Book contents
- Shaping the African Savannah
- African Studies Series
- Shaping the African Savannah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 The Evolution of Pre-Colonial Environmental Infrastructure
- Part 3 Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
- 4 Scientists, Cartographers, Photographers, and the Establishment of Western Knowledge of the Kaokoveld
- 5 The Establishment of Colonial Administration and the Re-establishment of a Pastoral Livelihood
- 6 The Politics of Encapsulation: Game Protection, Instituting Borders, and Controlling Mobility
- Part 4 The State, Intervention, and Local Appropriations between the 1950s and 1980s
- Part 5 Dynamics of Social-Ecological Relations between the 1990s and the Present
- Part 6 Theorising Time, Space, and Change in a Pastoral System
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
4 - Scientists, Cartographers, Photographers, and the Establishment of Western Knowledge of the Kaokoveld
from Part 3 - Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 June 2020
Book contents
- Shaping the African Savannah
- African Studies Series
- Shaping the African Savannah
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Part 1 Introduction
- Part 2 The Evolution of Pre-Colonial Environmental Infrastructure
- Part 3 Encapsulation and Pastoralisation, 1900s to 1940s
- 4 Scientists, Cartographers, Photographers, and the Establishment of Western Knowledge of the Kaokoveld
- 5 The Establishment of Colonial Administration and the Re-establishment of a Pastoral Livelihood
- 6 The Politics of Encapsulation: Game Protection, Instituting Borders, and Controlling Mobility
- Part 4 The State, Intervention, and Local Appropriations between the 1950s and 1980s
- Part 5 Dynamics of Social-Ecological Relations between the 1990s and the Present
- Part 6 Theorising Time, Space, and Change in a Pastoral System
- Bibliography
- Index
- African Studies Series
Summary
Chapters 4, 5, and 6 deal with the first thirty years of colonial rule in the region. Chapter 4 discusses how knowledge on the region was gained by agents of the colonial administration, scientists, and travellers. The media for storing knowledge were lengthy travel reports, photography, and maps. North-western Namibia is construed as a frontier region in which wildlife and 'primitive tribes' have survived. The chapter discusses in detail how knowledge gained and enshrined in expeditions is laid down in different media.
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- Shaping the African SavannahFrom Capitalist Frontier to Arid Eden in Namibia, pp. 71 - 92Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020