Die Welt der Kxoé-Buschleute: Scholarly assessment and preparation of manuscripts for the remaining two volumes of Oswin Köhler's Khwe encyclopaedia

纳米比亚ʼS布瓦瓦塔国家公园的库威人属于以前的狩猎-采集者群体，他们在南部非洲通常被称为“桑人”或“布须曼人”。他们的语言属于南非科伊桑语中的科埃语系。以前的人类学研究兴趣以及与纳米比亚政治史有关的原因导致在1960年至1990年期间，许多人类学家没有注意到奎人。这使得非洲人奥斯文·科勒(Oswin Köhler，1911-1996)成为在1990年纳米比亚独立之前，将其大部分学术研究致力于库(拼写：Kxoé)语言和文化的唯一研究人员。他追求的雄心勃勃的目标是出版一本白话百科全书，涵盖奎国文化的方方面面。计划出版的五卷书中的前两卷分别于1991年和出版。第三卷的手稿由Köhler编写，申请人和Klaus Keuthmann于1997年死后共同编辑。第V卷的学术评估和未出版材料的出版是本申请的主题(第IV卷是在第一个项目阶段准备出版的)。KöhlerʼS的材料包括不同版本和处理阶段的白话文本、相关照片、视频和音频文件以及信件、研究报告等。与第三卷不同，我们缺乏经Oswin Köhler本人授权的文本版本、翻译、评论、分析文本和图片。因此，为了符合逝者的精神，有必要将KöhlerʼS自己的任务与编辑的任务分开。虽然该版本的目的是在可行的情况下确保已出版卷的外观的连续性，但它同时也旨在保证个别工作步骤的作者身份的透明度。为此，有必要审查和选择第四卷(在当前项目阶段完成)和第五卷(按照这里申请的项目阶段的计划)的相关材料，以确定科勒编写的最先进的文本版本，并在可能的情况下将他关于文本内容的决定与背景联系起来。此外，有必要进行详细的注释、文本历史分析、征询关于科勒之后的奎国文化的出版物，以及准备行间和英文译本。科勒在1959年至1992年期间对纳米比亚进行了20多次考察，汇编了奎国的材料，无论在种类还是范围上，都是一份独一无二的关于库文化和历史遗产的文件。除此之外，它的学术评估将对比较科伊桑研究和卡拉哈里盆地地区的人口历史产生重要的见解。拟议的研究小组将由与第一个项目阶段相同的科伊桑研究专家组成。

The Khwe in Namibiaʼs Bwabwata National Park belong to the groups of former hunter-gatherers who are usually called “San” or “Bushmen” in southern Africa. Their language belongs to the Khoe language family within South African Khoisan. Former anthropological research interests as well as reasons related to the political history of Namibia were responsible for the Khwe escaping the attention of many anthropologists in the period between 1960 and 1990. This made the Africanist Oswin Köhler (1911-1996) the sole researcher who dedicated a large portion of his academic research to the language and culture of the Khwe (in his orthography: Kxoé) before Namibian independence in 1990. He pursued the ambitious aim of publishing an encyclopaedia in vernacular texts, covering all aspects of Khwe culture. The first two out of a total of five planned volumes were published in 1989 and 1991. The manuscript for the third volume was prepared by Köhler and jointly edited by the applicant and Klaus Keuthmann in 1997 posthumously.The scholarly assessment and publication of the unpublished material for volume V are the subject of the present application (volume IV was prepared for publication during the first project phase). Köhlerʼs Khwe material includes vernacular texts in different versions and stages of processing, related photographs, video- and audio-files as well as correspondence, research reports etc. Different from the third volume, we lack text versions, translations, comments, analytical texts and pictures, which have been authorized by Oswin Köhler himself. In order to comply with the spirit of the deceased, it is therefore necessary to separate Köhlerʼs own tasks from those of the editors. While the edition aims to ensure, as far as feasible, continuity regarding the outward appearance of the published volumes, it at the same time aims to guarantee transparency regarding the authorship of individual work steps. For this purpose it will be necessary to examine and select the relevant materials for volumes IV (as accomplished in the current project phase) and V (as planned for the project phase applied for here), to identify the most advanced text versions prepared by Köhler and, if possible, to contextualize his decisions regarding the contents of texts. Moreover, detailed annotations, a text historical analysis, the consultation of publications on Khwe culture after Köhler, and the preparation of interlinear and English translations are imperative.Köhler compiled the Khwe material during more than 20 research trips to Namibia be-tween 1959 and 1992 which in both kind and scope represents a unique document of the Khwe cultural and historical heritage. Apart from this, its scholarly assessment will yield important insights into comparative Khoisan research and the population history of the Kalahari Basin Area. The proposed research team will be made up of the same experts in Khoisan studies as in the first project phase.