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Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners
This study aimed at uncovering what it means to be white within the context of post- Apartheid South Africa through examining the perceptions, beliefs, and experiences held by a group of young Afrikaners (the first democratic Afrikaner generation or 1DAGs). Framed within the social constructionis...
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| description | This study aimed at uncovering what it means to be white within the context of post-
Apartheid South Africa through examining the perceptions, beliefs, and experiences
held by a group of young Afrikaners (the first democratic Afrikaner generation or
1DAGs). Framed within the social constructionist paradigm, this study employed
Critical Discourse Analysis as overall methodological framework for analysing
participants’ discourses. In contributing to the development and refinement of
appropriate and effective methodological procedures for the generation of quality rich
data, the study employed “hanging out,” a conventional sociological data gathering
methodology, also adapting this procedure to an online version, i.e. “hanging out
online”. Seven discursive themes emerged from participants’ accounts, which
fundamentally served to describe: (i) perceptions of the current South African social
formation and the associated position of the Afrikaner (whites) and the “other,” (ii)
perceptions of the ways in which the majority ruling party utilise their position(s) of
political power, (iii) the threats 1DAGs experience, and (iv) the impact of their
subjective beliefs and associated experiences on their self and group-based
perceptions. Deeper critical engagement with these texts revealed possible
contradictions and oppositions within the data, which have exposed the potential for
alternative meanings or interpretations to emerge. Findings from this investigation
indicate that, for this particular group, whiteness in post-Apartheid South Africa is
perceived as a burden, and that being white in the new South Africa relates to being
oppressed and having to manoeuvre and manage such oppressive conditions in order
to have space to strive for a meaningful existence. |
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/67949 Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners Duncan, Norman evisser137@gmail.com Visser, Ehrhard Unrestricted UCTD This study aimed at uncovering what it means to be white within the context of post- Apartheid South Africa through examining the perceptions, beliefs, and experiences held by a group of young Afrikaners (the first democratic Afrikaner generation or 1DAGs). Framed within the social constructionist paradigm, this study employed Critical Discourse Analysis as overall methodological framework for analysing participants’ discourses. In contributing to the development and refinement of appropriate and effective methodological procedures for the generation of quality rich data, the study employed “hanging out,” a conventional sociological data gathering methodology, also adapting this procedure to an online version, i.e. “hanging out online”. Seven discursive themes emerged from participants’ accounts, which fundamentally served to describe: (i) perceptions of the current South African social formation and the associated position of the Afrikaner (whites) and the “other,” (ii) perceptions of the ways in which the majority ruling party utilise their position(s) of political power, (iii) the threats 1DAGs experience, and (iv) the impact of their subjective beliefs and associated experiences on their self and group-based perceptions. Deeper critical engagement with these texts revealed possible contradictions and oppositions within the data, which have exposed the potential for alternative meanings or interpretations to emerge. Findings from this investigation indicate that, for this particular group, whiteness in post-Apartheid South Africa is perceived as a burden, and that being white in the new South Africa relates to being oppressed and having to manoeuvre and manage such oppressive conditions in order to have space to strive for a meaningful existence. Psychology PhD Unrestricted 2018-12-05T08:06:07Z 2018-12-05T08:06:07Z 2009/05/18 2018 Thesis Visser, E 2018, Being white in the new South Africa: The experience of a group of young Afrikaners, PhD Thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67949> S2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67949 en © 2018 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 | Unrestricted UCTD Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title | Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title_full | Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title_fullStr | Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title_short | Being white in the new South Africa : the experience of a group of young Afrikaners |
| title_sort | being white in the new south africa the experience of a group of young afrikaners |
| topic | Unrestricted UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/67949 |