Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy

by Katz, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780892815579
• ISBN10: 0892815574
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-10-01
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

One of the world's oldest continuing societies, the Ju/'hoansi, or Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert offer profound insights into what is fundamental to human existence. In the face of outside pressures that threaten the complete disruption of their communal way of life, the Ju/'hoansi find deep spiritual resources in their traditional healing dance. Their indigenous method of healing individuals is also a powerful affirmation of the community, and has recently become a means of settling land and property disputes, problems that never existed in the old days. The healing dance promises to be the crucial factor that allows the Ju/'hoansi to preserve their culture into the 21st century. These inspiring people set an example for us to look beyond the false promises of modern technology in search of the spiritual healing that is so desperately needed in our own culture and within ourselves.

Author Biography

<P><B>Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy</B> <BR><I>Spiritual &amp; Cultural Transformation Among the Kalahari Ju'hoansi</I> <P>Acknowledgments <BR>Preface <BR>Meeting and Talking with People <BR>A Word of Caution <BR>Prologue "Tell our Story to Your People" <BR><B>Part 1 We've Always Been Here"</B> <BR>1 "We Used To Direct Ourselves" <BR>2 "Now the Government Direct Us" <BR>3 "But We Still Have Our Nom" <BR><B>Part 2 Progress?</B> <BR>4 Hungry People are Easy to Coerce <BR>5 "The School Owns Our Dance" <BR>6 Does the Clinic Have Nom? <BR>7 "The People are Drinking the Meat" <BR><B>Part 3 The Dynamics and Politics of Nom</B> <BR>8 Climbing the Threads to God's Village <BR>9 Female and Male Approaches to Nom <BR>10 Nom and Social Change <BR><B>Part 4 The Politics of Research and Ethics of Responsibility</B> <BR>11 Too Easy Entry? <BR>12 Words and Voices <BR>13 "Call Me by My Ju'hoan Name" <BR>Epilogue <BR>Appendix A <BR>Appendix B <BR>Appendix C <BR>Appendix D <BR>Appendix E <BR>Endnotes <BR>Glossary <BR>Bibliography <BR>Index <BR>About the Authors <BR>A Fund for the Ju'hoansi&nbsp;

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	VIII	(3)
PREFACE	XI	(7)
MEETING AND TALKING WITH THE PEOPLE	XVIII	(5)
A WORD OF CAUTION	XXIII
PROLOGUE "Tell our story to your people"	1	(10)
PART 1 "WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE"	11	(54)
1 "WE USED TO DIRECT OURSELVES"	11	(18)
2 "NOW THE GOVERNMENT DIRECTS US"	29	(18)
3 "BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR NIOM"	47	(18)
PART 2 PROGRESS?	65	(38)
4 HUNGRY PEOPLE ARE EASY TO COERCE	65	(6)
5 "THE SCHOOL OWNS OUR DANCE"	71	(14)
6 DOES THE CLINIC HAVE NIOM?	85	(10)
7 "THE PEOPLE ARE DRINKING THE MEAT"	95	(8)
PART 3 THE DYNAMICS AND POLITICS OF NIOM	103	(44)
8 CLIMBING THE THREADS TO GOD'S VILLAGE	103	(12)
9 FEMALE AND MALE APPROACHES TO NIOM	115	(16)
10 NIOM AND SOCIAL CHANGE	131	(16)
PART 4 THE POLITICS OF RESEARCH AND THE ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY	147	(24)
11 TOO EASY ENTRY?	147	(6)
12 WORDS AND VOICES	153	(10)
13 "CALL ME BY MY JUI'HOAN NAME"	163	(8)
EPILOGUE	171	(6)
APPENDIX A Reflections on Aims and Outcomes	177	(6)
APPENDIX B The Research Team	183	(2)
APPENDIX C Writing the Jul'hoan Language: Some Political Considerations	185	(2)
APPENDIX D A Chronology of Recent Jul'hoan History	187	(3)
APPENDIX E Concrete Challenges for Development Workers	190	(5)
ENDNOTES	195	(7)
GLOSSARY	202	(2)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	204	(4)
INDEX	208	(5)
ABOUT THE AUTHORS	213	(1)
A FUND FOR THE JUI'HOANSI	214