Category: Fieldwork Sites

The study on travelling models of water governance is based on multi-sited fieldwork, including global events on water. However, most of the research took place in Namibia. Fieldwork involved travelling with the ‘traveling ideas‘ – depending on the availability of

The communal settlements in southern Kunene, located near Fransfontein, are inhabited by various ethnic groups, mostly by Damara, Nama and Ovaherero. Under South African rule, the area was part of the Damaraland homeland. In contrast to the other research regions

The area of Otwani, situated halfway between Sesfontein and Opuwo, is mainly populated by the Ovaherero people. During South African rule, this region was part of the Kaokoland homeland. People here mainly make a living through pastoralism, and so seek

In the region around Okangwati, pastoralism is the dominant economic activity. As a part of the former Kaokoland, its integration into the South African system was less extensive than that of Fransfontein. Even now, labour migration plays a secondary role