RVN Webinar Series - Disciplinary Déjà Vu: Interdisciplinarity And The Eastern African 'Khoisan'
Channel: Rift Valley Network
Date: 14/08/2020

Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and 
findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change.

How to cite: Knisley, Matthew. 2020. Disciplinary déjà vu: interdisciplinarity and the Eastern African 'Khoisan'. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 12/08/2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3985870

Abstract: 
The Hadza and Sandawe are typically described as descendants of deep-time lineages capable of providing insight into Africa’s - and humanity’s - past. Drawing on science and technology studies, this talk provides a critical genealogy of how the Hadza and Sandawe came to be categorized as linguistically, biologically, and culturally "Khoisan." It ends with a discussion of how this categorization has both facilitated and limited investigations of northern Tanzania's prehistory. If time allows, a brief overview of archaeological fieldwork conducted in the Sandawe homeland between 2015 and 2018 informed by this genealogical critique will be described.

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