#FeesMustFall and Its Aftermath

Violence, Wellbeing, and the Student Movement in South Africa
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-7969-2634-0
Verlag: HSRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 220 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 260 mm x 260 mm

This is a book of the experiences of violence and wellbeing of #FeesMustFall student activists from a range of South African universities. It is also a book of the sacrifices that this student generation made for the benefit of many to be able to access higher education. The book tells the students’ experiences through over 100 photos and related narratives that contextualise the photos and explain their meaning and significance.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Philosophie der Erziehung, Bildungstheorie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Interessengruppen, Lobbyismus und Protestbewegungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Saleem Badat
- 1. Student wellbeing, to us
- 2. Violence, wellbeing, and a photobook
- 3. A history of struggle
- 4. Oppressive spaces
- 5. The violence of institutions
- 6. Conscientise and mobilise
- 7. Protest and violence
- 8. Fire
- 9. Our methodology
- 10. Gender inside the movement
- 11. Fear and trauma
- 12. Outcomes of protests
- 13. Advocating change
- 14. Unity and solidarity
- 15. Wellbeing
- 16. Escape and safe spaces
- 17. Movement with a purpose
- 18. Contributions and conclusions
- Afterword by Sharlene Swartz
- Appendix: The research participants and their journeys
- Photo credits
- References
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thierry M. Luescher is a research director at the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) and affiliated professor of higher education at the University of the Free State.

 Angelina Wilson Fadiji is senior lecturer in educational psychology at the University of Pretoria. 

Keamogetse G. Morwe is lecturer in the Department of Youth and Gender Studies at the University of Venda. 

Antonio Erasmus is on the staff of HSRC. 

Tshireletso S. Letsoalo lectures at Varsity College. 

Seipati B. Mokhema is associate researcher in the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand.