Postgraduate Course: Khoisan Southern Africa (PGSP11046)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
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. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| 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. |
Assessment Information
| 4000 word essay |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Prof Alan Barnard
Tel: (0131 6)50 3938
Email: A.Barnard@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Caroline Foord
Tel: (0131 6)51 3009
Email: caroline.foord@ed.ac.uk |
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