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Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities
Dissertation (MSocSci (Anthropology))--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/108336 Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities Krige, Detlev amy.revello1999@gmail.com Revello, Amy UCTD Development NGO NGOisation Projectification International funders Depoliticisation Dissertation (MSocSci (Anthropology))--University of Pretoria, 2025. This paper examines how the project-based logic that structures contemporary development practice shapes the activism and organisational possibilities of grassroots actors in the Global South. Drawing on life history interviews with Thomars, a transgender and pansexual man who founded an LGBTQIA+ NGO in Johannesburg, the paper traces the intersections of his personal experiences of marginalisation, his passion for social justice, and his navigation of the bureaucratic demands of donor-funded development work. Findings show that while Thomars’ lived experience provides insight into the needs of queer migrants and asylum seekers, the technical requirements of “the project form” often constrain grassroots action, privileging organisations already fluent in donor language and expectations. The paper argues that projectification and NGOisation risk marginalising locally grounded activism by demanding measurable outputs and sustainability narratives that do not align with community realities. Anthropology, Archaeology and Development Studies MSocSci (Anthropology) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2026-02-17T13:13:31Z 2026-02-17T13:13:31Z 2026-04-04 2025-08 Dissertation * A2026 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108336 10.25403/UPresearchdata.31352734 en © 2024 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Development NGO NGOisation Projectification International funders Depoliticisation Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title | Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title_full | Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title_fullStr | Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title_short | Projectifying development : an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within South African NGO interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| title_sort | projectifying development an anthropological study of the effects of projectification within south african ngo interventions for vulnerable queer communities |
| topic | UCTD Development NGO NGOisation Projectification International funders Depoliticisation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/108336 |