Workshop@PAM: Circulating Knowledge Through the Air and Land

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Workshop: Circulating Knowledge Through Air and Land Synthetic prayer flags have been enthusiastically embraced throughout the Himalayas and by Buddhist communities around the world over the last three decades. Traditionally, prayer flags, known as lungta and tarchod, were intended to carry prayers and blessings on the wind and were printed as needed in villages and monasteries using biodegradable materials. Mass production using synthetic fabrics and screen printing has made prayer flags more convenient to obtain. However, the discovery of microplastics in high mountain environments, along…

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