Staff Profiles

2010 Doctor of Philosophy University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

2000 Master of Museum Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

1999 Graduate Diploma, Museum Studies, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

1993 Bachelor of Arts, Humanities. University of Botswana, Gaborone

Dr. Setlhabi joined the University of Botswana in 2011 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology. She teaches Archaeology (Archaeology Unit, History Department) and Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology, Sociology Department. Her industry experience started in 1993 as Collections Manager at the Botswana National Museum until 2004 when she joined I.C.T. companies before joining academia. She is a professional member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM),Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) Council Member (2024-2026), African Museums and Heritage Restitution (AFRIMUHERE) (secretary General), Botswana Association of Archaeology Professionals, Association of Critical Heritage Studies,Society of Africanist Archaeologists (SAFA). She was previously the Chair of the Botswana National Committee of ICOM (2013-16) and Board member of the International Committee for Documentation (CIDOC)(2001-2004. Dr. Setlhabi served as a member of the National Task Force on Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (IGC),2020 -2024 culminating in Botswana's hosting of the UNESCO 2003 Intergovernmental Committee (18.COM) for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Kasane, Botswana from 5- 8,December 2023.Furthermore, she is involved in community work where she is a member of the Kgatleng District Intangible Cultural Committee. She was also a Board member of Phuthadikobo Museum, 2008-2023.

Introduction to Archaeology

Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology

Archaeological Theory

Heritage Management

Museology

I am an interdisciplinary academic and my research interest in the study of material culture and its role in defining and shaping past and present societies. My orientation is therefore inclined to disciplines that are object/culture/heritage and people oriented such as archaeology, anthropology, museum, heritage studies and digital heritage. My other main research interest is the documentation and preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and its integration with material culture. 

Heritage Management

Critical Heritage Studies

Museology

Anthropology

Ethnoarchaeology

Museum Documentation

Information management

Collections management

Archives and Records Management

Selected Publications  

Setlhabi, Keletso G. 2024. ‘Dikopelo Ritual and Performance: The Embodiment of Place’, Ethnography. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/14661381241251486

Setlhabi, Keletso G. 2019. ‘Re-living Secrecy and Ethics in Bojale Ten Years On’, Anthropology Southern Africa, 42(2): 173-184

Setlhabi, Keletso G. 2018, ‘Taller than the rest: The Three Dikgosi Monument, Masculinity Reloaded’ In Wera Grahn and Ross Wilson (eds) Gender and Heritage: Performance, Place and Politics Key Issues in Cultural Heritage. Routledge. pp. 113-128.

Setlhabi, Keletso G. 2016. ‘Evoking Memory: A Curatorial Perspective on Botswana’s Presidential Heritage’, Botswana Notes & Records Special Issue on Botswana’s 50th Anniversary of Independence. vol. 48, 1, pp. 368-382.

Setlhabi, Keletso, G. 2014. ‘I also Took an Allegiance to Secrecy: Complexities of Conducting Ethnographic Research at Home’, Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 84(2): 314-334.

Setlhabi, Keletso G. 2012. ‘The Curation of Transition, from Manual to Electronic Documentation Systems’, Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals. (1): 39-55.