occasional dispute is worked out before it becomes a major one. Since competition might bring dispute, they try to live as equals. The Kung San effectively employ talking and joking to avert the escalation of a fight, but perhaps the most important mechanism for maintaining goodwill is the hxaro exchange, a system of gift giving; which not only fosters friendly relations, but also serves to circulate goods and even maintain environmental balance.As it is with all cultures around the world, the Kung San have their problems to face, but the problem of being an unknown society has already been alleviated due partially to the movie The Gods Must Be Crazy, which shows a popularized view of the Kung San. One problem faced sort of recently by the Kung San is the Botswana government's plan to relocate all residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in the years 1986 through to 1996. The reserve was originally established to protect the land and resource use rights of local people. The relocation would have a long line of negative effects on both the people relocated and the people living where the relocated people are to be sent to. The plan never worked out and the people stayed on the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The most recent problem started on January 18, 2001, resulting from a plan by the UN refugee agency to move twenty thousand refugees onto Kung San land. The plan would derail a number of community based game management projects and would destroy the forest that provides most of their food. The area is currently home to six thousand of the Kung San and to put twenty thousand more in such a small area would have devastating effects. So far the Kung San have made progress, but the matter still isn't resolved. The movie The Gods Must Be Crazy shows a popularized view of the Kung San, also called Bushmen. This movie shows how much the Kung San want to keep peace amongst themselves and with their surroundings. The movie ...
