Understanding Other Cultures
Answer the following questions based on your understanding from the text and from the movie, N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman.
1.) Discuss the subsistence strategy of !Kung San society in the time prior to being placed on the reservation at Tchumkwe.
2.) Discuss the subsistence strategy of !Kung San society after being placed on the reservation at Tchumkwe. Note any patterns that carry on from before being placed on the reservation, and any brand new elements.
3.) Discuss demographic factors in !Kung San society, such as population size and migration. Compare these factors between the time prior to living at the Tchumkwe reservation, and after.
4.) In light of the changes undergone in !Kung San society, can they be characterized as a band-level society as defined in Scupin's text? Give reasons as to why or why not?