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Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Qhobela, Tsoarelo Sylvia |
| author2 | Fuh, Divine |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12944 Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town Qhobela, Tsoarelo Sylvia Fuh, Divine Social Anthropology Includes bibliographical references. This dissertation is focused on the (re)configuration of social relations around a communal tap. It looks at the different ways in which fetching water from a communal tap brings life within an impoverished community in Cape Town, South Africa. I examine how the people of Imizamo Yethu who are located in a constrained and heavily populated geographical space, where movement and sociality are limited, take advantage of the tap space to (re)build relations through various social interactions. Water, one of the elements basic to human needs, activates hope in the midst of suffering, while stabilising residents’ uncertainties. During a four month ethnographic study of life within this community, I participated in and observed the daily practice of fetching water, and the interactions around one of the community’s taps. Building on the idea of water as a total social fact, and also conviviality as theoretical frame, I argue that water is as much a giver of life as it is a catalyst for social living. Water provides an opportunity for residents to meet, exchange stories, and seek survival strategies, further strengthening communal bonds. Through water and the social relations that it (re)configures, residents activate dignity. 2015-05-28T04:10:02Z 2015-05-28T04:10:02Z 2014 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12944 eng application/pdf Social Anthropology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Social Anthropology Qhobela, Tsoarelo Sylvia Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| title_full | Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| title_fullStr | Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| title_short | Social relations around a communal tap : an ethnography of conviviality in Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town |
| title_sort | social relations around a communal tap an ethnography of conviviality in imizamo yethu cape town |
| topic | Social Anthropology |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12944 |
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