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SUMMARY:EKH Seminarium - Calumet Links
DESCRIPTION:Kontakt: gabriel.brea-martinez@ekh.lu.se\n\nCalumet Links vid S
 tellenbosch University\, och gästforskare vid EKH\, kommer att presentera
  ett seminarium med titeln:Reframing Indigenous Decline: The Khoesan betwe
 en Ecological Stress and Colonial ExpansionCalumet Links webbsida (sun.ac.
 za)Abstrakt:This paper revisits the long-debated decline of the Khoesan in
  the early Cape Colony. Traditional historiography has framed their fate a
 s a straightforward consequence of European colonial expansion\, while rev
 isionist scholarship emphasizes indigenous resistance and agency. Yet both
  perspectives often lack systematic empirical grounding. We argue that the
  Khoesan’s decline was not solely the product of dispossession but also 
 reflected deeper structural and ecological vulnerabilities. Using a novel 
 integration of VOC archival records with environmental data (dendrochronol
 ogical and speleothem proxies)\, we trace how recurring droughts\, epidemi
 c shocks\, and trade disruptions intersected with colonial encroachment to
  weaken indigenous coping systems. Preliminary evidence from textual corpo
 ra highlights shifting references to conflict\, disease\, and indigenous g
 roups\, while environmental reconstructions reveal repeated climatic stres
 s. Our findings suggest that by 1652 Khoesan society was already experienc
 ing gradual economic and demographic fragility\, which colonial interventi
 ons then amplified. The analysis reframes Khoesan decline as a joint outco
 me of endogenous vulnerabilities and exogenous shocks\, offering a templat
 e for reassessing indigenous experiences of decline in other colonial cont
 exts. In doing so\, the paper bridges economic\, environmental\, and archi
 val history\, contributing both to debates on the role of indigenous agenc
 y and to wider discussions on the dynamics of colonial encounters.\n\nMer 
 information om händelsen: https://www.ehl.lu.se/evenemang/ekh-seminarium-
 calumet-links
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LOCATION:Alfa1:1104\, Scheelevägen 15B\, 223 63 Lund
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