{"id":198,"date":"2020-04-22T14:48:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T14:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2025-09-18T12:33:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T12:33:55","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/index.php\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"198\" class=\"elementor elementor-198\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6070b64 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6070b64\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25b6f8c\" data-id=\"25b6f8c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-437c04a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"437c04a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e0a20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a5e0a20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb3fab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb3fab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0Books<\/h2><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">1. Chris Low, !Khwa ttu (Cape Town, Quiver Tree Press, 2021)<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">2. Chris Low and Neil Rusch (eds), Bushman Stories. Recorded by G.R. von Wielligh. Translated by Philip John. Collected volumes 1-4.(Cape Town, !Khwa ttu and Mantis Books, 2017)<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">3. Chris Low and Elisabeth Hsu (eds), <i>Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and <\/i><\/span><\/span><i><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span class=\"text\">Historical Perspectives <\/span><\/span><\/i><span class=\"text\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">(Oxford, Blackwell, 2008)<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span class=\"text\">4. Chris Low,<i> Khoisan Medicine in History and Practice<\/i> , Research in Khoisan <\/span><span class=\"text\">Studies Volume 20, (K\u00f6ln, R\u00fcdiger K\u00f6ppe Verlag, 2008)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23fd30a elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"23fd30a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Wind_intro.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Wind intro<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9abb118 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9abb118\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6210664\" data-id=\"6210664\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e085993 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e085993\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Khwa-ttu-San-Heritage-Centre-book.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">1. !Khwa ttu Flipbook<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7fc46be\" data-id=\"7fc46be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40a287a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"40a287a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Khoisan_thesis.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">4. Khoisan Medicine<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3721ef8\" data-id=\"3721ef8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-704db61\" data-id=\"704db61\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-312c4bc\" data-id=\"312c4bc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68fd4fc\" data-id=\"68fd4fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-764094c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"764094c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80e9719\" data-id=\"80e9719\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ea496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64ea496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Book chapters<\/strong><\/h2><p>1.Chris Low \u00a0&#8216;Trance dance and healing among the southern African San. Lost in Translation: Were southern African |Xam San (Bushmen) sorcerers or shamans?&#8217;. In, \u00a0A. Kedzierska Manzon &amp; J-P. Cavaill\u00e9 (ed.), Possession : repr\u00e9sentations, pratiques, interpr\u00e9tations, Paris, Brepols, BEHE, (forthcoming, 2025).<\/p><p>2. Chris Low. \u00a0&#8216;Insights from the San: a Role for San Aesthetics in the Archaeology of Art.&#8217; In Miriam No\u00ebl \u00a0Haidle, Martin Porr, Sibylle Wolf, and Nicholas J. Conard \u00a0(eds.) <em>Images, Gestures, Voices, Lives. What Can we Learn from Paleolithic Art?<\/em> (Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2025, 111-128).<\/p><p>3. Chris Low, \u2018Mental Health and the Khoe-San\u2019, in David Danto and Masood Zangeneh (eds), Indigenous Mental Health: A Global Perspective (Springer, forthcoming 2019)<\/p><p>4. Chris Low, \u2018Hunter-Gatherer Cosmologies\u2019, in\u00a0 Hilary Callan (ed), \u00a0The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology,\u00a0 New Jersey: John Wiley &amp; Sons Inc. (2018)<\/p><p>5. Chris Low, \u201cHuman Physiology, San shamanic healing and the \u2018Cognitive Revolution\u2019 \u201c, in C. Powers, H. Callan and M. Finnegan (eds)\u00a0 <em>Human Origins and Social Anthropology<\/em> (Oxford, Berghahn Books, 2017), pp. 224-247.