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Richness and diversity of alien ethnomedicinal plant taxa used and sold for traditional medicine in South AfricaWojtasik, Ewa Mariola 04 March 2014 (has links)
In South Africa, indigenous plant species are used and traded for traditional medicine (muthi)
and so are alien plant species. A literature review of 40 previous studies and survey work at
various outlets, including muthi markets and muthi shops in Johannesburg, Durban and
Pretoria, found that 320 alien plant species are used and/or sold for traditional medicine in
South Africa. Fifty three of the 320 species were found to have weed and/or invader status.
Surveys at Faraday and Warwick muthi markets in Johannesburg and Durban respectively as
well as muthi shops in Johannesburg, Durban and Pretoria were conducted from October
2010 to February 2011. The following aspects regarding the plant material traded were
recorded: the differences in the number of volumes traded; the differences in the number of
alien species sold in the markets and shops (and also in Indian and Black-owned shops); the
source and origins of these and the viability of propagules sold in the muthi trade. The
surveys found that 49 alien plant species were sold and approximately 87 x 50kg-size bags of
alien plant material was present in the markets and shops during the time of the survey. Muthi
shops sold more than double the number of alien plant species than were sold in the markets
and the same result was found for Indian versus Black-owned shops. Alien species were
either harvested in South Africa, predominantly in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), or imported from
India. Indian-owned muthi shops sold more species imported from India than alien species
that were naturalised and harvested in South Africa. In contrast, the majority of alien species
sold at markets and Black-owned shops were harvested in KZN. Viability tests found that
24% of alien plant species sold in this study had greater than 50% viability. Six invasive
species are traded in low volumes with viable propagules sold for five of these, highlighting a
possibility of spreading through the traditional medicine trade. The study concluded that the
total trade in alien plant species is trivial in comparison to the trade of indigenous plant
species.
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Persistent paternalism : an ethnography of social change in a post-apartheid villageSandell, Janet Mary January 1997 (has links)
Bibliography: pages 177-190. / This ethnographic study of Nieu Bethesda, a village in the Eastern Cape district of South Africa, is the product of a total of five months of fieldwork. The research was conducted between 1993 and 1995, a period that spanned the first democratic elections in South Africa in 1994. The ethnography explores the effects of apartheid on life in Nieu Bethesda. It traces the dynamic interactions between social life and worldviews as these were manifested in the village. Geographically isolated, and to a large extent cut off from mainstream politics, the processes and effects of apartheid in this village have taken an idiosyncratic form. The research suggests that racial stratification has been remarkably resilient throughout the history of the village. Such stratification must be understood in terms of ideas shaped both during and before the apartheid era, rather than solely in terms of state action or the violence of apartheid. Ideologies of segregation have found their expression in paternalistic practices on the part of Whites, and the relations of dependence thus generated may account for the apparent lack .of overt opposition to apartheid. However, the thesis acknowledges the multiplicity of voices in the village, and negates the notion of a shared set of ideas and values sanctioned by the population of Nieu Bethesda. Subtle change has taken place in the 1990s, only some of which is attributable to the demise of apartheid. In addition, factors such as the provision of electricity and a dramatic increase in tourism have reduced the isolation of the village, and networks of mutual support link the people of Nieu Bethesda with other parts of South Africa. It is suggested that change in the foreseeable future is more likely to originate from the increased communication that such networks make possible, than from changes in legislation, or improvements in material conditions, resulting from development projects.
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Power and subjectivity in leadership and management : an ethnographic study of the school management team in a South African school.Karikan, Kumarasen M. January 2011 (has links)
1994 was a watershed in the history of education in South Africa. The post-apartheid
government was faced with a large number of schools that were dysfunctional, especially black
secondary schools in urban areas (Fleisch, 2004). Schools were in greater need of effective
leadership than ever before. Since the advent of democracy in South Africa in 1994, there have
been increasing demands on education leaders and managers. School leaders have been toted
repeatedly in the media and literature as the key drivers of change. Studying school leadership
is thus indeed an imperative, and the question to answer is not whether but how. This study
uses ethnographic techniques to explore ways in which leadership is experienced in a school
by individuals and groups through interactional events. Initial enquiries thrown up by this
include: What best practice models could be revealed from a prolonged stay in the research
field? What new leadership vocabularies permeate the educational space and what do these
reveal about leadership practice? Given the political changes in South Africa, how has
leadership evolved?
This thesis presents an ethnographic portrait of a functional school in South Africa and focuses
specifically on providing an analysis of how discourse, power and ethics are central to
individual subjectivities of school leaders and managers by addressing the following critical
research questions: (i) What are the leadership discourses in a school setting?; (ii) How do
power and subjectivity play out within daily interactions of the school management team
(SMT)? The concepts of surveillance, gaze, normalisation, and discourses throw new light on
the discipline and practice of leadership and management, exposing their power relations’
pervasive effects in shaping the ethical decisions made. Without critical reflection and
attention to power relations, school management could easily become inward looking and give
inadequate attention to parents, learners and other stakeholders.
