Checking the Kulcha: Local discourse of culture in the Kavango region of Namibia
type: CreativeWork
description: This thesis makes an ethnographic contribution to the anthropological debates about the contested nature of ?culture? as a central term in the discipline. It examines discourses as tools that create, recreate, modify and transmit culture. The research was done in the town of Rundu in Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. In attempting to understand the local notions of culture this study focused on two main events: the Independence Day celebration on 21 March 2006 and a funeral that was held earlier in the month of January. During the study two particular media through which cultural ideas are negotiated, language and clothing were observed.
abstract: This thesis makes an ethnographic contribution to the anthropological debates about the contested nature of ?culture? as a central term in the discipline. It examines discourses as tools that create, recreate, modify and transmit culture. The research was done in the town of Rundu in Kavango region, northeastern Namibia. In attempting to understand the local notions of culture this study focused on two main events: the Independence Day celebration on 21 March 2006 and a funeral that was held earlier in the month of January. During the study two particular media through which cultural ideas are negotiated, language and clothing were observed.
author: Akuupa, Michael Uusiku
keywords: Namibia, Ethnic relations, Language and culture, Tribes, Social conditions, Social life and customs
license: https://uwcscholar.uwc.ac.za/bitstreams/7d2b4ec0-e583-427b-85d2-1bfc7e39230f/download
date published: 2006
date modified: 2026-07-24T06:00:52Z
provider: University of the Western Cape
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Westen Cape