Dato
22.02.2008

Klokka
10:15

5.402 (Teorifagbygget, hus 5, plan 4)

Instituttseminar v/Institutt for sosialantropologi, SVF

NIGEL CRAWHALL
presents:

Race, language and identity in South Africa

The talk has three parts a) a description of the peopling of South Africa - what we know about aboriginal occupation, migration and conquest b) the emergence of the State and the impact of colonialism and apartheid on ideas of ethnicity, race and identity c) the legacy of the racist past and how it impacts on the contemporary democratic state.

Emphasis is placed on tracing the situation of the San of South Africa in relation to incoming populations and their challenges to survive in the current era.

The talk includes a discussion of paradigms about language and cultural diversity can influence the way a State acts. Three paradigms
- Language as a Problem, Language as a Right, and Language as a Resource are considered.


Nigel Crawhall, Ph. D., is Director of the Secretariat of the Indigenous Peoples of South Africa Co-ordinating Committee. He is presently a visiting scholar at the Department of Social Anthropology

Nettsider
http://uit.no/73/1432/1

Kontaktperson
Jon Schackt

Epost
jon.schackt@sv.uit.no

Tlf/mobil
77644132