Browsing Department of Anthropology/Sociology by Title
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Sensory flows of Spice: A multisensory ethnography exploring how spice influences home cooks’ sense of belonging in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)The history of Cape Town is entangled with the spice trade, slavery, colonialism and orientalism. The Cape cuisine narratives often romanticize fixed cultural cuisines, as seen with the "Cape Malay" cuisine, which is only ... -
Social navigation among Rwandan army deserters in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)In this thesis, I explore the post military lives of Rwandan army deserters who served in, deserted from the post-conflict Rwandan Defence Force (RDF), and went into self-imposed exile. I sought to understand the transition ... -
The social practices of cultivation and gathering of medicinal plants in Ebenhaezer, Matzikama, Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)This study aims to investigate the extent to which the increasing demand for medicinal plant and the resulting pressure on local cultivators to meet the demand impact upon cultivation and gathering practices of such plants. ... -
The social uses of internet enabled cell-phones among young women in Eersteriver
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The central research question this thesis explores is whether or not the availability of new social media alters the concepts of gendered personhood in working-class neighbourhoods on the Cape Flats. The arguments I will ... -
A socio-historical analysis of education/in the / third world and its implication)lfor rural development
(University of Western Cape, 1993)The greater part of the analysis relates to the needs of the Third World, with an emphasis on Africa (as opposed to the entire Third World). Within the African context, these needs should be seen against a background ... -
A sociological study of ideology among the Herero of central Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 1984)The concept of ideology: as portrayed in the works of various social theorists, is comprised of a wider Yet related, range of meanings and connotations. Despite its lack of semantic precision, the concept is of value for ... -
Sociology curriculum in a South African University: a case study
(2012)This study sought to investigate the alleged problem of ‘academic dependency’, on the part of South African sociologists, on western scholarship. The stated problem is said to undermine South African sociologists’ ability ... -
Soldiers in exile: the military habitus and identities of former Zimbabwean soldiers in South Africa
(U, 2014)After analysing stories of 44 former soldiers from Zimbabwe (39 army deserters and 5 who resigned from the army), I argue that even though they were disillusioned by the Zimbabwe National Army's conduct both in war and ... -
Spaza Hip hop in the townships of Khayelitsha
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Since the arrival of hip-hop in Cape Town and indeed South Africa in the 1980s, a diverse and vibrant range of hip-hop sub-genres has developed in Cape Town. Scholarship, however, have approached hip-hop mainly through ... -
State, democracy and development: An exploration of the scholarship of professor (Archie) Monwabisi Mafeje
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The departing point of the thesis is that the neglect of African's intellectual heritage within the South African Universities and in public discourse undermines the ability of the post-apartheid government to set its ... -
A study of the Socio-Economic Integration of Highly-Skilled Nigerian Migrants in Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)Migration is an important topic, not only for researchers in South Africa, but also for policymakers and the media. It is an issue at the top of the national and international agenda. In the debate on migration and the ... -
The invention of moffie life in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2018)This dissertation is an ethnography of the figure of the moffie as a performance of same sex desire amongst gender non-conforming men, as it is celebrated in the 'coloured' ('coloured' is a constructed racial category, ... -
The social act of exchange in power relations: A study of Nichekeleko phenomenon at the Weighbridges in Zambia
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This study examined the widely practiced phenomenon of Nichekeleko at the Weighbridges (WBs) in Zambia. The commonly held understanding of Nichekeleko by the Zambian people is that; it is corruption, ranging from bribery, ... -
Theatre formations: Rethinking theatre and its spaces in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)Scholarship on theatre in South Africa has shown how under the Apartheid government theatrical practices were divided into different genres such as protest theatre, township theatre, black theatre, mainstream theatre ... -
"Things were better then": an ethnographic study of the violence of everyday life and remembrance of older people in the community of Belhar"
(University of the Western Cape, 2005)This minithesis provides an ethnographic account of the life world of older people in the community of Belhar in the Cape Peninsula, which was historically categorised as a 'coloured' community during the implementation ... -
Understanding chess men: an ethnographic study of chess on the Cape Flat
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This thesis examines the socialities of chess in Cape Town, South Africa. It explores how chess is played and experienced in different social contexts, including the Steinitz Chess Club in Bellville, Cape Town, local chess ... -
Understanding food-related health behaviour: an ethnographic study investigating the management of non-communicable diseases through the use of food by residents of Langa, Cape Town
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)In this study, the main focus was on the management of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through nutrition. I aimed to understand how people living with non-communicable diseases in the predominantly low-income township of ... -
Understanding the culture of care: An ethnographic study of how healthcare workers in a mental health centre negotiate care in Windhoek, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2023)This study was aimed at exploring the culture of care that healthcare workers at a Namibian Mental Health Centre have cultivated, their lived experiences and how they use their agency to deliver the service of care. a ... -
Understanding women’s involvement in primary health care: a case study of Khayelitsha (Cape Town)
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Women are the principle providers of their families when it comes to issues of health care, even though their health needs and efforts are neglected. The contributions that they make to health development seem to be ... -
The use of medicinal plants to treat mental illness in Kavango East and West regions, Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)The thesis examines mental illness as it is understood and treated by traditional healers in Kavango, based on ethnographic data collected over twelve (12) months in three (3) different phases from 2014 to 2016. The thesis ...