Lessons from Kalahari Ju/'hoan Culture : Democracy, Childrearing, Education, and Community.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heckler, Melissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Khoisan (African people).

Community development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2025.

Summary:

Juǀ'hoan collective decision-making processes epitomize direct, participatory democracy: one person/one vote, enhanced by in-depth negotiations that lead to consensus. These practices are the basis of Juǀ'hoan education and culture, resulting in anr egalitarian culture that forms the foundation of an enduring democracy.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Pronunciation Guide

Introduction

Chapter 1 - The Earth Is Not Flat

Chapter 2 - The Hunter-Gatherer's Old Clothes and the Emperor's New Clothes

Chapter 3 - Beginnings: In 1999, !Xoma N!a'an from Botswana said "Da'abi ge a gǀa'a n!ang ko e gǀa'asi ko ta e !kasi" (Our children are the first things in our eyes and hearts)

Chapter 4 - Learning Trust

Chapter 5 - Many Children, Many Baobabs, and "It Will Taste Sweet"

Chapter 6 - The Whole Life Picnic and Other Botanical Lessons

Chapter 7 - Beyond Competition: Building a Community of Learners

Chapter 8 - "Oh Place Where We Have Played Stay Well": ǀKunta lUi

Chapter 9 - The Pitfalls of Praise

Chapter 10 - The Roots of Innovation, Individuation, and the Hidden Nature of Play

Chapter 11 - Play-Exploration: The Ultimate Democratic Teaching/Learning Tool

Chapter 12 - Something New under the Sun: Play

Chapter 13 - Learning about Juǀ'hoan Ancestors through Rock Art, Storytelling, and Drawing

Chapter 14 - The Explosive Power of Pretend: Looking for Uharosi

Chapter 15 - Class Picnic at the Baobab and the Hidden Power of Play

Chapter 16 - The Origins of Writing and Numeracy

Chapter 17 - Where Has the Trickster Gone?

Chapter 18 - Teaching and Learning in a High-Accumulation Society

Chapter 19 - Teacher as Student

Chapter 20 - The Nyae Nyae Peace Talks, 1990

Chapter 21 - "Different People Just Have Different Minds"

Chapter 22 - Democracy in Practice: Nyae Nyae, Namibia, 1991-2016

Chapter 23 - ǀXAǀHOBA WELLCOME DANCING ARTIFACTS

Chapter 24 - National Conference on Land Reform and the Land Question

Chapter 25 - The Whole Village Learning Environment

Chapter 26 - Juǀ'hoan Educational Values

Chapter 27 - ǀǀXaloba Curriculum Gathering

Chapter 28 - Hidden in the Villages.

Chapter 29 - "Two Packages of Tobacco" and Dancing Artifacts, or "Who Do These People Think They Are?"

Chapter 30 - Ehe! A Last Lesson in Literacy and Humility

Chapter 31 - Family-Based Schools

Chapter 32 - Embers from the Old Fire: Democracy, Child-rearing, and Forms of Government

Chapter 33 - Ju nǀe'e: We Are One

Chapter 34 - The World of the Spirit

Chapter 35 - Healers and a Dance: More Experience in the World of the Spirit

Chapter 36 - The Hierarchy of Modern Religions

Chapter 37 - Solutions from Old, Old Juǀ'hoansi

Chapter 38 - Namibia and Botswana, 1992-1999: "Our Children Are the First Things in Our Eyes and Hearts"

Chapter 39 - A Return to Nyae Nyae in 2002: Lessons in Progress

Chapter 40 - Nǂaqmtjoha: The Village

Chapter 41 - The Black Mamba Tree

Chapter 42 - Hidden in the Villages II

Chapter 43 - lAsa, or How to Start School in Nǂaqmtjoha

Chapter 44 - Reconnecting

Chapter 45 - Learning and Democracy: From the Ground Up

Chapter 46 - Anthropology, Juǀ'hoan Style

Chapter 47 - Arc of Sorrow: Leaving Again

Chapter 48 - Return to ǀǀXaǀhoba Village and School: Journal Entry, July 13, 2012

Chapter 49 - The Grinding Age of Culture

Chapter 50 - Healing Dance 2018: N!om: Healing for All

A Conclusion in Two Parts

References

Index.

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ISBN:

1-83695-098-5

1-83695-099-3

OCLC:

1526860120