Thesis
Dwelling and building in Ngamiland, Northern Botswana
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This thesis is an investigation of the ways in which activities of house-building are woven into the histories and biographies of the people of Ngamiland in nothern Botswana. Criticising those approaches in anthropology that have tended to see forms of buildings as the symbolic expressions of (or metaphors for) aspects of social order, the thesis argues that building practices are themselves embedded in the current of social activity - that is, of dwelling - which, over time, is generativ...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2002
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- td:604788484
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Christopher Morton
- Copyright date:
- 2002
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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