...This chapter looks into the construction of Hunza's remoteness in the socio-spatial domain of geographical exploration. It describes how the explorations and surveys performed in the region resulted not only in acquisition of geopolitical information, including descriptions and cataloguing...

... settlement process constructed Hunza's remoteness. Under the Empire, the natives of Hunza were treated with an air of exclusivity and romanticism such as distant and quaint places often are associated with. After the conquest, the region became an ideal society in need of British protection and paternalism...

...This chapter explores the construction of Hunza's remoteness within the discourse of antimodernism. During the mid-twentieth century, a number of Western medical doctors and farmers visited the region, fascinated with the remarkably good health of the people of Hunza, which they attributed...

...This chapter views the construction of remoteness at the Hunza region from the perspective of categorization and governance of imperial territory. It uses the discourses of “friction of distance” and “rhetoric of distance” in this perspective, rendering Hunza as a remote place and inhabited...

...This chapter examines how indigenous notions of space and place are structured by focusing on the people living in the village of Shimshal. It studies how the Shimshali act and perceive their geographical remoteness. The Shimshali seasonal migration of yaks creates zones of remoteness within...

...This chapter presents two discourses on nature which looks at the construction of Shimshal's remoteness. Both discourses are considered in the socio-spatial domain of environmental conservation. In the first discourse, the Shimshal appears as the last refuge for endangered species such as the Marco...

...This epilogue draws together the various aspects of remoteness tackled in the entire book. It looks into how the existence and perceptions of remoteness and remote areas have become inherent conditions of modernity and the process of modernization. The history of Hunza shows that some of the themes...

... of cultural authenticity and hospitality. During this period, the remoteness of the region was framed as an explanation for the preservation of pristine agricultural practices. This serves as a stark contrast to the perceptions in the early 2000s, when remoteness was viewed as an explanation...

...This groundbreaking book is the first sustained anthropological inquiry into the idea of remote areas. The author examines the surprisingly diverse ways that the people of Hunza, a remote independent state in Pakistan, have been viewed by outsiders over the past century. The author also explores...