{"id":49,"date":"2024-04-30T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/?p=49"},"modified":"2025-06-29T18:18:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T22:18:55","slug":"field-trip-to-richtersveld-northern-cape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/2024\/field-trip-to-richtersveld-northern-cape\/","title":{"rendered":"Field trip to Richtersveld, Northern Cape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Field trip to Richtersveld, Northern Cape\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>April 30, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Project members Dr. Gabie, Mr. Mapanka, Mr. Gewers, and Mr. Veldskoen conducted field research in the Richtersveld region from 21\u201328 April 2024. Our researchers met with Nama (Khoe) community members and musicians in Port Nolloth, Kuboes, Sanddrift, Lekkersing, Eksteensfontein, Bioolsdrift, Rooiwal, Steinkopf, Okiep, Matjieskloof, Pella, Onseepkans, and Pofadder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Sharon Gabie, Wilard Veldskoen, Boetles Gewers, and James Mapanka organizing fieldwork materials.\" class=\"wp-image-53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/1-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team members Sharon Gabie, Wilard Veldskoen, Boetles Gewers, and James Mapanka organize fieldwork materials after a day of community meetings and interviews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Image of musician Sylvester Fortuin (right) performing with a colleague and contributes recordings to the project archive.\" class=\"wp-image-54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/2-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nama musician Sylvester Fortuin (right) performs with a colleague and contributes recordings to the project archive.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Sylvester Fortuin\u2019s homemade instrument, resembling a cigar box guitar.\" class=\"wp-image-55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1-512x288.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/3-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sylvester Fortuin\u2019s homemade instrument.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/4.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a traditional Nama hut.\" class=\"wp-image-56\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/4.jpg 720w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/4-512x910.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/4-320x569.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A traditional Nama hut.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"Image of the view from a road in the Richtersveld.\" class=\"wp-image-57\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5-512x384.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/118\/2025\/05\/5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A view from the road in the Richtersveld.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project members Dr. Gabie, Mr. Mapanka, Mr. Gewers, and Mr. Veldskoen conducted field research in the Richtersveld region from 21\u201328 April 2024. Our researchers met with Nama (Khoe) community members and musicians in Port Nolloth, Kuboes, Sanddrift, Lekkersing, Eksteensfontein, Bioolsdrift, Rooiwal, Steinkopf, Okiep, Matjieskloof, Pella, Onseepkans, and Pofadder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":53,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49","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\/49","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\/323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/soundingindigenous\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}