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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

Postgraduate Course: Khoisan Southern Africa (PGSP11046)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
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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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserProf Alan Barnard
Tel: (0131 6)50 3938
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Morag Wilson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5122
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