<\/p><p>6. Chris Low, \u2018Locating \/Xam beliefs and practices in a contemporary KhoeSan context\u2019, in P. Skotnes (ed.) <em>The Courage of \/\/Kabbo: 100 years of Bushman Folklore <\/em>(Cape Town, UCT Press, 2014), pp 349- 362.<\/p><p>7. Christopher H. Low<strong>, <\/strong>\u2018Different Histories of Buchu: Euro-American appropriation of San and Khoekhoe knowledge of Buchu plants\u2019, in Sarah Johnson (ed.) <em>Indigenous <\/em><em>Knowledge<\/em>. \u2018Themes in Environmental History\u2019 reader series (Cambridge, The White Horse Press, 2012), pp. 247-274.<\/p><p>8. Chris Low, \u2018Working with potency: the role of weather in KhoeSan healing\u2019 in Barboza, Christina &amp; Jankovic, Vladimir (eds.), <em>Weather,local <\/em><em>knowledge and everyday life: issues in integrated climate studies<\/em> (Rio de Janeiro, \u00a0MAST, 2008), pp. 235-244.<\/p><p>9. Chris Low, \u2018Gatherers of Knowledge: Namibian Khoisan healers and their world of possibilities\u2019, in David Johnson (ed.),<em> The Changing Landscape of Education <\/em><em>in Africa: Quality, Equality and Democracy<\/em>, Oxford Studies in Comparative Education (Symposium Books, 2008), pp. 161-181.<\/p><p>10. Chris Low, \u2018Shamanism among San People\u2019, in L. Hughes (ed.), <em>The No Nonsense <\/em><em>Guide to Indigenous Peoples<\/em> (Oxford, 2003), pp. 118-119.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac1a04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac1a04\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa36218\" data-id=\"aa36218\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7178c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a7178c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Human_physiology_and_San_shamanism.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">5. Physiology and Healing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dd818d5\" data-id=\"dd818d5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d895768 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d895768\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Hunter_gatherer_cosmologies.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">4. Hunter-Gatherer Cosmologies<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdb6a01\" data-id=\"fdb6a01\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c47e6a5\" data-id=\"c47e6a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf3079b\" data-id=\"cf3079b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a78c77a\" data-id=\"a78c77a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c3dfdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c3dfdc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7cbc795\" data-id=\"7cbc795\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c51a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46c51a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Journals\u00a0<\/h2><ol><li>Chris Low, \u2018 The role of the body in Kalahari San healing dances\u2019, Hunter Gatherer Research 1.1: 29 -60.<\/li><\/ol><p>2. Chris.Low, \u2018KhoeSan ethnography, \u2018new animism\u2019 and the interpretation of Southern African rock art, <em>South African Archaeological Bulletin<\/em>, in press 2014.<\/p><p>3. Chris Low, \u2018KhoeSan shamanistic relationships with snakes and rain\u2019, <em>Journal of Namibian Studies<\/em>, 2012 (12): 71-96.<\/p><p>4. Chris Low, \u2018Birds and KhoeSan: linking potency, spirit and healing with day-to-day life\u2019, <em>Africa\u00a0 <\/em>81 (2) (2011), 295-313.<\/p><p>5. Chris Low, \u2018 Birds in the life of KhoeSan\u2019, <em>Alternation<\/em> 16,2 (2009).<\/p><p>6. Chris Low, \u2018Massage among the KhoeSan of Namibia\u2019, in, <em>In Touch<\/em>, Newsletter, \u2018The Official Voice of the Massage Therapy Association \u2013 South Africa\u2019 (Oct. 2008), 5-7.<\/p><p>7. Chris Low and Elisabeth Hsu (eds.), \u2018 Introduction, Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives\u2019, <em>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute <\/em>\u00a0vol. 13, Special Issue (2007), S1-S17.\u00a0<\/p><p>8. Chris Low \u2018Khoisan Wind: Hunting and Healing\u2019, in Chris Low and Elisabeth Hsu (eds.) Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives, <em>Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute <\/em>vol. 13, Special Issue (2007), \u00a0S71-S90.<\/p><p>9. Chris Low, \u2018Finding and Foregrounding Massage in Khoisan Ethnography\u2019, \u00a0<em>Journal of Southern African Studies<\/em> \u00a033:4 (Dec. 2007), 783-799.<\/p><p>10. Chris Low, \u2018Different Histories of Buchu: Euro-American appropriation of \u00a0San and Khoekhoe knowledge of buchu plants\u2019 <em>Environment and History<\/em> 13:3 (August 2007), 333-361.<\/p><p>11. Chris Low and Sian Sullivan, \u2018Shades of the rainbow serpent? A KhoeSan animal between myth and landscape in southern Africa \u2013 ethnographic contextualisations of rock art representations\u2019. In press 2013, arts, www.mdpi.com\/journal\/arts.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-002b5c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"002b5c6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af7ad0d\" data-id=\"af7ad0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3d4d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a3d4d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/the_role_of_the_body.