The Ikh Nart Nature Preserve contains a vast array of archaeological sites and artifacts spanning more than 9,000 years of the human history.

Author: Ryan C. Burner  |  Unlike the famous Saker Falcon of Mongolian pride, this small falcon uses nests built by magpies and little is known about the details of its nesting ecology.

Author: Paweł Szczap  |  Ulaanbaatar, the arena of rapid social, cultural, economic and political development, is also a site of utter visual pollution and makeshift planning efforts.

Author: Peter Bittner  |  360º video to capture the stories of rural-urban migrants living on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar.

Author: Dimitri Staszewski  |  The goal of Mongol Music Archive is to capture everyday uses of traditional music in the daily lives of Mongolian herders.

Author: Marissa J. Smith  |  Being proficient in English and Mongolian (as well as Russian) placed me in a variety of hierarchical positions throughout the course of the fieldwork.

Author: Scott Parker  |  Even with beds, clothes, and food ready at hand, 60 children remain on the streets, with more joining their ranks monthly.