ABSTRACT

This article proposes that including the Khoisan will produce a more inclusive Blue Economy in South Africa. Presently, economistic perspectives of the ocean, low regard for knowledge pluralism and historical stereotyping of Khoisan peoples, risk their further exclusion from ocean management in South Africa. Drawing on secondary data on Khoisan history and ethnography in South Africa, the article indicates the potential contribution of the Khoisan to South Africa’s Blue Economy, specifically, their contribution to a holistic and integrated environmental ethos. The authors also argue that South Africa is headed in the right direction by being a signatory to key UN conventions on heritage and the rights of indigenous peoples. However, government has yet to realize its commitments to the inclusion of the Khoisan in its ocean management efforts. The discussion has implications beyond South Africa, as it seeks to interrogate the place of First Peoples in global ocean management regimes.

摘要

本文提出，包括科伊桑人在内，将在南非产生更具包容性的蓝色经济。目前，对海洋的经济学观点、对知识多元化的轻视以及对科伊桑人的历史成见，有可能将他们进一步排除在南非的海洋管理之外。本文利用南非科伊桑人历史和民族志的二手数据，指出科伊桑人对南非蓝色经济的潜在贡献，特别是他们对整体和综合环境精神的贡献。作者还认为，南非是联合国重要遗产公约和土著人民权利公约的签署国，正朝着正确的方向前进。然而，政府尚未兑现将科伊桑岛纳入其海洋管理工作的承诺。