This 25 minutes short documentary was filmed in Namibia, featuring one of the !Kung San communities. The director aims to show the audience how the formal education system does not serve the interest of the…

Childhood is an extensive life period specific to the human species and a key stage for development. Considering the importance of childhood for cultural transmission, we test the existence of a ‘children’s culture’, or child-specific…

Storytelling is a human universal. From gathering around the camp-fire telling tales of ancestors to watching the latest television box-set, humans are inveterate producers and consumers of stories. Despite its ubiquity, little attention has been…

This book describes the Nyae Nyae Village Schools, an innovative and unique mother-tongue education initiative set in north-eastern Namibia. Inspired by the optimism of Independence, the project was designed in close consultation with the Ju|’hoansi…

Researchers have analysed whether school and local knowledge complement or substitute each other, but have paid less attention to whether those two learning models use different cognitive strategies. In this study, we use data collected…

Hunter-gatherer societies face social-ecological changes that have led them to alter their living strategies. Given the importance of local ecological knowledge for subsistence and for the preservation of biocultural diversity, this chapter analyses how social-ecological…

The nature of children’s play is regularly described in juxtaposition to economic contribution or, conversely, play is touted as the “work” of children (Gaskins, Haight, and Lancy 2007; Isaacs 1929; Montessori 1964). It has been…

The Agta of the Philippines depend on extensive knowledge of their natural environment for their livelihoods. However, little is known about the transmission of this indigenous ecological knowledge. This paper examines the transmission of knowledge…

This is the first book to examine social learning and innovation in hunter–gatherers from around the world. More is known about social learning in chimpanzees and nonhuman primates than is known about social learning in…

“A House Without Snakes” is about two young Bushmen in Botswana who struggle to build their futures in the wake of their people’s relocation from their ancestral homeland. Ketelelo looks to education as a way…

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Though education is considered as a fundamental right of all Indian citizens as per the 83rdConstitutional Amendment, inequality in this regard, prevails among the various castes/tribes/sections of the society. ‘Literacy achievements in India depend crucially…

This chapter describes general features of Congo Basin forager childhood that are relatively distinct from their farming neighbors. It examines cultural diversity in childcare patterns, both between and within forager ethnic groups. The chapter identifies…

In the vast anthropological literature devoted to hunter-gatherer societies, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the place of hunter-gatherer children. Children often represent 40 percent of hunter-gatherer populations, thus nearly half the population is…

This paper argues that the landscape is an important source of knowledge and continuity. The case material is from the Batek, who are mobile forest-dwellers of Pahang, Malaysia. They are a good example of an…