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The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town
Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2022.
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Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
2022
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Drought management
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> Cape Town Philippi (Cape Town, South Africa) Day Zero
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| author | Wingfield, Matthew Michael |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/126179 The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town Wingfield, Matthew Michael Robins, Steven Lance Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Droughts -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Cape Town Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water-supply -- South Africa -- Cape Town Horticulture -- South Africa -- Cape Town Philippi (Cape Town, South Africa) Day Zero -- South Africa -- Cape Town Climatic changes -- Social aspects Green movement Water security -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water conservation -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2022. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research examines an under-resourced activist group, the PHA Campaign, as it has attempted to ‘save the PHA’ from non-agricultural developments. The Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA), which has been an agricultural hub since the mid-1800s, has shrunk in size owing to a slew of spatial policy amendments. These amendments have left the ‘community’ of the PHA fragmented and divided, as some land owners look to sell their properties to developers, contributing to problems of land speculation. This research shows how the PHA Campaign, through its agroecological Vegkop farm, has sought to stop non-agricultural developments in the PHA, while further positioning itself as a stakeholder in the area. By advocating for the protection of the aquifer which lies beneath the area, the PHA Campaign has framed itself in opposition to the environmentally destructive practices of the hegemonic commercial farming model in the area. This research shows how the PHA Campaign has used the ‘Day Zero’ crisis to give impetus to its environmental activism, as it ‘works’ the possibilities that arise in contexts of crisis through the framework of “slow activism” (Robins, 2014). From three years of ethnographic research in the PHA, this research further shows how the PHA Campaign has positioned its “environmental imaginary” (Cock, 2020) within the broader environmental activist networks in South Africa in order to navigate questions of social justice and ‘representation’ which remain fundamental challenges to environmental activism more broadly. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing kyk na 'n onderbevoorregte aktivistegroep, die PHA Campaign, aangesien dit gepoog het om die PHA te red van nie-landbou-ontwikkelings. Die Philippi-tuinbougebied (PHA), wat sedert die middel van die 1800's 'n landboumiddelpunt is, het in grootte gekrimp as gevolg van 'n rits ruimtelike beleidwysigings. Hierdie wysigings het die "gemeenskap" van die PHA gefragmenteer en verdeeld gelaat, aangesien sommige grondeienaars hul eiendomme aan ontwikkelaars wil verkoop, wat bydra tot probleme van grondspekulasie. Hierdie navorsing wys hoe die PHA-veldtog, deur middel van sy landbou-ekologiese Vegkop-plaas, probeer het om nie-landbou-ontwikkelings in die PHA te stuit, terwyl hy homself verder as 'n belanghebbende in die gebied posisioneer. Deur te pleit vir die beskerming van die waterdraer wat onder die gebied lê, het die PHA-veldtog homself in opposisie gevorm teen die omgewingsvernietigende praktyke van die hegemoniese kommersiële boerderymodel in die gebied. Hierdie navorsing toon hoe die PHA-veldtog die “Dag Zero”-krisis gebruik het om stukrag aan sy omgewingsaktivisme te gee, aangesien dit die moontlikhede wat in krisiskontekste ontstaan, “werk” deur die raamwerk van “stadige aktivisme” (Robins, 2014). Uit drie jaar se etnografiese navorsing in die PHA, toon hierdie navorsing verder hoe die PHA-veldtog sy "omgewingsdenkbeelde" (Cock, 2020) binne die breër omgewingsaktivistiese netwerke in Suid-Afrika geposisioneer het om vrae oor sosiale geregtigheid en "verteenwoordiging te navigeer” wat fundamentele uitdagings vir omgewingsaktivisme in die bree bly. Doctoral 2022-11-24T17:04:22Z 2023-01-16T12:54:08Z 2022-11-24T17:04:22Z 2023-01-16T12:54:08Z 2022-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126179 en Stellenbosch University xv, 208 pages : illustrations application/pdf Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| spellingShingle | Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Droughts -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Cape Town Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water-supply -- South Africa -- Cape Town Horticulture -- South Africa -- Cape Town Philippi (Cape Town, South Africa) Day Zero -- South Africa -- Cape Town Climatic changes -- Social aspects Green movement Water security -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water conservation -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD Wingfield, Matthew Michael The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title | The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title_full | The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title_fullStr | The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title_full_unstemmed | The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title_short | The time of activism: an ethnographic study on the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) campaign and its practices of “working” time and representation in Cape Town |
| title_sort | time of activism an ethnographic study on the philippi horticultural area pha campaign and its practices of working time and representation in cape town |
| topic | Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Droughts -- Government policy -- South Africa -- Cape Town Drought management -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water-supply -- South Africa -- Cape Town Horticulture -- South Africa -- Cape Town Philippi (Cape Town, South Africa) Day Zero -- South Africa -- Cape Town Climatic changes -- Social aspects Green movement Water security -- South Africa -- Cape Town Water conservation -- South Africa -- Cape Town UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/126179 |
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