CLAB20H3 Lecture 4: lecture 4
Document Summary
Painting by artist activist ashley cecil depicts third world women"s disappointment when their crops don"t grow as well as they had hoped. Modern technology has penetrated the third world, particularly in farming, but the results have not always been positive. Sedentary: a mode of livelihood characterized by permanent or semi-permanent settlements. The kalahari desert (shown in maroon) & kalahari basin (orange) People: ju/"hoansi also called the ju/wasi and the !kung: first film, edited and narrated by lorna marshall. Comprised of footage shot in 1951 in the kalahari desert: offers a wealth of practical information about the material culture and structure of. !kung san: resettlement, by john marshall (1988: film shows some of the dramatic changes in life-style that ju/"hoansi had experienced by 1986. The idea that human history is the story of steady advance from a life dependent on the whims of nature to a life of control and domination over natural forces.
