Narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa, being an account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851 Galton; also Vacation tours in 1860 and 1861.

Galton, Francis; Grove, George; Clark, Wahida

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“…2 Galton's travels in Egypt and the Soudan in the late 1830s preceded his explorations in South West Africa (now Namibia) during 1851 (a travel account was published in 1852). 3 Experience in these locations convinced him that non-western spaces placed Europeans in physical and moral danger that could only be guarded against by initiating violence. Awarded a gold Founders' medal by the Royal Geographical Society, Galton went on to influence the expectations of thousands of Britons embarking on-or simply reading about-travel under the aegis of empire.…”

Section: Dark Travellersmentioning

confidence: 98%

Shadow zones: dark travel and postcolonial cultures

Clarke¹,

Dutton²,

Johnston³

2014

Postcolonial Studies

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Section: Dark Travellersmentioning

confidence: 98%

Shadow zones: dark travel and postcolonial cultures

Clarke¹,

Dutton²,

Johnston³

2014

Postcolonial Studies

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“…1. ragadozó elleni védelem, amely magába foglalja a rejtőzködést, illetve a ragadozó vizuális összezavarását [15,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29],…”

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Összetett vizuális ökológiai csapdák és a zebracsíkos bőrfelületek ökológiai és fiziológiás tulajdonságainak vizsgálata

Pereszlényi¹

2020

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Hálásan köszönöm konzulenseimnek, Dr. Kriska Györgynek és Dr. Horváth Gábornak a doktori munkám során nyújtott segítséget. Továbbá köszönetemet szeretném kifejezni szerzőtársaimnak Barta Andrásnak, Egri Ádámnak, Farkas Alexandrának, Gerics Balázsnak, Jánosi Imrének, Penksza Károlynak, Susanne Åkessonnak és Száz Dénesnek a közös munkáért. Köszönettel tartozom az ELTE Biológiai Fizika Tankszék munkatársainak, valamint mindenkinek, aki segítette és támogatta a doktori tanulmányomat és kutatásaimat.

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“…The morphological data taken on these expeditions included physical measurements such as head shape, but also gave special attention to the bodies of South African women, especially their genitalia. In fact, the earliest physical anthropology undertaken in South Africa, and the first academic interest in its inhabitants, centered on Khoe and San female genitalia (Cuvier, 1817;Galton, 1889).…”

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Colonialism and narratives of human origins in Asia and Africa

Athreya¹,

Ackermann²

2018

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In their seminal works on postcolonialism, Edward Saïd (in Orientalism) and V.Y. Mudimbe (in The Idea of Africa) proposed that Asia and Africa, respectively, were constructs created around the notion of their otherness. Both regions were viewed as infantile, primitive, and homogenous entities that fell outside the domain of civilized (i.e. Western) humanity. These constructs shaped scientific perceptions of both continents over the course of several centuries and have continued to be operative over the last 100 years following the discovery of fossil human ancestors, particularly within the narratives of recent human origins. Here we reflect on these narratives, both in the early days of the discoveries and more recently, in the context of the othered identities of the continents more broadly. We argue that a colonialist socio-political framework has shaped the science of human origins since its inception, and that this has negatively affected the quality of this endeavour. Existing phylogenies cannot be divorced from those ideologies-even today. Indeed, while the details of human origins (e.g. when, where, who) have changed radically over time, the narrative that emerged always left one group in control, and marginalised non-Western lands and their peoples, leaving the ordering of superior and inferior more or less unchanged through the history of the discipline. More informed models of human evolution cannot be constructed until the community of voices constructing them is reworked to be more inclusive of many worldviews. "The cultural marginalization by Orientalism is up against the physical centrality of Africa." (Ali A. Mazrui, 2005. The Re-invention of Africa: Edward Saïd, V. Y. Mudimbe, and Beyond, p 79)

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Narrative of an explorer in tropical South Africa, being an account of a visit to Damaraland in 1851 Galton; also Vacation tours in 1860 and 1861.

Cited by 6 publications

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Shadow zones: dark travel and postcolonial cultures

Shadow zones: dark travel and postcolonial cultures

Összetett vizuális ökológiai csapdák és a zebracsíkos bőrfelületek ökológiai és fiziológiás tulajdonságainak vizsgálata

Colonialism and narratives of human origins in Asia and Africa

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