| Naming the Land. San Identity and Community Conservation in Namibia's West Caprivi Contributor(s): Taylor, Julie J. (Author), Beinart, William (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 3905758253 ISBN-13: 9783905758252 Publisher: Basler Afrika Bibliographien OUR PRICE: $56.43 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Human Geography |
| Dewey: 304.2 |
| LCCN: 2012314737 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.00 lbs) 282 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book encompasses a history of identity-building amongst Khwe San people, and of contestations for authority over land and natural resources in Namibia's West Caprivi. The politics of authority in this contested borderland area were significantly shaped by state and NGO interventions into local institutions and land use between the late 1930s and 2006. Julie J. Taylor pays close attention to the role of NGOs in these processes. She shows that, in their relationship with West Caprivi's residents, NGOs unintentionally contributed towards the hardening and politicising of ethnic difference, including through the implementation of land mapping projects. At the same time, in their relationship with the state, NGOs often worked to "depoliticise" struggles over authority, thus inadvertently reinforcing the state's authority in the area. |