LEADER 04557cam 2200565Ii 4500001 on1105587404 003 OCoLC 005 20190719091043.0 006 m o d 007 cr unu|||||||| 008 190624s2019 ncuab obm 000 0 eng d 035 (Sirsi) o1105587404 035 (OCoLC)1105587404 040 ERE |beng |erda |cERE |dOCLCO |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 f-tz--- 049 EREE 090 HM831 100 1 Marr, Ryan D., |eauthor. |?UNAUTHORIZED 245 13 An historical and ethnographic study of cultural change and continuity in the construction and use of vernacular watercraft in the Tanga Region, Tanzania / |cRyan D. Marr. 264 1 [Greenville, N.C.] : |b[East Carolina University], |c2019. 300 278 pages : |billustrations (chiefly color, maps) 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 computer |bc |2rdamedia 338 online resource |bcr |2rdacarrier 347 text file |bPDF |c4.441 MB |2rda 538 System requirements: Adobe Reader. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 502 |bM.A. |cEast Carolina University |d2019. 500 Presented to the faculty of the History Department 500 Advisor: Lynn Harris 500 Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 15, 2019). 520 3 As global technology and corresponding security risks ever expand, traditional lifeways and archaic maritime landscapes are placed in ever greater danger of extinction. Within the Tanga region of Tanzania, numerous maritime populations face both social and cultural pressures that threaten their means of survival and the foundations of their collective identity. Ocean and riverine communities like Pangani, a nineteenth-century slave trade seaport and terminus for inland caravan routes, as well as rural villages such as Tongoni, Mwarongo, and Saadani still utilize indigenous watercraft like dhows and outriggers. These boats are integral to contemporary trade, tourism, and consumerism, as well as smuggling. This thesis investigates the boat design history, current building practices, and the broader socio-economic influences and context of these iconic Tanzanian watercraft. The theoretical basis for the research of craft design evolution centers around the concepts of the "independent peasantry", World Systems Theory, and the Annales School of historical thought. Ethnographic data sets include interviews with boat builders and village elders. This is supplemented with archaeological documentation techniques of boat design features and local maritime material culture. Primary historical sources include colonial European narratives, anthropological studies of locations of trade, boat building and repair activities, and modern socio-economic analyses. The thesis integrates these interdisciplinary data sets with a view to understanding historical trends in cultural change and continuity in traditional boat design to decipher whether any evidence exists of German or British colonial influence. The ethnographic, historic, and archaeological data collected during the research expedition suggest that no significant European colonial design influence is evident in modern Tanzanian vernacular watercraft within the Tanga Region. The major factors influencing the dismissal of any European design inclusion reflect the horrific treatment experienced by the indigenous peoples under colonial rule, the continuance of the independent peasantry as a socioeconomic entity, the use of what resources are available to ensure survival, the dismissal of expensive and unnecessary modern construction technologies, and the communal protection of traditional lifeways as a cultural schema. 504 Includes bibliographical references. 650 0 Social change |zTanzania. |=^A586 650 0 Boats and boating |zTanzania |xHistory. |=^A44134 650 0 Tanga (African people) |xHistory. |=^A1379961 653 Dhow 653 Outrigger 653 Nungwe 653 Zanzibar 653 Lamu 700 1 Harris, Lynn B., |edegree supervisor. |=^A1214152 710 2 East Carolina University. |bDepartment of History. |=^A636991 856 40 |zAccess via ScholarShip |uhttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/7251 949 |owjh 994 C0 |bERE 596 1 4 998 5111008