Seminar 2021
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Term 1: Ecofeminism: Contesting heteropatriarchal, ecocidal racial capitalism
16 February Prof Patrick Bond (UJ) 鈥楢mbushing Godongwana鈥檚 budget speech鈥�.聽Discussant: Mr Gumani Tshimomola (Wits)
23 February Ms Makoma Lekalaka (Earthlife Africa) 鈥楽truggles for gender, ecological and social聽justice鈥� Discussant: Dr Hibist Kassa (WoMin/UCT)
2 March Prof Jackie Cock (Wits) 鈥楢n eco-feminist reading of a just transition from carbon capitalism鈥�. Discussant: Ms Alice Mporo (CSRP-UJ)
9 March Prof Melanie Samson (UJ) 鈥楻ecycling Colonialism and Reparation Ecology鈥�. Discussant: Dr Suzall Timm (UJ)
16 March Prof Yvette Abrahams (Khoelife) 鈥榃hy Not ecofeminism?鈥�.聽Discussant: Dr Michelle Pressend
23 March Ms Mmatshilo Motsei (UP) 鈥業ndigenous birthing practices, land and nature鈥�.聽Discussant: Prof Nthabiseng Motsemme
30 March Ms Samantha Hargreaves (WoMin) Topic to follow聽TBC
Dear Colleagues and Members of the Public
You are cordially invited to attend the UJ Sociology, Anthropology & Development Studies Wednesday Seminar. The weekly seminar has been hosted by the Department of Sociology since 2000. It is supported by the UJ Faculty of Humanities and the UJ Department of Anthropology & Development Studies. For the time being, seminars are held online at 15h00 every Wednesday afternoon during term time, unless otherwise indicated.
Prospective presenters are encouraged to contact Dr David du Toit at daviddt@uj.ac.za. Please find the current programme below. Those who wish to be added to the mailing list are welcome to send a request to daviddt@uj.ac.za.
Term 4: Covid-19, the State and Individual Care
14 September. Prof Elena Moore (UCT). South African childcare response in the COVID-19 pandemic: Not given full consideration.
22 September. Dr Shannon Philip. (Post-doctoral research associate 欧美福利100000 of Cambridge and UJ). COVID-19 and Gendered Violence: Lessons and Reflections from Sandton and Alexandra.
29 September. Prof Jeremy Seekings (Director of the Centre for Social Science Research, as well as the Acting Director of the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa, UCT). Delusions of control and the realities of provision during crises: State and civil society responses to COVID in South Africa.
06 October. Dr Rika Swanzen (Independent Institute of Education in Johannesburg). Child and Youth Care鈥檚 response to family needs during a pandemic.
13 October. Prof Amanda Gouws (欧美福利100000 of Stellenbosch) and Ms Olivia Ezeobi (欧美福利100000 of Stellenbosch). Covid-19 and the Centrality of Care
20 October. Prof Marlize Rabe (UWC) and Dr Marcel Londt (UWC). Incarcerated Fathers and their Children: An Exploratory Study in the Western Cape.
Term 3: The End(s) of Development
28 July. Tom谩s, A. (UJ FADA), Chitukutuku, E. (SPU Anthropology), Maringira, G. (SPU Anthropology), Williams, C. (UFS Anthropology), Scarnecchia, T. (Kent State History), Auf Der Heyde. P. (Solent Sports Journalism), Evans, G. (Birkbeck Journalism). Legacies of Liberation
04 August. Moore, D. (UJ Development Studies), Hamilton, L. (Cambridge & Wits SA-UK Bilateral Research Chair), Alexander, K. (UJ Sociology). Development as Purgatory: Holy Trinities, their Intellectuals, and the Days of July
11 August. Kaur, T. (UJ Anthropology), Desai, A. (UJ Sociology), Auf Der Heyde, P. (Solent Sports Journalism); Leedy, T. (Florida Centre for African Studies), Maziyanhanga, Z. (Rhodes MA candidate Politics). Sporting Hegemony.
18 August. Soi, I. (Universit脿 degli Studi di Cagliari Political and Social Sciences), Pontarelli, F. (UJ Centre for Education and Transformation), Choto, T. (UJ Sociology), Munyikwa, H (Limerick Politics and Public Administration), Ronza, R. (Universit脿 Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 鈥� Milan Political Sciences). Gramsci in Africa.
25 August. Stadler, J. (UJ Anthropology), (more to come and might have to change dates) Pandemics and 鈥楧evelopment
1 September. Rutherford, B (Carleton Anthropology), Raftopoulos, B (Solidarity Peace Trust), Fontein, J. (UJ Anthropology). Hustling to Accumulate: from the Subalterns to the Corrupt
25 August. Stadler, J. (UJ Anthropology), McNeil, F. (UP Anthropology), Burns, C. (Adler Museum of Medicine, Wits), Hunter, M. (U of Toronto Geography), and Brigadier General (Dr) Kaka Mudambo (Rtd) (Malariologist, WHO). Developing Health: Pandemics, Drugs, the WHO 鈥� and History
Term 2: Sexuality, children and ethics under covid-19: Unemployment/corruption and foreign aid for Africa
14 April. Dr Andile Mayekiso (UJ) Sexuality and AmaXhosa women鈥檚 agency: South African indigenous women鈥檚 agency in sexual matters
21 April. Lori Lake (CI, UCT) South African Child Gauge 2020: Shedding light on the slow violence of malnutrition.
28 April. Prof Paul Nugent (UE) Wine and Cultural Heritage: A Research Idea in Search of a Fruitful Comparison.
5 May. Dr Dipuo Winnie Kgotleng (UJ) Locomotion and habitat classifications of fossil monkey postcrania of the Cradle of Humankind.
12 May. Dr Nonhlanhla 鈥淣onny鈥� Vilakazi (UJ) The forgotten fossils from the Cradle of Humankind: First fossil record of Agama and spitting Elapidae from Bolt鈥檚 Farm, South Africa.
19 May. Prof Nokuthula Hlabangane (UNISA) When Ethics Fail: Unmasking the Duplicity of Eurocentric Universal Pretensions in the African Context.
26 May. Prof Wiebe Nauta (UM) South Korean Development Assistance in Africa: exporting development programmes with roots in authoritarianism or the struggle for democracy?
Term 1: LGBTIQ+ identities in Africa: Challenges and Possibilities
17 February. Kate Alexander (UJ) and Ngqapheli Mchunu (HSRC) 鈥榃ho wants the vaccine, who doesn鈥檛, and why? Findings and analysis from the UJ/HSRC COVID Democracy Survey鈥�.
24 February. Nomancotche Pakade (Wits) 鈥楽exuality and national liberation鈥�
10 March. Virginia Magwaza (The Other Foundation) 鈥楴otes from an LGBTIQ+ organiser鈥�
17 March. Ndumiso Ngcobo (UKZN) 鈥楨xploring Queerphobic Geographies in Southern Africa.
24 March. Letitia Smuts (UJ) 鈥楬eteronormativity: what is it and why should we care?鈥�
31 March. Zethu Matebeni (UWC) 鈥楻eclaiming Afrikan: Queer perspectives on sexual and gender identities (themes from the book)鈥