{"id":140595,"date":"2024-11-28T10:47:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T09:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=140595"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:33:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T10:33:02","slug":"stringing-things-together","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/science-and-humanities\/stringing-things-together-140595\/","title":{"rendered":"Stringing things together"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Hadza language is spoken by around 2,000 people in Tanzania today and is one of the few languages in which click consonants are part of the regular sound inventory. Among some of the most phonetically complex sounds, Hadza clicks have been a source of fascination for more than a century.<\/p>\n

In addition to the language, the Hadza people’s way of life is very interesting, as they live as hunters and gatherers. Since they get by without permanent settlements and with few material possessions, they leave only light traces – in their environment as well as in European museum collections. One of the few exceptions is the bow and arrow, their most iconic hunting instrument.\u00a0Linguist Andrew Harvey and anthropologist Thea Skaanen discuss, among other things,\u00a0what we can learn from this\u00a0technology\u00a0as well as the language and its twelve special clicked consonants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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