San Elders Speak
Wits University Press (Verlag)
978-1-77614-662-8 (ISBN)
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San material culture has been a subject of study for many researchers and archaeologists but rarely has the documented material been seen through the eyes of the people themselves. San Elders Speak: Ancestral Knowledge of the Kalahari San is the first attempt to document indigenous knowledge through the voices of four San elders from the Kalahari. Over a period of seven days, the authors presented the four San elders, leaders in their community and custodians of ancient knowledge, with of the largest collection of KhoiSan ethnographica collected by Dr Louis Fourie at the beginning of the 19th century.
The San elders rediscovered objects last seen in their childhood and shared stories inspired by their handling of the objects. They provide the correct traditional names and explain how items were made, from what material, who used them, why and when. In a number of instances the elders changed the identification given by Louis Fourie. The knowledge they shared over those several days at Museum Africa in Johannesburg provide an enriching account that links the past and present in San life in illuminating ways. The text is accompanied by a rich visual record of the artefacts and how the San elders portray their use.
Aimed at scholars and students of archaeology, human evolution, anthropology, material culture studies, conservation, museology, and African studies, San Elders Speak is a captivating record into all aspects of this ancient and vanishing world of indigenous knowlegde, and represents a unique heritage for the people of descendant San communities.
Lucinda Backwell is a researcher in the Instituto Superior de Estudios Sociales (CONICET), Tucumán, Argentina and an Honorary Researcher in the Evolutionary Studies Institute and DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence in Palaeosciences at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Francesco d'Errico is Director of Research of Exceptional Class at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Bordeaux, France, and Professor at the Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen, Norway. Author of more than 200 articles and research monographs, he is ranked since 2016 in the list of the Highly Cited Researchers in social sciences.
List of figures
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Maps
Chapter 1 Meeting the San Elders
Chapter 2 San: Past and Present
Chapter 3 The Life And Times of Louis Fourie
Chapter 4 Day 1
Chapter 5 Day 2 Morning
Chapter 6 Day 2 Afternoon
Chapter 7 Day 3 Morning
Chapter 8 Day 3 Afternoon
Chapter 9 Day 4 Morning
Chapter 10 Day 4 Afternoon
Chapter 11 Day 5
Chapter 12 Day 6
Chapter 13 Day 7
Appendix
Bibliography
About the authors
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.09.2021 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 300 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Johannesburg |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 203 x 254 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-77614-662-X / 177614662X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-77614-662-8 / 9781776146628 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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