Residents' Perspectives of Their Landscape Aesthetics and their Implications: Case Studies from Ghandruk, Bandipur and Sauraha

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9 July 2023/२४ असार २०८० (आइतबार, दिउँसो ३ बजे)
Research Seminar Series
Residents' Perspectives of Their Landscape Aesthetics and Their Implications: Case Studies from Ghandruk, Bandipur and Sauraha
Dr Jharna Joshi, Visiting Faculty, Kathmandu University 

Biographical Note
Jharna Joshi has more than twenty years of experience in architecture, conservation, tourism and teaching in Nepal, China, Hong Kong, USA, Vietnam, Greece, Pakistan and New Zealand. She has worked as a heritage and infrastructure specialist with national and international agencies as well as educational institutions. Her notable projects include the Bandipur Eco Cultural Tourism Project that developed Bandipur, a hilltop town in Nepal as a new tourism destination; the documentation of Kartik Nach, a 350 year-old dance/drama and the restoration of Nagbahal hiti, an exceptional water architecture and an important source of water. Currently, she is involved in designing and restoring traditional buildings as well as teaching at architectural institutions and consulting in various projects. 

Joshi obtained her PhD from the Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand) in 2019. Her dissertation is titled "Landscape aesthetics, tourism, and change: Case studies in Nepal." Previously, she obtained her masters in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) and in the management of cultural landscapes from Jean Monnet University (France) after a bachelor’s in architecture from Tsinghua University (China).