Abstract
For Buddhist laity in Ladakh, familiar paths and places are delineated by both movement and avoidance. Negative forms of engagement with the landscape operate as active means of place-making: curtailed movement, avoidance, and the redirection of non-human movement all work to disentangle self and landscape, protecting against dangers often embodied in spirits. These processes invert the normal logic of wayfaring and dwelling, relying on curtailed movement as a means of protection against the threats inherent in the landscape. Avoidance behaviour contributes to the management of the porous and shifting boundaries through which threatening forces routinely flow, particularly after nightfall.
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