Nubian Encounters
The Story of the Nubian Ethnological Survey 1961-1964
Published on 1. November 2010
400 pages
978-1-61797-383-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the 1960s the construction of the Aswan High Dam occasioned the forced displacement of a large part of the Nubian population. Beginning in 1960, anthropologists at the American University in Cairo's Social Research Center undertook a survey of the Nubians to be moved and those already outside their historic homeland. The goal was to record and analyze Nubian culture and social organization, to create a record for the future, and to preserve a body of information on which scholars and officials could draw. This book chronicles the research carried out by an international team with the cooperation of many Nubians.
Gathered into one volume for the first time are reprinted articles that provide a valuable resource of research data on the Nubian project, as well as photographs taken during the field study that document ways of life that have long since disappeared.
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Nicholas Hopins | Sohair Mehanna
Nubian Encounters
The Story of the Nubian Ethnological Survey 1961-1964
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02/2011
The American University in Cairo Press
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Nicholas S. Hopkins is emeritus professor of anthropology and former Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the American University in Cairo.
Sohair Mehanna was a member of the Nubian Ethnological Survey, and has had a long career working in social research in Egypt.
Content
- Intro
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps and Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey: History and Methods
- 1. Nubian Resettlement and Anthropology
- 2. Anthropological Encounters in Nubia
- 3. After the Move
- The Nubian Ethnological Survey: Sample Publications 1960-1990
- Introduction
- Research Plans and Practices
- Ethnological Survey of Nubia: Statement of Purpose and Organization
- Field Research in a Nubian Village: The Experience of an Egyptian Anthropologist
- Nubia in the 1960s: Economics and Ecology
- The Kenuz
- Socioeconomic Implications of the Waterwheel in Adindan, Nubia
- The Influence of Space Relations on the Tribal Groupings of Korosko
- The Economic Basis of Egyptian Nubian Labor Migration
- Some Differential Factors Affecting Population Movement: The Nubian Case
- Religion and Community
- Gender Relations in Kenuz Public Domains
- The Village Community of al-Dirr, Nubia
- Change in Religion in a Resettled Nubian Community, Upper Egypt
- Resettlement
- Problems of Nubian Migration
- Cross-Cultural Resettlement Administration: An Exploration of Potential Problems of Nubian Resettlement
- Initial Adaptations to a New Life for Egyptian Nubians
- Community Health Aspects of Nubian Resettlement in Egypt
- Reflections after the Move
- Field Research and Training of Autochthonous People: My Own Experience in Nubia
- Nubian Culture and Ethnicity
- Appendices
- 1. List of Districts in Old Nubia
- 2. List of Interviews
- 3. Key Nubian Collaborators
- 4. PhDs Earned by Team Members
- Bibliography
- Publications by Members of the NES Team and Affiliates
- Related Works
- Archival Collections
