Objectives
The Tamang Heritage Trail in Nepal, introduced as part of the Tourism for Rural Poverty Alleviation Program (TRPAP), provides an opportunity to ethnic minorities to exhibit their culture, customs and heritage, but the Tamang built heritage is currently under severe threat. Almost all the houses have been damaged (at different levels of severity) from the 2015 Gorkha earthquakes, and inhabitants have been forced to repair their houses using non-traditional methods such as RCC frames or brick masonry to meet the government building standards and respect the deadline for receiving reconstruction grants.
The EWAP project has built on the research carried out by ASF Nepal and AE&CC-CRAterre, while involving local people, craftsmen and communities in order to document both the technical elements of this built heritage and the cultures, knowledge and practices that have shaped it. The documents and reports developed by the project will be shared with local governments, researchers, students, development analysts and policy-makers, craftspeople and various technical professional associations to help support reconstruction and self-recovery projects.
Partners
- NHSRP
- ASF Nepal
- CRS
Resources
Oxford Brookes University/EWAP
