{"id":664,"date":"2026-10-26T14:32:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/?p=664"},"modified":"2026-10-26T14:32:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T18:32:49","slug":"fieldwork-in-kalahari-kimberley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/2026\/fieldwork-in-kalahari-kimberley\/","title":{"rendered":"Fieldwork in Kalahari & Kimberley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Fieldwork in Kalahari & Kimberley\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Mr. Boetles Gewers conducts an interview with two elder Khoe musicians while they construct heritage musical bows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Team member and community researcher Mr. Boetles Gewers conducted a week-long independent research trip to the Kalahari region (Andriesvale, Askham) and Kimberley area (Platfontein) in late October 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Gewers met with dozens of Khoesan culture bearers, including regional chiefs and elder musicians. In Andriesvale, Mr. Gewers had the opportunity to interview Khoe elders who continue to fabricate traditional musical bows using heritage techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations, Boetles, on a successful research trip!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team member and community researcher Mr. Boetles Gewers conducted a week-long independent research trip to the Kalahari region (Andriesvale, Askham) and Kimberley area (Platfontein) in late October 2026. Mr. Gewers met with dozens of Khoesan culture bearers, including regional chiefs and elder musicians. In Andriesvale, Mr. Gewers had the opportunity to interview Khoe elders who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}