Browsing Philosophiae Doctor - PhD (Anthropology/Sociology) by Title
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Aid to Lesotho: dilemmas of state survival and development
(University of the Western Cape, 1995)This thesis discusses the triangular relationship of aid, state and development since Lesotho's independence. It builds on three key hypotheses. First, during the preadj ustment period aid entrenched bureaucratic state ... -
The Bamasaaba people's response to the safe medical male circumcision policy in Uganda
(University of the Western Cape, 2021)The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV (UNAIDS) strongly recommends that developing countries regard medical male circumcision as a biomedical intervention. This recommendation has caused developing countries seeking a ... -
The body in hospitalization. a study of doctors, nurses and patients in a Cape Town teaching hospital
(University of the Western Cape, 1999)South Africa's health transformation blueprint is designed to replace apartheid's inequities and instill instead a new utilitarian approach by the health care sector. This study gives attention to the medical gaze and the ... -
Creativity in spaces of learning: experimentations in two schools
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)The questions concerning how creativity can enhance the culture of learning in schools, especially amongst the previously marginalized groups, are not simple and straightforward. In South Africa, the general questions often ... -
The cutting edge: Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)The study is about the rock engravings on the wonderstone hills just outside Ottosdal, North West province, about 70km northwest of Klerksdorp. Wonderstone is remarkable rock that is smooth, shiny and very easy to mark. ... -
Employment demand, employability and the supply-side machinery : the case of the children of the liberation struggle of Namibia
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)Over the past four years, growing volumes of media literature centre staged the Namibian economy with the dilemma of the ‘Children of the Liberation Struggle of Namibia’ (CoLSoN) in their resilient protest for employment. ... -
The formation of 'national culture' in post- apartheid Namibia: a focus on state sponsored cultural festivals in Kavango region
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)This dissertation investigates colonial and postcolonial practices of cultural representations in Namibia. The state sponsored Annual National Culture Festival in Namibia was studied with a specific focus on the Kavango ... -
Genealogies and narratives of San authenticities the ≠Khomani San land claim in the southern Kalahari
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)In this thesis, I examine the narratives of authenticity, the limits thereof, the potential interests served by these narratives, and the power relations involved in the promotion of an authentic San identity. I focus on ... -
Human Rights Modernities: Practices of Luo Councils of Elders in Contemporary Western Kenya
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)This dissertation is ethnography of human rights discourse in postcolonial Kenya. It situates itself in the inexorable rise of the application of International Human Rights Law witnessed in the 21st century. For this reason, ... -
Integration in South Africa: a study of changes in the community health system
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)In the thesis, I analyse a facilitated pilot project of integration of health care services at the community-level. The importance of the thesis is justified by three reasons: firstly integration and the creation of a ... -
Knowledge Interfaces: Kruiekenners, plants and healing in Genadendal
(University of Western Cape, 2021)This thesis was informed by what I perceived to be a tense relationship between Western biomedical science and, for example, “traditional” or “indigenous” ways of producing knowledge about medicinal plants used to manage ... -
Liminality, Papers and Belonging amongst Zimbabwean Immigrants in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Introduced in 2010, the Dispensation Zimbabwe Program (DZP) regularised undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. When DZP was closed, the Zimbabwe Special Permit was introduced, which was also replaced by the ... -
Liminality, papers and belonging amongst Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)Introduced in 2010, the Dispensation Zimbabwe Program (DZP) regularised undocumented Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa. When DZP was closed, the Zimbabwe Special Permit was introduced, which was also replaced by the ... -
The lords of poverty? Micro-credit institutions and social reproduction in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The broader conception of poverty as ‘quality of social reproduction’ demonstrates the delicate nature of the interaction between the institutions of the family/household, the economy and the state. These institutions ... -
'n Psigo-Sosiale Studie van Tienerswangerskappe in die Noordelike Stadsgebiede van die Kaapse Skiereiland
(University of Western Cape, 1990)Die verskynsel van tienerswangerskap kom in alle samelewingsvorme voor en toon 'n steeds stygende toename in alle wêrelddele sodat dit deur sommige outeurs as epidemies beskou word (Chelala, 1988: 22). Dit vorm deel van ... -
The Nigerian healthcare system: A study of access to affordable essential medicines and healthcare
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)The concepts of availability, affordability, accessibility and acceptability otherwise known as the 4As of ATM are key factors that influence access to essential medicines in any given health system. However, the exact ... -
Performances of Muslim-ness in post-apartheid Cape Town: Authenticating cultural difference, belonging and citizenship
(University of the Western Cape, 2017)This thesis presents an ethnographic study of the resurgence of public performances of Muslim-ness and an exploration of the Muslim politics of cultural difference in the democratic, post-colonial, and liberal context ... -
‘Performing Diversity’: Everyday social interaction among migrants from the Great Lakes Region and South Africans in Cape Town
(University of Western Cape, 2020)This dissertation is an exploration of everyday social interactions among and between migrants from the Great Lakes Region and South Africans, who live together as neighbours in a post-apartheid South African community. ... -
Pets and their people: a sociological investigation into the pet-keeping practices of two demographically diverse samples of South Africans
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)This study provides a sociological analysis of pet-keeping among two different samples of South Africans who display divergent tendencies. The demographic variables that shape attitudes, behaviour and practices towards ... -
The politics of UMOYA: Variation in the interpretation and management of diarrheal illnesses among mothers, professional nurses, and indigenous health practitioners in Khayelitsha, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 1997)This study deals with the social interpretation of childhood diarrhea among the Xhosa speaking people of the Western Cape in South Africa. It highlights how in the Western Cape political consciousness and moralist discourses ...
