Recent trends in South African water historiography
The discipline of water history is relatively young but since the 1990s there has been growing interest in the field. In this article an exposition is provided on the origins of the discipline of water history as a subdivision of environmental history. The discussion then turns to an outline of rece...
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| description | The discipline of water history is relatively young but since the 1990s there has been growing interest in the field. In this article an exposition is provided on the origins of the discipline of water history as a subdivision of environmental history. The discussion then turns to an outline of recent developments in the historiography of water history in South Africa. Attention is also given to the possibility of extending the study of this discipline into a number of allied fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-48cce813d74b45f3a27b98ae7d7ba6962022-12-21T19:02:31ZengAOSISThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa1817-44342415-20052008-04-0141e1e2410.4102/td.v4i1.164147Recent trends in South African water historiographyJohann Tempelhoff0History in the School of Basic Sciences, NorthWest University, Vaal Triangle Campus. GautengThe discipline of water history is relatively young but since the 1990s there has been growing interest in the field. In this article an exposition is provided on the origins of the discipline of water history as a subdivision of environmental history. The discussion then turns to an outline of recent developments in the historiography of water history in South Africa. Attention is also given to the possibility of extending the study of this discipline into a number of allied fields.http://www.td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/164historiographywater historyenvironmental historytechnology historySouth Africaoutcomes based education (OBE)transdisciplinarity and methodology |
| spellingShingle | Johann Tempelhoff Recent trends in South African water historiography The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa historiography water history environmental history technology history South Africa outcomes based education (OBE) transdisciplinarity and methodology |
| title | Recent trends in South African water historiography |
| title_full | Recent trends in South African water historiography |
| title_fullStr | Recent trends in South African water historiography |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recent trends in South African water historiography |
| title_short | Recent trends in South African water historiography |
| title_sort | recent trends in south african water historiography |
| topic | historiography water history environmental history technology history South Africa outcomes based education (OBE) transdisciplinarity and methodology |
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