The San (Bushmen, Basarwa) of the Kalahari Desert and adjacent regions in southern Africa have been studied intensively by anthropologists for over a century. For the past forty years human rights and development work has been carried out in cooperation with San communities in the Republic of Botswana. Using a comparative perspective, we examine the economic wellbeing and livelihood strategies of San living in varying circumstances ranging from freehold farms to a protected area and a communal area with mixed production systems in Botswana. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of using a socioeconomic approach as a way to measure Indigenous wellbeing and as a means of improving public policy involving Indigenous peoples.
The Economic Wellbeing of the San of the Western, Central, and Eastern Kalahari Regions of Botswana / R.K. Hitchcock, M. Sapignoli - In: Routledge Handbook of Indigenous Wellbeing / [a cura di] C. Fleming Christopher, M. Manning. - Prima edizione. - New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2019. - ISBN 9781351051262. - pp. 170-183
The Economic Wellbeing of the San of the Western, Central, and Eastern Kalahari Regions of Botswana
M. Sapignoli
2019
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The San (Bushmen, Basarwa) of the Kalahari Desert and adjacent regions in southern Africa have been studied intensively by anthropologists for over a century. For the past forty years human rights and development work has been carried out in cooperation with San communities in the Republic of Botswana. Using a comparative perspective, we examine the economic wellbeing and livelihood strategies of San living in varying circumstances ranging from freehold farms to a protected area and a communal area with mixed production systems in Botswana. Conclusions are drawn about the importance of using a socioeconomic approach as a way to measure Indigenous wellbeing and as a means of improving public policy involving Indigenous peoples.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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