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Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane
South Africa is a melting pot and a meeting place for a multitude of "races", representing an optimal arena for understanding the psychology of contact and desegregation. This study focuses on the spatial arrangement of minority identities, through continued informal segregation, among the Indian mi...
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| author | Shaker, Sahba |
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| description | South Africa is a melting pot and a meeting place for a multitude of "races", representing an optimal arena for understanding the psychology of contact and desegregation. This study focuses on the spatial arrangement of minority identities, through continued informal segregation, among the Indian minority of Mokopane. Drawing on 28 open-ended interviews, segregation is explored in everyday interactions and spaces. Working within a spatial-discursive framework, critical discourse analysis is employed, paired with a basic observational and descriptive analysis. Participants' discursive constructions overwhelmingly demonstrate patterns of informal segregation among the Indian minority community, within the micro-ecology of contact. Caught within a sandwiched or "buffer" identity, issues of space constantly inform negotiating conceptions of "Indianness". In mapping the dialogue of the Indian community, a story of the evolution of segregation emerges, creating a replication of internal divisions. This study ultimately demonstrates the need for a spatial-discursive orientation and a more "embodied" turn in our understanding of segregation. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/18375 Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane Shaker, Sahba Foster, Don Psychology minority groups segregation racial isolation race relations inter-group relations spatial identity South Africa is a melting pot and a meeting place for a multitude of "races", representing an optimal arena for understanding the psychology of contact and desegregation. This study focuses on the spatial arrangement of minority identities, through continued informal segregation, among the Indian minority of Mokopane. Drawing on 28 open-ended interviews, segregation is explored in everyday interactions and spaces. Working within a spatial-discursive framework, critical discourse analysis is employed, paired with a basic observational and descriptive analysis. Participants' discursive constructions overwhelmingly demonstrate patterns of informal segregation among the Indian minority community, within the micro-ecology of contact. Caught within a sandwiched or "buffer" identity, issues of space constantly inform negotiating conceptions of "Indianness". In mapping the dialogue of the Indian community, a story of the evolution of segregation emerges, creating a replication of internal divisions. This study ultimately demonstrates the need for a spatial-discursive orientation and a more "embodied" turn in our understanding of segregation. 2016-03-30T07:10:30Z 2016-03-30T07:10:30Z 2010 Master Thesis Masters MA http://hdl.handle.net/11427/18375 eng application/pdf Department of Psychology Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Psychology minority groups segregation racial isolation race relations inter-group relations spatial identity Shaker, Sahba Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
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| title | Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
| title_full | Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
| title_fullStr | Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
| title_short | Understanding informal segregation : racial and spatial identities among the Indian minority of Mokopane |
| title_sort | understanding informal segregation racial and spatial identities among the indian minority of mokopane |
| topic | Psychology minority groups segregation racial isolation race relations inter-group relations spatial identity |
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