Title: Roots and routes : Karretjie people of the Great Karoo : the marginalisation of a South African first people /
Authors: De Jongh, M. 1943-
Publisher: Unisa Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: San (African people) South Africa Great Karoo.; San (African people) South Africa Great Karoo Social life and customs.; Migration, Internal South Africa Great Karoo.; Indigenous peoples South Africa Great Karoo.; Poor South Africa Great Karoo.; Nomads South Africa Great Karoo Social life and customs.; Great Karoo (South Africa) History.
Contents: Case study 1: Plaatjie Januarie -- 1. Introduction : Itinerants ; Poorest of the poor ; Strangers in their own land ; Karretjie agency ; Karretjie people and 'gypsies' ; Studying the Karretjie people -- 2. Karoo wanderers: environment, context and the making of the Karretjie people : The time before humans ; And then came the people ; Historical times: then came the Europeans ; Colesberg ; Victoria West ; Changing demography ; The making of the Karretjie people ; Perceptions and oral tradition ; Historical and prehistoric evidence ; The archaeological record ; Sheep-farming: from foragers to Karretjiemense -- 3. Methodology on the move: fieldwork with the Karretjie people : Entering the field: strategic and methodological considerations ; Itinerancy, domestic fluidity and disempowerment: challenges for qualitative methodology ; And itinerant children ; Unpacking methodology --^