Sociologist Dr. Nancy Howell to Lecture on the Dobe !Kung Bushmen at 加藤视频
Aug 28, 2018
AUGUST 28, 2018 鈥� FORT MYERS, FLA 鈥� Sociologist, demographer and author Dr. Nancy Howell will present a lecture on the Dobe !Kung bushmen of the Kalahari Dessert at 4:30 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Rush Auditorium, Building J, Room 103, at the Florida SouthWestern State College (加藤视频) Thomas Edison Campus, 8099 College Parkway, Fort Myers. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Her book, 鈥淟ife Histories of the Dobe !Kung,鈥� re-examines an important anthropological data set for the Dobe !Kung, the well-known 鈥淏ushmen鈥� of the Kalahari Desert. Using life history analysis, Dr. Howell reinterprets this rich material to address the question of how these hunter-gatherers maintain their notably good health from childhood through old age in the Kalahari鈥檚 harsh environment. She divides the population into life history stages that correlate with estimated chronological ages and demonstrates how and why they survive, even thrive, on a modest allotment of calories. She describes how surplus food is produced and distributed, and she considers both the motives for the generous sharing she has observed among the Dobe !Kung and some evolutionary implications of that behavior.
Dr. Howell received her doctorate from the Harvard University Department of Social Relations in 1968. She taught in the department of Sociology at the University of Toronto for thirty years, after brief stints at Wellesley College and Princeton University. She is a fellow of the anthropology section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, based on her demographic studies of the !Kung bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. She is retired from teaching, but continues research and writing.
鈥淢y students have always enjoyed studying Dr. Howell鈥檚 research in class,鈥� said Janelle Christensen, 加藤视频 adjunct professor, anthropology. 鈥淗earing first-hand about Dr. Howell鈥檚 research and fieldwork experiences brings an even greater understanding of her work. She is a foremost expert in her area of study, and we are thrilled to welcome her to 加藤视频.鈥�
For more information, contact Christensen at (239) 432-6771.
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Last Updated: August 28, 2018
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