The thesis concludes by drawing out four significant findings on the practice of leadership and
management: (i) discourses shed light on institutional practices and the working of power; (ii)
building social capital is an essential part of effective leadership; (iii) in an organisation such
as the school, individuals are placed in a matrix of power relations; and (iv) schools advance
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the concept of moral ecology through the subjectivities and ethical actions of collective
leadership of the school and community.
Key Terms:
Power relations, leadership, discourse, subjectivity, ethics, ethnographic techniques. / Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Edgewood, 2011.
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A critical evaluation of the drawings, paintings and lithographs of George French Angas (1822-1886) with special reference to The Kafirs IllustratedMerrifield, Katherine January 2001 (has links)
No description available.
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Ethnography and the personal: the field practices of writing and photography on the Natal leg of the ninth frobenius expeditionAnanmalay, Kiyara January 2017 (has links)
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (History of Art), March 2017 / Within this research report, I explore how the (re-)integration of writing and photography enhances
an understanding of the role of the personal within documentary practices. I focus on a portion of
the Frobenius Archive as my case study, specifically the documents produced during the five-week
Natal leg of the ninth expedition in early 1929.
The German Leo Frobenius (b.1873–d.1938) was a primarily self-taught Africanist ethnographer,
who had an interdisciplinary practice that blurred the boundaries between anthropology,
archaeology and history. He conducted a total of twelve expeditions within Africa between 1904
and 1935, and his objective on these expeditions was to record ways of life that he felt were
vulnerable to changes due to modernity.
The documents collected during the Natal leg consist of field notes, photographs, hand-drawn
pictures and diary entries. The field notes comprise of a set of eleven rock art site descriptions that
have been constructed by the three artists: Maria Weyersberg, Elisabeth Mannsfeld and Agnes
Schulz. Weyersberg’s diary entries provide a more impressionistic set of notes, tracking the day-today
unfolding of their journey (but with many gaps). The subject matter of the photographs ranges
from the rock art sites and the landscapes these sites are a part of, to the people they encountered
along the way. I engaging with the concept of writing, particularly through the example of
Weyersberg’s personal diaries, and the ways in which these entries relate to the photographs,
creating a space in between where the personal relationships would have played themselves out.
Within this research report I demonstrate that writing and photography can be brought back
together in order to restore something of the original encounter and that this (re-)integration offers
an opportunity for a new dialogue and a new understanding to be achieved. / MT2018
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Die vrou en moeder as faktor in die maatskaplike lewe van die Suidafrikaanse Inboorling VolkePrinsloo, H. F January 1930 (has links)
Tesis (MA)-- Stellenbosch University, 1930. / Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: No Abstract Available / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Geen Opsomming Beskikbaar
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'n Ondersoek na ontwikkelingsprosesse en -probleme by die Xolo van Suid-Natal22 October 2015 (has links)
D. Litt et Phil. / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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The Tshezi of the Transkei: an ethnographic studyHolt, Basil 06 August 2015 (has links)
A Thesis presented for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
in the University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg.
December 1969, / No abstract
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Cultural trends and community formation in a South African township: Sharpeville, 1943-1985.Jeffrey, Ian January 1991 (has links)
A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
for the Degree of Master of Arts. / Thesis examines cultural expressions and community
attachment, and their relation to each other, in the
creation and maintenance of urban identity. In examining
this, the thesis considers a number of key cultural forms
in Sharpeville such as boxing, football, musicial
performance, youth. gangs, and styles of dress. It argues
that, conceptually, "community" is never static; rather
it is a state of existence, a perception, for a grouping
of people. At a given time they may consider themselves
to be collectively part of or constitute a community; at
another, their attachments may be to a different entity -
the local neighbourhood, for example.
The empirical data was derived mainly from primary
sources although due to the historical time-period
examined - namely 1943 to 1985 - there was some reference
to secondary sources. The research involved mainly
in-depth interviews and participant observation. By
administering a questionnaire, "key" informants within
the various cultural areas examined were identifed and
interviewed at length, sometimes more than once.
The thesis argues that "communities" only gain a sense of
cohesion, "identity" and unity at certain specific
historical moments; at other times the cultured focus
within them may in fact express quite other meanings than
those of "community" for their members. This identity is
seen thus as both a product of the structural features
which inform, influence and even dictate its direction as
well as the responses and actions of the residents
themselves, in shaping its outcome. / Andrew Chakane 2018
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Een etnoarcheologische benadering tot de 'materiële cultuur' van de VendaDederen, Jean-Marie 21 October 2014 (has links)
M.A. (Anthropology) / Please refer to full text to view abstract
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