Anthropology 1025F/G Study Guide - Brown Hair, Hutu, Ethnocide
10 Jul 2014
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Ju/hoansi: namibia gained independence in 1990, german and british colonialism, then part of south africa, dispossessed of large parts of their land, practice mixed economy, engage in wage labour, work for government mostly, problems: unemployment, friction within the community, they are nt simply passive victims but agents a foundation (ngo) was established by anthropologists in 1981 to help people to help themselves provided funding for tools and initiatives, advocacy. Horticulture: cultivation of crops in gardens with simple hand tools, no mechanical means, usually division of labor by gender, rather use rights than property rights, problem of access to land because the land is used by other farmers, tourists, preservation, miners etc. Pastoralism: herding animals, 2 types: nomadism (entire group moves with the animals) & transhumance(part of the group moves and the other part stays in the village, supplement diet by cultivating, hunting and gathering or trading, gendered division of labour, private property, use rights of land.