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">1. The Body<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c4ac6b\" data-id=\"4c4ac6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5a4930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c5a4930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/LOW_New_Animism.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">2. 'New Animism\"<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7898359\" data-id=\"7898359\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711fe7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"711fe7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Low_Snakes_and_Rain_JNS.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">3. Snakes and Rain<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f137d19\" data-id=\"f137d19\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6be4559 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6be4559\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/BIrds_Published_article.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">4. Birds and KhoeSan<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92f573d\" data-id=\"92f573d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-892d054 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"892d054\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Birds_Alternation.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">5. Birds in the Life<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d6424d\" data-id=\"9d6424d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46e2ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"46e2ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/InTouch_September_2008_Final.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">6. Massage in Touch<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c60ce6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c60ce6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12bdf04\" data-id=\"12bdf04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7b2e44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e7b2e44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/thinkingthreads.com\/files\/Khoisan_wind_hunting_and_healing.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">8.Wind Hunting and Healing<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b22c2a6\" data-id=\"b22c2a6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3880d55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3880d55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2076-0752\/3\/2\/215\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">11. Rainbow Serpent<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-09beaf1\" data-id=\"09beaf1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-38e93b2\" data-id=\"38e93b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bd99e4\" data-id=\"8bd99e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-16 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16dfa3c\" data-id=\"16dfa3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-094b7d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"094b7d5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e5747ab\" data-id=\"e5747ab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0da0e4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0da0e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Reviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Chris Low, film media review, &#8216;San Dance! A journey to the heart of Africa&#8217;s San dance culture&#8217;, in <em>Ethnomusicology forum<\/em> (2024) vol 33. nos. 2-3: 272-275<\/p>\n<p>Chris Low, book review of Megan Biesele and Robert K. Hitchcock (2011) \u2018The Ju\/\u2019hoan San of Nyae Nyae and Namibian Independence\u2019. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, in<em> Journal of Modern African Studies <\/em>50 (3) , 2012: 543-544.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Low, book review of Shane Moran (2009) \u2018Representing Bushmen: South Africa and the Origins of Language\u2019, &nbsp;New York: University of Rochester Press, in <em>Journal of Modern African Studies 50<\/em> 2012(1), 165-167.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Low. Book review of R. Katz and M. Biesele (1997) \u2018Healing Makes Our Hearts Happy\u2019, in <em>African Studies Review<\/em> 45:3 (Dec. 2002), 74-75.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Low. Book review of J. Suzman (2000) \u2018Things from the Bush: a Contemporary History of Omaheke Bushmen\u2019, in <em>The Journal of African History<\/em> 44:3 (2003), 546-547<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publications \u00a0Books 1. Chris Low, !Khwa ttu (Cape Town, Quiver Tree Press, 2021) 2. Chris Low and Neil Rusch (eds), Bushman Stories. Recorded by G.R. von Wielligh. Translated by Philip John. Collected volumes 1-4.(Cape Town, !Khwa ttu and Mantis Books, 2017) 3. 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