Asian Geographic 2017

C ontents

heritage
66 No Land for Nomads
Modernisation is emptying Mongolia’s
steppe. Are we seeing the last nomadic
generation of herders?
BY ZIGOR ALDAMA, MIGUEL CANDELA

on assignMent

84 Rituals of Remembrance

Taiwan negotiates its cultural

survival – and revival – in the face

of modernisation

BY NIC BARKDULL, PAUL RATJE

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76 The Land of Women

The Hae-Nyeo divers of Jeju Island in

South Korea have been freediving for

hundreds of years, harvesting seafood

BY OLIVER JARVIS, Y.ZIN KIM

culture issue

on the cover

Punk is finding

its voice in Asia,

providing a powerful

form of social

commentary (p48)

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