? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : SPS-P-KHOISAN

This course explores the ethnography of the 'Bushmen', 'Basarwa' or 'San' (traditionally hunter-gatherers) and the Khoekhoe (traditionally herders), their history, and their current condition. A key aspect of the course is the method and theory of regional comparison. The course also examines the general relation between theory and ethnography, the historical construction of ethnicity and ethnography, the imagery of both popular and scholarly literature, the 'revisionist debate' in hunter-gatherer studies, and some practical questions of conflict, land rights, and social development.

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Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Social and Political Studies), (School of Social and Political Studies, Schedule J)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

The course aims to help students learn to solve analytical and practical problems, at advanced level, through a focus on Khoisan populations, their history, the history of their ethnographic study, the debates anthropologists have had about them in recent years, and the problems these peoples face today with regard to environmental and political pressures from both inside and outside their communities. It is hoped that students will each improve their research skills through independent research and essay-writing on their chosen topic.

(i) 1 long essay (4000 words) worth 80% of the available marks
(ii) 1 short written assignment (max. 1500 words) worth 20% of the available marks

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Sue Grant
Tel : (0131 6)51 1777
Email : sue.grant@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Prof Alan Barnard
Tel : (0131 6)50 3938
Email : A.Barnard@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/